ABCmouse's Early Learning Academy is now available to use from home! With over 10,000 interactive learning activities, ABCmouse.com helps children ages 2-8+ learn the fundamentals of reading, math, beginning science, art, music, and more.
With 5,000+ interactive books, educational games, puzzles, and other learning activities, ABCmouse.com's award-winning online curriculum is an invaluable resource for young learners (ages 2-7+). From Age of Learning, Inc.
Only available at an Omaha Public Library location
Explore and stay informed on local, national, and international topics, people, and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources from around the world to around the corner. Formerly called NewsBank Newspaper Articles.
Find articles and news about leaders, inventors, athletes, writers, scientists, and other famous people from today and yesterday.
Comprehensive collection of 450,000+ biographical profiles.
Check out Booklist Reader, a new digital magazine for library patrons of all ages! Each month a themed issue features diverse content, including top 10 lists, must reads, interviews with and articles by top writers and illustrators, and adult, youth, and audio recommendations for all who love to read.
Overdrive: Children’s eBooks, audiobooks, and more, available anytime, anywhere-all you need is a library card.
Browse by broad topic areas or search by any topic for full text popular magazine articles, encyclopedia entries, and other resources.
Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Freegal Music is our free digital music service that gives you access to 15+ million songs from 200+ genres, including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists. The collection also features music videos and audiobooks. Streaming is unlimited and you can download up to 4 DRM-free songs each week. You can also create and save playlists and share them with others.
Student-friendly online encyclopedia covering more than 25,000 topics.
Search the Omaha World-Herald from 1878-1983.
Kanopy Kids highlights films and TV series that inspire and inform, helping children develop empathy, mindfulness, and self-esteem through entertaining and educational videos. The platform includes developmentally appropriate, age-based ratings from Common Sense Media, as well as additional parental controls.
Meet Libby, the new app from OverDrive for enjoying eBooks and eAudiobooks from OPL.
Find just the right fiction or nonfiction book. It also includes resources for teachers and parents.
The Omaha Star, in existence for over 70 years, has been Nebraska’s largest African American newspaper. Search the archives from 1938-2011.
Looking for the Omaha World-Herald? NewsBank gives library cardholders instant access to the World-Herald's issues and archives.
OPL staff shared some of their favorite books published in the past year and explained why these titles made it to the top of the list. Explore these titles and find your next favorite read! Browse the covers and comments to discover something new.
OverDrive offers instant access to the latest issues of your favorite magazines including Us Weekly, The New Yorker, National Geographic, and Family Tree. All OverDrive magazines are always available with no wait lists or holds to manage.
OverDrive magazines are free and easy to access from home or on the go. You can read OverDrive magazines in the browser or with Libby (iOS or Android) using your library card and PIN.
Find critical essays of current events with an overview and two sides of the issue.
Find popular magazine articles, encyclopedia entries, and images. Designed for elementary school students.
Resources for elementary, middle, and high school students from LearningExpress Library. Prepare for important tests, get extra help for assignments, boost skills in core subjects, and more.
Kids, parents, and teachers! Reading is fun with animated talking picture books, videos, puzzles and games, and language learning in Tumblebooks.
¡Niños, padres y maestros! Leer es divertido con libros ilustrados animados, vídeos, rompecabezas y juegos, y con el aprendizaje de idiomas en Tumblebooks.
U.S. Major Dailies provides users with exclusive and preferred access to current content and significant archives dating back to 1980 from five of the nation’s most respected national and regional newspapers, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal, in full-text format.
The world's largest catalog and another way to discover resources available to you beyond Omaha Public Library.
