Streaming + Digital Resources

Comics Plus provides patrons with unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from a variety of publishers. You will be prompted for your Library Card or eCard number.

• Comics Plus for Teens
• Comics Plus for Children

Frustrated by paywalls? Your Library or eCard gives you access to read current news from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Dayton Daily News, and more. Take a look in our Newspapers, Magazines + Current Events resources catagory. 

 As of April 15, 2024, the Dayton Metro Library no longer offers the Hoopla digital platform.

Kanopy is a streaming movie service that offers access to a large, curated catalog of educational, entertaining, and enriching films. It includes content from leading producers such as Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, PBS, BBC, and many more. Movies can be streamed on a computer, Android, Apple, Roku, Amazon Fire or Chromecast device. Patrons can watch 8 films a month, and there is a selection of free items that change monthly. Kanopy Kids items are unlimited. You will need to setup a Kanapy Account through the website or after installing the app, make sure you have you DML Library card number and PIN on hand when you create your account. You can learn more here, opens a new window.

Libby is a free app where you can borrow ebooks, digital audiobooks, ecomics, and digital magazines from public libraries. You can stream titles with Wi-Fi or mobile data, or download them for offline use and read anytime, anywhere. All you need to get started is a library card or eCard.

Need help getting started? You can visit the Libby Support Site, opens a new window or you can call our Ask Me Line at 937.463.2665.

PressReader provides interactive, digital access to nearly 7,000 of the world’s best newspapers and magazines, including publications from Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, Canada, and the United States. Just like reading a print edition, viewers can browse articles and other key elements, including pictures, advertisements, classifieds, and notices. With the ability to perform keyword searches across all titles, and save both stories and full publications, researchers are sure to find the stories they’re looking for.

This exciting children’s eBook database features animated stories, chapter book read-alongs, games and more – all designed to build reading, math and multiple literacy skills in grades K-6.