ABC Mouse
ABCmouse is the #1 learning app for children ages 2–8+, with more than 8,500 activities that teach reading, math, science, health, social studies, art, and music. ABCmouse makes learning fun and exciting, and it teaches children through books, games, songs, puzzles, videos, and more!
Ancestry: Library Edition
Want to learn more about your ancestry? Visit the Main or Newhope library and explore the world’s largest online family history resource. Get access to millions of historical documents, records, and historical photos at both of our branches.
APS Physics Journals
Find peer-reviewed, original research and scientific literature on everything related to physics.
Book Connection
Personalize and enjoy digital connections to books for kids and teens. Explore movies and recordings of authors, book trailers, Meet-the-Author recordings, book readings, and more.
Brainfuse JobNow & VetNow
Free live online assistance for job seekers, veterans, and their families.
Britannica Escolar
Escolar is the leading knowledge-building resource that is universally trusted for accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish.
Britannica School
Britannica School is the go-to site for learning more about any subject—for all grades and all reading abilities—offering thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended websites, and three separate databases—Elementary, Middle, or High.
Comic Plus
Comics Plus offers readers unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga from popular publishers. Every title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for offline reading.
Coursera
Hone your skills and knowledge through Coursera with courses from more than 200 major universities and qualified instructors. Courses include math, statistics, computer language such as Python, English, marketing, and so many more.
CultureGrams
Experience the world through cultural information in more than 200 countries.
Enki
Explore over 100,000 books, find new gems and classic novels, discover many titles that are unavailable anywhere else.
Gale in Context: Environmental
Learn about environmental issues such as pollution, land use, global change, and more.
Gale in Context: Science
Science comes to life as you zoom, rotate, and explore interactive 3D models. View related reference articles and search Gale content to find more information.
GetSetup
Want to learn something new? Gain new skills? Or just stay connected? It’s never too late! GetSetUp is designed for older adults to learn new and exciting skills.
Hoopla
Hoopla is a groundbreaking digital media service offered by your local public library that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV! Titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later.
HeinOnline: Slavery in America and the World
HeinOnline is a premier online database containing more than 170 million pages and 200,000 titles of historical and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format. Browse our exclusive collection on Slavery in America and the World.
Kanopy
Stream ad-free movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films, and educational videos on your TV, mobile phones, tablets, and online.
National Geographic Kids
Broaden your horizons with reputable, authoritative, age-appropriate digital content that brings you the world in a way you’ve never seen before. National Geographic Kids will take you on amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.
The New York Times
Enjoy access to The New York Times when logging into the news website while at the Santa Ana Public Library. For readers at home, enjoy free access for 24 hours on us!
LearningExpress
LearningExpress offers tools that help build academic and professional skills at all levels. Students can find practice tests such as the SAT, GED, LSAT, and many more. Professional exams like the Real Estate License, EMT, and specific professional exams are also available.
Linkedin Learning
LearningExpress offers tools that help build academic and professional skills at all levels. Students can find practice tests such as the SAT, GED, LSAT, and many more. Professional exams like the Real Estate License, EMT, and specific professional exams are also available.
Mango
Hola! Xin Chào! Learning new languages is getting easier. With Mango, you can choose from 71 different languages, including Spanish, French, Arabic, Japanese, English, and many more. Mango Languages uses advanced learning techniques and expert-level instruction to make learning a new language easy and fun. You also learn about the cultures along with the languages. Your passport is your Santa Ana Public Library card, so let’s begin your journey. Bon Voyage!
Newsbank
Find local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers–all in one easy-to-search database. Over 2500 newspapers are included in this database, including the Orange County Register!
NewspaperArchive
Accessible only at the Main and Newhope Library, NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest historical newspaper database online, contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1607 to present. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy for you to quickly explore historical content.
Northstar Digital Literacy
Northstar Digital Literacy provides online and self-guided modules to assess and learn basic online and computer skills. Included are basic computer digital literacy standards and modules in three main areas: Essential Computer Skills, Essential Software Skills, Using Technology in Daily Life.
Orange County Register
Read the Orange County Register available from 1987 to current issues.
Overdrive
Read and listen to best-selling ebooks and e-audiobooks at home on your mobile phone, tablet, and computer.
Overdrive: Español
Read and listen to best-selling ebooks and e-audiobooks at home on your mobile phone, tablet, and computer.
Overdrive: Kids
Read and listen to best-selling ebooks and e-audiobooks at home on your mobile phone, tablet, and computer.
Overdrive: Teens
Read and listen to best-selling ebooks and e-audiobooks at home on your mobile phone, tablet, and computer.
Overdrive: Videos
Our streaming video selections include kids and teen content, popular Hollywood feature films, award-winning classic cinema, foreign titles, documentaries, and more.
Paso A Paso: Together We Read
Provided by SAUSD, Paso A Paso: Together We Read provides over 1,000 English and Spanish books, songs, and games that are fun for children and easy for parents to access from any smartphone, tablet, or computer with or without an Internet connection.
ProQuest
Find scholarly journals, books, videos & audio, dissertations & theses, newspapers, and more.
ProQuest Ebook Central
Ebook Central delivers breadth and depth of ebooks from scholarly sources, including University Presses and other top publishers.
ProQuest Research Companion
Learn how to conduct scholarly research with short instructional videos that answer questions like “How do I choose a topic?” “Where do I find information?” and “How do I evaluate sources?”
Overdrive: The Great Courses
The Great Courses Library Collection is the leading global media brand for lifelong learning and personal enrichment. It has hundreds of courses spanning thousands of in-depth video lectures on subjects like Science, Health & Wellness, and much more.
Santa Ana WORK Center
The Santa Ana WORK Center connects our community’s job seekers to the resources, skills, and opportunities they need to find better jobs and careers. The WORK Center provides job seekers a single, convenient, and no-cost access to a wide variety of employment services and resources.
SimplyE
SimplyE is an e-reader app that makes finding and borrowing e-books and audiobooks much easier. The app gives you access to titles from Enki, Overdrive (Libby), and Biblioboard all in one convenient location. Getting started with SimplyE is free and easy. All you need is your library card number and PIN. Download the SimplyE app through your iOS or Android devices. Watch a 30-second video about SimplyE and start reading today.
SIRS Discoverer (Grades 4-8)
Find age-appropriate newspaper, magazine, book, and website for content areas such as history, health, language arts, math, science, social studies, and technology.
SIRS Issues Researcher
SIRS Issues Researcher provides authoritative insight into the most-studied social issues by delivering the pros and cons from relevant, credible documents and graphics selected by trained editors and curated from over 2,000 global sources.
Skill Share
Explore your creativity and grow with Skillshare. You can expand your horizon as big as you desire. Skillshare has thousands of classes to satisfy your inner creativity and desire to learn new skills from baking to writing.
TeachingBooks
Discover diverse and award-winning books, lesson plans, video book trailers, reader’s theater scripts, and more.
Universal Class
Universal Class offers more than 500 online courses in more than 30 subject areas, many of which offer continuing education units (CEUs). It includes videos, assignments, quizzes, tests, and social media interaction options with other learners.
Veterans Resource Center
The Veterans Resource Center offers information on services to veterans and their families. Included in the Center are resources regarding health, housing, employment, legal services, and education.
