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!
Alexander Street
You can stream over 80,000 videos and other formats across many disciplines including performing arts, history, literary, and academic.
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 Get access to millions of historical documents, records, and historical photos at both of our branches.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.
Audio Drama (L.A. Theatre Works Collection)
The L.A. Theater Works Collection delivers dramatic works in streaming audio from curated archive of one of the most premiere theater company.
Blackstone Unlimited Audiobooks
Blackstone Unlimited Audiobooks offers over 6,500 titles to download for your listening pleasure. No holds. No limits. No restrictions. Santa Ana Public Library’s card holders can get access to a world of audiobooks with ease and without limits. Blackstone Unlimited Audiobooks offer a diverse collection of genres and authors for everyone. All you need is a valid Santa Ana Public Library card, and you are all set to enter a world of joy and gratifying reading-listening experience.
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 Online Tutoring
No matter where you are, get free live online homework help, play games, take practice tests, and learn. Connect with a live tutor from any device with an internet connection. Need help understanding your assignments? Visit Brainfuse HelpNow to get FREE online one-to-one tutoring
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.
Broadway on Demand
Broadway on Demand Collection provides an extensive range of content that goes beyond live performances.
Classical Music in Video
Classical Music offers a diverse range of musical performances, masterclasses, and documentaries highlighting classical concerto, orchestral, and choral music from the medieval to contemporary periods.
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.
CultureGrams
Experience the world through cultural information in more than 200 countries.
Craftsy
Explore your creative ambitions with over 1,500 crafting classes. Make art, food, fabric crafts, yarn crafts and develop living skills such as gardening, writing, and yoga.
You’ll have full access to content from Craftsy for 7 days. When it expires, you can get access through Libby again.
Craftsy en Espanol
Obtén acceso a expertos de clase mundial que facilitan el aprendizaje de nuevas habilidades. Más de 150 clases en línea con instrucción paso a paso para cada nivel.
Con tu tarjeta de la biblioteca accederás un pase de 7 días. Cuando se vence tu pase, puedes obtener otro pase a través de Libby.
Dance Online
Dance in Video addresses a key need for academic dance research by providing access to performances and instruction to scholars, researchers, and students in the field of dance.
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.
The Great Courses Library Collection
Never stop learning with The Great Courses Library Collection. 500+ online courses on just about anything ranging from cake decorating to accounting & bookkeeping. Accredited CEUs for professional development. Supports assessments for the serious student or a view only version for the casual learner.
You’ll have full access to content from Universal Class for 30 days. When it expires, you can get access through Libby again.
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.
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!
Music Online: Smithsonian Global Sound
With nearly 3000 albums and 40,000 individual tracks, the Smithsonian Global Sound Library provides a comprehensive and diverse collection for music appreciation, history, and appreciation.
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.
National Theatre Collection
National Theatre Collection brings the stage to life through access to high definition streaming video of world-class productions offering significant insight into theatre and performance studies.
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.
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 72 hours on us!
Orange County Register
Read the Orange County Register available from 1987 to current issues.
Opera in Video
You can stream notable opera productions and documentaries from renowned artists and companies, offering representation of some of the world’s most noteworthy and influential operas worldwide.
Overdrive
Read and listen to best-selling ebooks and e-audiobooks at home on your mobile phone, tablet, and computer.
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.
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.
Palace Project
The Palace Project is a new, non-profit platform that supports the mission of libraries by providing equitable access to digital knowledge. The Palace Project is your one-stop digital library, including e-books and e-audiobooks. Download your app now, and start your reading or listening at the Palace Project.
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.
Performance in Video
Classical Performance in Video is the largest and most comprehensive video resource for the study of classical music.
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?”
The Qwest TV Collection
Qwest TV Collection preserves diverse live performances, covering the evolution of jazz and beyond — representing funk, soul, hip-hop, folk, indie, electronic, blues, and other eclectic world genres.
The Royal Shakespeare Company Collection
Modern recordings help you bring Shakespeare to life in the classroom and life.
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.
TeachingBooks
Discover diverse and award-winning books, lesson plans, video book trailers, reader’s theater scripts, and more.
Theatre in Video
Stream your favorite theatrical works through these modern recordings. Thousands of famous productions you watch and enjoy.
