Your train ride will fly by if you have a Library card!
Use it to stream audiobooks, watch documentaries, read The Chicago Tribune and more!
Get a Library Card
If you don’t have a card, stop by on your way home or simply request one online.
Read and Stream for Free!
Much like how different TV shows stream on different platforms, different publishers and formats are best accessed through different Library apps. The good news: They’re all free with your CHPL card.
These apps will satisfy most of your downloading and streaming needs:
- Libby offers the hottest new book and audiobook titles and thousands of digital magazines.
- Hoopla boasts on-demand streaming of a huge back-catalog of books, comics, music, and movies, including MasterClass titles.
- Palace Project/eRead Illinois offers even more book titles to Illinois libraries.
- Kanopy has a large library of on demand video streaming. Kanopy users can access the Criterion Collection, Great Courses, and award-winning documentaries.
Most titles available across these apps show up through a search in our catalog.
Get Free Access to Area Newspapers on Your Smartphone!
- Chicago Tribune Online
Get full access to the Chicago Tribune online editions with your CHPL card and your device. There are two ways to read:
Chicago Tribune Website
Chicago Tribune Digital Replica Edition
Note: 72-hour access requires you to sign up for a Tribune account with an email address. 24-hour access does not require an account.
- Chicago Sun-Times and Daily Herald
Find out how to access full-image digital replicas of the Chicago Sun-Times and Daily Herald (Northwest Suburbs edition) newspapers.
Check Out the CHPL website -- Your one-stop shop for CHPL needs!
On the library's website, you can easily:
- Register for programs.
- Reserve a study room.
- Place books on hold
- Read magazines and access our research databases.
- Request free or discounted passes to area attractions through our Museum Pass Programs.
- See services like notary appointments and 3D printing.
- Contact library staff.
