Need a break? The Movies & More Guide helps you find online movies, literature, art, museums, animal webcams, and puzzles from LUC, public libraries, and Internet sources.
Access online ebooks, audio books, and magazines with Chicago Public Library ecard. To obtain ecard, fill out the ecard application available at the link below.
The Internet Archive contains a vast amount of digital material from Grateful Dead concerts to ancient texts. Feel free to get lost in the material. For ebooks and audiobooks, see Librivox on Internet Archive (below).
LibriVox has audio books for books in the public domain and there are a lot of those.
DPLA's Open Bookshelf has more than 6,300 ebook titles, including classic novels, children’s books, and non-English titles. Login or library card is not needed.
Need a poem for reflection, inspiration, or a smile? The Poetry Foundation, located right here in Chicago, has a lot of poems! It has audio recordings too.
