Your Abilene Public Library offers a great selection of digital services to take your library wherever you go, accessible 24/7. As our leading streaming service, you may borrow up to eight (8) titles a month including comics, audiobooks, eBooks, music albums, movies and more. BUT, have you discovered Hoopla’s BingePass service? It’s an incredible feature that allows you to binge a host of wonderful titles, divided into several collections, and you may do so as much as you want for 7-days with a single checkout.
Each week we’ll highlight a different collection you may binge on Hoopla, and the next collection is a video library providing you with lessons on great courses that are taught by some of the world’s greatest professors. This collection is called the Great Courses Video BingePass that offers a catalog of topics (primarily history) where you can engage in some in-depth instruction. Watch anytime, any place, you will be taught by award-winning experts and professors and without homework, tests, or quizzes. It’s simply instruction provided to you on your own time and at your own pace.
Titles afforded through the Great Courses Video Library includes:
- Lost Worlds of South America
- King Arthur: History and Legend
- Experiencing America: A Smithsonian Tour through American History
- Zoology
- Introduction to Biology
- Introduction to Paleontology
- Organic Chemistry
- A Visual Guide to the Universe with the Smithsonian
- The Big Questions of Philosophy
- Latin 101: Learning a Classical Language
- Mastering Tai Chi
- Medical School for Everyone: Emergency Medicine
- Learning to Play Guitar
This is but a sample of all the amazing video courses of access to you with a single borrow. Expand your current knowledge base through this curated collection and see what more you have to learn about the world around you
If you have questions about the Hoopla service, feel free to contact Tremain Jackson via email at tremain.jackson@abilenetx.gov.