Digital Downloads & Streaming Services
Check out our most popular digital resources! Log in is simple, typically just enter your library card number and pin! Be sure to check our full database listings for ALL our digital resources.
Downloadable eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and some streaming video for all ages. Borrow and download through the app or use directly on your computer or device. Choose your library then login with your library card number and pin.
Digital service with movies, music, eBooks, eAudiobooks, comics and TV shows for you to borrow. Wide variety of content and no waiting. Login with your library card number and pin. Limit of 4 borrows per month.
A digital magazine service offering full-color, full-page popular magazines available 24/7 on any computer or mobile device with internet access.
This resource offers digital access to thousands of comics, graphic novels, and manga for all ages. For users of the app (Library Pass): create an account online first then sign into the app. Accounts cannot be created in the app.
Streaming service with movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films and educational videos. Wide variety of content and no waiting. Login with your library card number and pin. Limit of 4 borrows (credits) per month. Kanopy Kids also available with movies and TV shows for children. Kanopy Kids is unlimited use.
eBooks are digital editions of 50,000+ printed books for all ages including fiction, general interest, reference, technical, and how-to titles. They can be viewed on any device connected to the Internet or downloaded to a computer or device. To use eBooks from a device outside the library a Joplin Public Library card is required.
1901 East 20th Street
Joplin, MO 64804
Phone: 417-623-7953
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Mar
28
Tue
10:00 am
1-2-3, Play with Me!
@ Children's Department--Joplin Public Library
1-2-3, Play with Me!
@ Children's Department--Joplin Public Library
Mar 28 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
A 5 week program for parents/caregivers and children ages 1-3 that offers one hour of playtime in a group atmosphere. Participants will have opportunities to speak with local experts in the areas of child development, speech and[...]
4:00 pm
Dog Day Afternoon
@ Storytime Room - Joplin Public Library
Dog Day Afternoon
@ Storytime Room - Joplin Public Library
Mar 28 @ 4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
Dog Day Afternoon is designed to help newly independent readers become more comfortable reading! Children will have the opportunity to read to one of our sweet therapy dogs and their owner in a quiet, non-threatening[...]
Apr
4
Tue
10:00 am
1-2-3, Play with Me!
@ Children's Department--Joplin Public Library
1-2-3, Play with Me!
@ Children's Department--Joplin Public Library
Apr 4 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
A 5 week program for parents/caregivers and children ages 1-3 that offers one hour of playtime in a group atmosphere. Participants will have opportunities to speak with local experts in the areas of child development, speech and[...]
6:00 pm
Chat & Craft: Remarkably Bright ...
@ Joplin Public Library Community Room
Chat & Craft: Remarkably Bright ...
@ Joplin Public Library Community Room
Apr 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Everyone’s favorite snarky octopus, Marcellus, has a few things to say about your reading habits. In this program, you will stamp your own bookmark or postcard with witticisms straight from the cephalopod’s beak. Stamps for[...]