Online Resources

Financial Literacy is a content-driven, visually stimulating, and media-rich online economics and personal finance resource specifically designed for students in grades 7–12. 

A free resource for finding the final resting places of famous folks, friends and family members.

Take the law into your own hands and create accurate, reliable legal documents with no hassle with Gale LegalForms. It offers Missouri-specific "attorney forms" -officially approved forms actually used by law firms.

A team of Columbia University health promotion specialists, health care providers, and other health professionals, along with a staff of information and research specialists and writers.

Combines digital, searchable images of U.S. federal census records with the digitized version of the popular ProQuest Genealogy & Local History collection and other valuable content.

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What Is Hoopla?

Hoopla is a service you can download as an app or access through your computer to watch movies and television, listen to music and audiobooks and read ebooks and comics.

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Items Needed to Access Hoopla

• A valid Missouri River Regional Library card. Don’t have a card? Get one here. 
• Please note: this service is ONLY for resident or fee paid cards only, not reciprocal cards.
• A device (computer, tablet, phone) with internet access.
• Email address and password for registration and future logins.

Devices You Can Access Hoopla On

• Desktop computer (Windows or MacOS)
• Tablet (iOS, Android or Kindle) - all Kindle Fire devices running Fire OS 6.0.0 or newer
• Smartphone (iOS or Android)
  • All iOS devices running iOS 13+
  • All Android devices running Android 7.1 and above
• Televisions (Android, Apple, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Roku)
  • 4th and 5th Apple TV devices
  • 1st and 2nd generation Chromecasts
  • Roku channel for devices running 7.8+ 
• Find help with using any supported devices 

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Checkout Guidelines

You can check out 6 Instant items a month from Hoopla.

At the beginning of the new month, your 6 Instant item limit will reset. For example, if you reach your 6 Instant item maximum for January. You can check out 6 more Instant items on February 1. 

You can check out the same item again after your loan period has run out and the item has been returned so long as you have not reached your 6 Instant item maximum for the month. Bingepasses are a way to check out more materials without affecting your maximum monthly checkout.

BINGEPASSES

How Hoopla BingePasses Work

• One Borrow, Unlimited Access: Instead of borrowing one movie or ebook, you borrow a 7-day pass to a whole collection or platform.
• Content Variety: Includes streaming series, movies, kids' content, educational courses (like The Great Courses, Curiosity Stream), digital magazines, music lessons, and puzzles.
• Instant & Ad-Free: Get immediate access within the Hoopla app or website, often without ads and without waiting lists.
• Library Card Required: Free with your public library card that supports Hoopla. 

How to Find & Use Them

1. Log In: Go to hoopladigital.com or open the Hoopla app.
2. Browse: Look for "BingePasses" in the browse menu or tap the BingePass icon.
3. Borrow: Select a pass (e.g., Hallmark+, PBS Kids) and hit the "Borrow" button.
4. Binge: Explore all content within that collection for 7 days, using only one borrow. 

Examples of Available Passes

• Hallmark+
• Curiosity Stream
• The Great Courses
• Digital Magazines
• PBS Kids & Ken Burns Collections
• Creativebug (Crafts/DIY) 

Item types have varying checkout periods. Hoopla automatically returns them for you once the checkout period ends:

• Movies: 3 days
• TV shows: 3 days
• Music: 7 days
• Audiobooks: 21 days
• Comics: 21 days
• eBooks: 21 days

Help & Guides

Want help getting started? View the tutorials below for Hoopla help.

• For more help on device compatibility, visit the Hoopla Support page.
• To view helpful tutorials, visit our Hoopla Tutorial.

Have some more questions? Feel free to connect with us at 573-632-2464.

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Explore Jefferson City history through local news, events and people with the News Tribune Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.

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What Is Kanopy?

Kanopy is a film streaming service that provides over 30,000+ classic cinema movies, award-winning documentaries, and educational films. All films come with group-sharing rights. So teachers can show films in their classrooms!

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Items Needed to Access Kanopy

• A valid Missouri River Regional Library card. Apply here.
• A device (computer, tablet, phone) with Internet access.
• Email address and password for registration and future logins.

Devices You Can Access Kanopy On

• TV Apps ( Amazon Fire TV, Android, Google, Apple, AirPlay,  Chromecast, Roku, Samsung, and Telstra)
  • Android & Google TV with Android 7.0+
  • Apple TV with tvOS 12.0+
  • Amazon Fire TV with FireOS 6+
  • Roku with RokuOS 12.5+
• Desktop computer (Windows or MacOS)
• Tablet (iOS or Android)
• Smartphone (iOS or Android)
• App requirements
  • Apple iOS 9 or higher
  • App requirements - Google Android 4.2 or higher
• Find help on using any supported devices.

Get the Kanopy app:

Checkout Guidelines

You have 10 tickets a month to borrow movies on Kanopy. At the beginning of the new month, your 10-ticket limit will reset. For example, If you reach your 10-ticket maximum for January, you will receive 10 more tickets on February 1.

You can check out the same item again after your period has run out and the item has been returned, so long as you have yet to reach your 10-ticket maximum for the month.

• Each item on Kanopy will list the number of tickets and how long you can access the item on the items page.
  • You can watch a movie as often as possible within the rental period.
  • For episodic titles such as TV series or The Great Courses, it will also tell you what content the tickets unlock (e.g., “Season 1” or “All”).

Help & Guides

Want help getting started? View the tutorials below for help with Kanopy.

• For more help on device compatibility, visit the Kanopy Support page.
• To view helpful tutorials, visit our Kanopy Tutorial.

Have some more questions? Feel free to connect with us at 573-632-2464.

Explore Kansas City history through local news, events and people with the Kansas City Star Collection. Search current and archived issues with full-color newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.

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Kiplinger's advises readers on managing money, covering investing, retirement planning, taxes, insurance, real estate, buying and leasing a car, health care, travel, and financing college.

The Learning Express Library is comprised of comprehensive selection of interactive online tutorials, practice tests, articles, e-Books, and high-stakes test preparation - modeled after official tests.

LinkedIn Learning is an American massive open online course provider. It provides video courses taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business skills.

A PIN will be necessary to log in to LinkedIn Learning. PINs can be set by calling the library. Patrons need to have their library card number ready to give to the library employee,  Once the PIN is set, patrons can use their it to log in immediately. 

This database contains full text for popular high school magazines covering a wide-range or subject areas including history, science, careers and more.

MasterFILE Premier provides full-text magazines, reference books and primary source documents. This database also provides an Image Collection containing photos, maps and flags.

Medline is a database of life sciences and biomedical information. Includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health care.

Middle Search Plus is a full-text database providing popular middle school magazines and reference books. Covering subjects such as history, current events, science and sports.

The Missouri Courts have developed and approved these electronic forms for use in Missouri courts.

Missouri Digital Heritage is composed of more than 9 million records can be accessed, including the collections of the Missouri State Archives, the Missouri State Library and other institutions across the state.

The State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO) is a comprehensive research center focused on collecting, preserving, and publishing materials related to Missouri history. It serves as a key resource for researchers, educators, and anyone interested in learning about the state's past. 

Click the link: https://shsmo.org/publications/missouri-historical-review

MOBIUS is a consortium of libraries that share materials, information and services across Missouri, Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas and Texas.

NewspaperARCHIVE is a digital image archive on the Internet which contains an extensive number of newspaper issues from both large and small newspapers around Missouri, spanning more than 400 years. 

Newspaper Source is an online resource that offers cover-to-cover full text for national, regional and international newspapers, as well as television and radio news transcripts.

Today, OCLC serves more than 60,000 libraries in over 100 countries, making it the largest library cooperative in the world. Its mission remains focused on increasing access to information and reducing costs for libraries through collaboration and shared technology.

Put your local library in your pocket with Libby, an ebook- and audiobook-borrowing app with a wealth of reading available on demand.

Ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines all in one place! Use your library card to access materials that you can read on computers, tablets, and mobile devices. Libby is an app released by OverDrive. Libby is a fast and attractive digital browsing experience. MRRL is part of what is called the Missouri Libraries 2Go Consortium. 

Setting Up the App:

1. Download the Libby app from the App Store or Play Store.
2. Select “Missouri Libraries 2Go”  
3. Then select Missouri River Regional Library.
4. Then, enter the barcode on the back of your card.
5. Please note: this service is ONLY for resident or fee paid cards only, not reciprocal cards.

Finding Materials

• To browse for a new book, tap the building at the bottom of the screen. This will show various collections of books.
• To look for a genre, format, or availability, tap the menu at the top. Then, choose the tags that describe what you're looking for. This narrows the search.
• To search for a specific author or title, tap the magnifying glass at the bottom. You can also narrow the results by tapping the menu.

Borrowing Materials

Once you see a book you want to borrow, look to the right. Right next to the book will be one of three options:

• Borrow: This material is available! Tap "borrow" to read now.
• Place Hold: This material is owned by the system, but all copies are currently checked out. Tap "Place Hold" to wait in line for a copy.
• Notify Me: This material is not currently owned by our system. Tap "notify me" to get a notification when/if the system purchases a copy.