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Your Willoughby-Eastlake library card grants access to eBooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more.
eBooks & Audiobooks
Hoopla
Download music, eBooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, and magazines. Stream TV shows and movies.
Libby
Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive.
Libby for Kids
Download eBooks and audiobooks just for kids!
Newspapers & Magazines
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The full-text content of the award-winning newspaper The Cleveland Plain Dealer from 1991 to the present. Choose text-only or the daily digital edition (select “image” format).
Flipster
Read and download digital magazines.
Hoopla
Download music, eBooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, and magazines. Stream TV shows and movies.
Libby
Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive.
New York Times Online Access
Browse NYTimes.com using a library computer or connect to Wi-Fi.
The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH)
Explore Lake County history through local news, events, and people. To read the digital daily paper, select “image” format.
USA Today
Daily digital edition access from 2006 to today and full-text content of USA Today from 1987 to the present. Choose text-only or the daily digital edition (format: Image).
Comics and Graphic Novels
Hoopla
Download music, eBooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, and magazines. Stream TV shows and movies.
Explore Recommendations
WE Recommend
Let the librarians at WEPL give you suggestions about books to read next. It’s easy, just fill a survey and let our staff recommend a new author or a new series based on your reading preferences.
Discover Your Next Favorite Book
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WE Holds
Sign up for WE Holds and we will automatically reserve the newest books by the authors of your choice. Holds requests will be placed on all forthcoming hardcover print fiction titles as soon as the Library orders the books.
Novelist Plus
An easy to use, searchable database of fiction and nonfiction book recommendations and read-alikes.
Book Discussion
We have book discussion groups open to anyone! Find out more about our groups and book discussion events.
Reading Challenges
Willoughby-Eastlake Library Reading Challenges
We have reading challenges for all ages year round. Check out our summer and winter reading challenges, 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, and 500 Books Before Middle School.
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