If your Tulsa library card has been hiding in a wallet, it has picked up a few side jobs while you were not looking. Books are still invited.

Now the same card can also open a movie stream, thousands of children’s stories across more than 100 languages, and a research resource for sorting through nutrition and supplement claims.

Tulsa City-County Library is highlighting Kanopy, LOTE4Kids and Examine among its October digital resources. Each serves a different kind of curiosity.

For something to watch: Kanopy.

Kanopy gives TCCL cardholders access to a streaming collection of more than 1,000 films. The library says its local offering includes unlimited viewing without holds, checkouts or waiting. Library agreements vary, so another city’s Kanopy rules may not apply here. Start through TCCL’s Digital Collections and follow its Kanopy access route.

For families exploring stories in another language: LOTE4Kids.
LOTE4Kids offers more than 9,000 digital books in more than 100 languages, narrated by native speakers. TCCL highlights the service for children from prekindergarten through fourth grade, with bilingual stories and related activities.

A familiar language can come through the speakers. A new one can show up at bedtime. Either way, the library card is doing more than sitting in a wallet and looking official.

Remote access uses a library card number and last name through the library’s login system.

Examine takes the card in another direction.

TCCL lists it as a research resource covering nutrition and supplements, including research summaries, for older students and adults. It can help readers examine the evidence behind a claim and prepare better questions for a qualified health professional. It is an information resource, not individualized medical advice or a library endorsement of any supplement.

Find it through TCCL’s research database directory.
All three resources can be reached through TCCL’s online collections and database pages.

The common thread is access. A film, a bilingual children’s story or a research question can begin at home and still connect back to a public resource Tulsa shares.

That makes the library system feel a little bigger than its buildings.
Not bad for a little card.

Current cardholders can start with the resource that fits the moment and follow TCCL’s sign-in instructions. For access help, contact a TCCL branch or call 918-549-7323.