Get a digital library card

Details about your library card 

• Carol Stream residents aged 13+ may apply online for a library card and get full, immediate use of our digital resources. (To check out physical items, you'll need to visit the Library with address verification documents to sign up for a full access card.)
• >>> If you think you already have a library card but have forgotten the number, please click on My Account and then click "Forgot my card" to answer security questions. 
• When you are ready to visit the library, please bring in your Carol Stream residency verification documents to convert your digital card into a full-access card. You can register for a library card at Curbside Pickup.

Things you can do with your library card:

For everyone:

• Access e-books and e-audiobooks through Overdrive. (To use this service on your mobile device, search your app store for Libby. You'll need your library card number to download books.
• Stream music and videos through Hoopla. (We raised the maximum items per month during this time.)
• Read all the latest current issues of your favorite magazines (over 2,900 of them!) with RB Digital. 
• Get your craft on by watching tutorials on Creativebug.
• Learn new skills on everything from software to accounting to videography with Lynda.com.

For teens and kids:

• Keep up with your homework with the help of Illinois Homework Help/Tutor.com. 
• Access over 1,100 digital titles for grades K-6 with Tumblebooks.
• Read to learn, then learn to read with digital storytimes for Pre-K to grade 3 on Bookflix. 

Questions?

• Please email us at cstream@cslibrary.org or call us at 630-653-0755. It may take a couple of days for us to respond to you. 
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