Hoopla Overview
Hoopla is a multimedia streaming and download service, which many libraries offer subscriptions to free with a library card membership. Hoopla offers a variety of media, including ebooks, audiobooks, movies, music, comics, and television. With a mobile device, materials can be downloaded and viewed or listened to without requiring access to wifi or use of mobile data.
Hoopla Accessibility
Hoopla is committed to providing accessibility including Closed Captioning for the content available through their service.
Hoopla Search Strategies
Like many search engines, Hoopla provides an autofill/search suggestions options as various results match the search presented. For instance, typing in 'vincent van' brings up a variety of "Author/People" and "Title" options (pictured right).
Searching for "Vincent Van Gogh" without narrowing the search criteria or results yields nearly one hundred results of possible options (pictured below). By narrowing the search to Audiobooks for instance, the search results are much fewer and more accurate to what is being sought after. |