Here is a guide for free online resources to enjoy while the doors to our facility are closed. Some of these resources require a library card. If you do not have a library card, you can apply for a virtual card here.
Online Resources for Families and Kids
How to Talk to Your Kids about Coronavirus via PBS
Resources accessible with a Library card. If you do not have a library card, you can apply for a virtual card here.
- Universal Class Homeschooling Videos – Online school courses that includes examinations.
- OverDrive Kids Collection – Children’s e-books and audiobooks.
- Kids e-Magazines
- TumbleBooks – electronic versions of kids’ favorite picture books with added animation, sound, music and narration.
- Kanopy Kids – On-demand streaming service that features educational TV series, movies and story times for children.
- hoopla – e-books, audiobooks, television shows, movies, e-comics, and music (turn on “Kids mode” to limit search results and browsing to kid-appropriate content).
Online Resources for Tweens and Teens
Resources accessible with a Library card. If you do not have a library card, you can apply for a virtual card here.
- Universal Class Homeschooling Videos – A variety of online school courses that includes examinations.
- OverDrive Teen Collection – Young Adult e-books, audiobooks and magazines.
- Mango – Online language learning classes.
- Kanopy – On-demand streaming service
- hoopla – e-books, audiobooks, television shows, movies, e-comics, and music (turn on “Kids mode” to limit search results and browsing to kid-appropriate content).
NewsBank – Text-only articles from various news sources from around the country. These databases are also available to all library guests using patron computers and personal devices connected to our wi-fi. Please ask a librarian for special access.
- America’s News: Search all of NewsBank’s news sources, or browse by topic.
- Times-Union Collection: A collection of the Albany-based Times-Union.
- Register-Star Collection: A collection of the Hudson-based Register-Star.
- Black Life in America: News databases focused on black history in America.
- HeritageHub: U.S. obituaries and death notices for genealogical research, 1704 – today.
Online Resources for Adults
Resources accessible with a Library card. If you do not have a library card, you can apply for a virtual card here.
- OverDrive – e-books, audiobooks, and digital magazines.
- Universal Class – Continuing education classes on a wide range of subjects.
- Kanopy – On-demand streaming service that includes The Great Courses, a series of college-level classes.
- hoopla – e-books, audiobooks, television shows, movies, e-comics, and music.
- Mango – Online language learning.
- NewsBank – Text-only articles from various news sources from around the country. These databases are also available to all library guests using patron computers and personal devices connected to our wi-fi. Please ask a librarian for special access.
- America’s News: Search all of NewsBank’s news sources, or browse by topic.
- Times-Union Collection: A collection of the Albany-based Times-Union.
- Register-Star Collection: A collection of the Hudson-based Register-Star.
- Black Life in America: News databases focused on black history in America.
- HeritageHub: U.S. obituaries and death notices for genealogical research, 1704 – today.