Featured Resources
E-Books, Audiobooks, Videos, and Music
Digital Collection (from OverDrive)
The Digital Collection is always open! Borrow popular ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and streaming video from Minuteman’s shared collection. Read or listen on a mobile device with the Libby App from OverDrive.
Freegal Music
Freegal Music is a free music streaming service. All you need is your library card number and PIN to access over 16 million songs, originating in over 100 countries. Freegal contains music from over 93,000 labels, including Sony Music’s catalog of legendary artists. Stream three hours of music daily and download up to five songs of your choice each week to keep while you build playlists and wishlists.
Hoopla
Download the Hoopla App to your phone, tablet, or TV’s streaming media player to instantly borrow eBooks, audiobooks, comics, music, movies and TV. No wait lists! Each patron can checkout up to six items per month.
Kanopy
An on-demand streaming video service that offers thousands of award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases across diverse subjects and disciplines. Kanopy provides access to films and documentaries from a variety of independent filmmakers and distributors, including the BBC, PBS and the Criterion Collection
Genealogy
Heritage Quest
Powered by Ancestry®, this site provides access to more than 4.4 billion records. It delivers an essential collection of genealogical and historical sources—with coverage dating back to the 1700s—that can help people find their ancestors and discover a place’s past.
News Sources
Boston Globe
Search for full-text articles published in Boston Globe from 1980 to today.
NYTimes.com (In-Library Use) or (Home Access)
Enjoy free access to NYTimes.com. For both in-library and home access, create an account and log in using that account. Coverage includes 1981 to Current, plus historic coverage 1851-1922. Home Access includes NY Times App and 5 Premium Archive (1923-1980) articles per day. For more information see Minuteman’s NY Times FAQ
Language Learning and ESL
Mango Languages
Mango is designed to equip you with conversational abilities from the very start. Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in a wide variety of foreign languages. It also features ESL instruction in English, tailored for speakers of more than a dozen languages.
Transparent Languages
For learners of all levels looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language. Combining extensive courses and supplemental resources for over 100 languages, including English.
Educational & Career Resources
Peterson’s Career Prep
Provides users access to core career tools including, career assessments focused on a user’s interests, values, personality, and workplace preferences, comprehensive career information and Job searching capabilities via integration with Indeed.com matches listings based on a user’s assessment results, and resume editing software that provides 5,000 resume templates and cover letter samples.
Peterson’s Test Prep
Contains over 300 practice tests and courses, dozens of ebooks containing valuable study material and practice tests, information on over 4,000 accredited schools, scholarship search featuring $8 billion in available scholarships, resume builder with over 1,000 brainstorming phrases to get you started, career modules covering subjects from career change to salary negotiations.
Looking for LinkedIn Learning? Sign up for a Boston Public Library eCard to access this resource.
PebbleGo
Access hundreds of animal articles, educational games, and learning activities from school or from home with easy to-use searching tools. Introduces early learners to database and research concepts.
There are many more resources available! See complete list here.
Informed Shopping
Consumer Reports
ConsumerReports.org provides ratings and reviews, recommendations and buying advice. Each product includes an overview and a ratings report card, as well as tester reviews & recommendations.
Reading Suggestions
NoveList
Not sure what to read next? Find read-a-likes, recommendations, and more, all curated by librarians and publishing insiders.
Visit the links below to see more eLibrary resources available to you with your Millis Library card:
Boston Public Library Online Resources