Check out these great online resources!
- Watch with Kanopy
- Kanopy is a movie streaming service that you can access with your library card. Watch over 30,000 feature films, documentaries, foreign language, and educational videos.
- Watch with Hoopla
- Hoopla is a digital media service that allows patrons to borrow online movies, television shows, audiobooks, music, and e-books 24/7 for free!
- Listen with Freegal
- Freegal is a streaming/downloadable music site that gives library patrons access to over 3 million songs. Download three songs per week to your smart phone, tablet or computer that are yours to keep, or stream up to five hours of music per day!
- Read Magazines with Flipster
- Flipster is a digital service that allows users to borrow and read magazines on their laptops, tablets, and cell phones.
- Read or Listen with Overdrive
- Overdrive lets library cardholders (Suffolk) borrow ebooks and audiobooks on tablets, kindles, smartphones, laptops, and iPads.
- Read Along with TumbleBooks
- TumbleBooks are animated, talking picture books. Read-alongs, non-fiction Books, picture books in French and Spanish, and puzzles and games are also included.
- Craft with Creativebug
- Creativebug.com has more than 1,000 award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. They have a section of crafts just for kids!
- Learn a Language
- Pronunciator is a fun and free way to learn any of 98 languages with personalized courses, movies, music, and more. Learn online, either on your desktop computer or mobile device!
- Software Skills Courses
- Learning Express Library has courses for beginner to advanced users on Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access), Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop.
- Ancestry.com
- Discover your family history and start your family tree. Access billions of genealogy records including Census, SSDI & Military records. Please note: temporary access has been granted for library cardholders (Suffolk) to access Ancestry remotely from home.
- Online Homework Help
- Get live online help from expert tutors, submit essays and other writing for expert online writing assistance, make flashcards, and more with your library card (Suffolk).
- Test Prep
- Study, view lessons, quizzes, and take practice tests for the most popular exams such as: PSAT, SAT, ACT, AP exams, ASVAB, College Placement Tests, GRE, and GMAT.
- TEAS Practice Tests
- TEAS VI practice tests are available for English Language and Usage, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics, and Science.
- TASC Practice Tests
- The TASC (Test Assessing Secondary Completion) has replaced the GED as the High School Equivalency Exam.
- Coronavirus Information and Community Resources
- Find up-to-date information on COVID-19.
- Tools to help when you can’t pay your bills
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau offers a financial empowerment toolkit featuring resources to help you evaluate your current finances and make decisions about your budget.
- American Board of Medical Specialties® Directory
- This directory lets users search for physicians electronically, based on a combination of criteria, including name, board certified specialty, city or state, etc.
- Long Island 211
- 2-1-1 Long Island is a free, non-emergency online information service that connects residents to health and human services they may need on a daily basis or during a disaster. Nearly 10,000 community resources are available.
- Research with Credo
- Research a wide variety of topics and images. A great place to start your research.
- Digital Public Library of America
- The Digital Public Library of America brings together content held by America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.
- Consumer Reports
- Search the online text version of Consumer Reports and the Car Buying Guide using your library card (Suffolk).
- View the digital magazine using Flipster.
- Search the online text version of Consumer Reports and the Car Buying Guide using your library card (Suffolk).
- Response Crisis Center
- 631-751-7500
- The Suffolk County Crisis Hotline is available 24/7. If you are in crisis, in need of support or resources, or if you are feeling suicidal, crisis counselors are as close as your phone, your computer or your mobile device.
- Veterans Crisis Line
- 1-800-273-8255 (and Press 1)
- Text 838255 24/7 Support
- The Veterans Crisis Line is open 24/7 365 days a year.
- SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) National Helpline
- 1-800-662-4357
- SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.
- NYS COVID-19 Mental Health Support Line
- 1-844-863-9314
- (Text) 741741
- New Yorkers can call the COVID-19 Emotional Support Hotline at 1-844-863-9314 for mental health counseling.
- NY Connects
- 800-342-9871
- NY Connects offers a phone-based hotline with drop-in offices located in each of the five boroughs. It is a trusted place for older adults and New Yorkers with disabilities to discover ways to remain independent at home and in their community. NY Connects staff can also assist in exploring nursing home or other long-term residential care options.
- Long Island Against Domestic Violence
- 631- 666-8833
- If you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship, or thinks she or he may be, L.I. Against Domestic Violence is standing by to help. Call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to reach a trained domestic violence counselor. You will never reach an answering machine or be charged a fee. Counselors provide crisis intervention, information on options and linkage to all our services.
- Alzheimer's Association
- 1-800-272-3900
- The Alzheimer's Association's 24/7 helpline offers round-the-clock Alzheimer's disease information and support.
- The Association's Long Island Chapter also offers daily support calls. Register to participate at 516-586-1507.
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- 1-800-273-8255
- The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
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Learning Express Library
Learning Express is an online resource that provides academic and career development resources including tutorials to learn Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. It also features test preparation resources and practice tests for the TASC (Formerly GED), SAT, AP, NCLEX-RN, and many more.
Click HERE to get started
Watch Movies and Shows with Kanopy
Kanopy is a streaming service that you can access with your library card. Watch over 30,000 feature films, documentaries, foreign language, and educational videos. Stream up to 10 titles a month (for 3 days each) on your desktop computer, tablet, phone, or Roku. Kanopy Kids has tons of entertaining and educational movies and shows for your children and allows you set parental controls on what your kids can access.
Click HERE to get started
Watch Movies and More with Hoopla
Hoopla is a digital media service that allows patrons to borrow online movies, television shows, audiobooks, music, and e-books 24/7 for free! Enjoy over 650,000 titles for children, teens and adults on your computer, tablet, smartphone-even your TV! Titles can be streamed or downloaded to your device to enjoy later. You can access Hoopla from this page or download the free app on iOs, Android or Kindle. Hoopla is also compatible with Roku, Google Chromecast and Amazon Firestick. Click HERE to get started
