Library E-Resources
All eResources
These are all of the eResources available for free through the Library.
Libby/Overdrive hoopla kanopy Virtual Author Talks EBSCO & Novelist PebbleGo Transparent Languages Ancestry Dryden Observer Archives
eResources by Category
Read and listen online
The Library has two services that you can use to checkout books, magazines, and audiobooks online!
Libby & Overdrive
The library reading app! You can read books and magazines or listen to audiobooks through the Libby app or the Overdrive website. There are thousands of titles to choose from, all you need is your library card number!
hoopla
Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card. Hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. Hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE thanks to your public library!
Watch online
There are three streaming services you can use to watch online through the Library!
hoopla
Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card. Hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood. Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet.
kanopy
Find movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films and educational videos that inspire, enrich and entertain. The Dryden Public Library through the support of the Dryden Rotary Charitable Foundation is pleased to bring you an ad-free experience that can be enjoyed on your TV, mobile phone, tablets and online. Watch through the app or online.
Virtual Author Talks
Virtual author talks you can watch anywhere! You can register to watch live and submit questions to the authors or watch recordings of past talks. This resource was made possible through the support of the Friends of the Dryden Public Library.
Learn online
Access a wide range of online learning platforms using your library card!
EBSCO & NoveList
EBSCOhost provides access to ebooks, audiobooks, newspapers, encyclopedias, journals, and magazines.
NoveList has librarian-created read-alike suggestions to help you find your next great read. Search from home. Link to the library’s catalog. Then borrow and read.
PebbleGo
PebbleGo is a K–5+ digital learning platform that gives educators the resources to help every student grow their literacy skills while building essential science and social studies knowledge.
With developmentally appropriate texts in English and Spanish, read-aloud audio, rich vocabulary support, and multimodal creation and learning tools, PebbleGo empowers every student to read, learn, explore, and create independently.
Transparent Languages
Transparent Language Online for Libraries empowers anyone to learn 110+ languages anytime, anywhere, on any device — with unlimited simultaneous usage.
Geneaology & Local History
The Library subscribes to two databases for genealogy and local history.
To access the full range of both resources you must be in the Library.
Dryden Observer Archives
Extra! Extra! Read all the headlines from Dryden's history through the Dryden Observer Archives. From home you can only view editions that are out of copyright (1934 and older). All editions are available for viewing in the Library and the Museum!
Ancestry
Ancestry lets you find your ancestors! Through this eResource you have access to thousands of genealogical records. It can only be accessed from inside the Library however, so stop in to take a look!
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