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The Catskill Public Library will be CLOSED on Tuesday, December 24th and Wednesday, December 25th.

Digital Resources

Digital Books & Magazines

Hoopla

hoopla: A digital catalog of movies, music, audiobooks, eBooks, comics, and TV shows. hoopla content can only be accessed with a Catskill Public Library Card, and only 5 items per month may be loaned.

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Libby

Libby: A collection of digital items available through the Mid-Hudson Library System. It offers eBooks, Audiobooks, Videos, and eMagazines. Patrons can create wish lists, place holds, and review loan history of digital items! 

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Resource Highlight

Hispanic Life in America

NewsBank Hispanic Life in America: The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.


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Arts & Entertainment

Classica

Classica: Watch classical music performances, ballets and operas from around the world.

Craftsy

Craftsy: Get access to world-class experts who make learning new skills easy.

Craftsy en Español

Craftsy en Español: Obtén acceso a expertos de clase mundial que facilitan el aprendizaje de nuevas habilidades.

Gale Culinary Arts

Gale Culinary Arts: The Culinary Arts collection includes major cooking and nutrition magazines, culinary journals and several Delmar Reference titles. Coverage includes thousands of searchable recipes, restaurant reviews, and industry information.

Gale Gardening and Horticulture

Gale Gardening and Horticulture: A collection focused specifically on key issues in gardening, landscaping, and other areas of horticulture. It includes content relating to both the practical aspects as well as the scientific theory of horticulture studies.

Gale Home Improvement

Gale Home Improvement: A collection of home improvement focused titles. Coverage includes such topics as architectural techniques, tool and material selection, zoning requirements, and many more.

Gale Pop Culture Studies

Gale Pop Culture Studies: This collection provides useful information for any researcher in a social science, history, art or liberal arts course.

Gale Popular Magazines

Gale Popular Magazines: Login here with your library card barcode and PIN for access to the digital collection of over 1,000 magazines

Indie Flix

IndieFlix: “Stream classic and contemporary features, award-winning shorts, film festival favorites and documentaries from around the world.” Commercial-free.

Qello COncerts

Qello Concerts: “Stream the world’s largest collection of on-demand, full-length concert performances, concert films and music documentaries.”


Business & Law

Gale Business Insights Essentials

Gale Business Insights, Essentials: Contains over 3,900 magazines and journals, nearly 25,000 industry reports, nearly 11,000 company histories and nearly 500,000 company profiles. Easy access to in-depth information on U.S. and international businesses, industries and products.

Gale Communications and Mass Media

Gale Communications and Mass Media: From marketing professionals to students studying for advanced degrees in linguistic theory, this collection provides current and accurate information from more than 100 journals focused on all aspects of the communications field.

Gale Computer Science

Gale Computer Science: Use this database to find computer-related product introductions, news and reviews in areas such as hardware, software, electronics, engineering, communications and the application of technology

Gale Entrepreneurship

Gale Entrepreneurship: Perfect for entrepreneurs and business schools, this compilation provides insights, tips, strategies and success stories.

Gale Vocations and Careers

Gale Vocations and Careers: Offering content from nearly 400 journals, this collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.

Job Now!: Expert resumé help, interview & job search help, test preparation (including High School Equivalency Test and U.S. citizenship preparation) and more!


Education

Britannica Academic

Britannica Academic: Combines Encyclopedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools providing the variety of reliable sources that college students need to consult when conducting thorough collegiate research—all from one resource.

Britannica School Elementary

Britannica School – Elementary: Offers thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Websites

Britannica School Middle

Britannica School – Middle: Offers thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Websites.

Britannica School High

Britannica School – High: Offers thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Websites

Gale Diversity Studies

Gale Diversity Studies: For social science, history and liberal arts coursework, this collection of more than 150 journals explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community

Gale Kids Infobits

Gale Kids InfoBits: Contains over 100 age-appropriate magazines for grades K-5. Also includes Merriam-Webster’s Elementary Dictionary, maps, flags, seals, charts and graphs.

Gale in Context Middle School

Gale Middle School: Offers magazines, newspapers, primary sources, over 12,000 videos and more on a variety of topics. Supports national and state curriculum standards in language arts, social studies and science.

Gale in Context Opposing Viewpoints

Gale Opposing Viewpoints: Covers today’s hottest social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations and more.

The Great Courses

The Great Courses Library Collection: 250+ online courses in a variety of fields.

Transparent Language Online

Transparent Language Online: A fun, effective, and engaging experience for learners of all levels looking to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in a foreign language.

Universal Class

Universal Class: 500+ online courses in a variety of fields.

World Book

World Book Online: An online encyclopedia for Pre K – Grade 5 reading level. Resources include timelines in different subjects, games, and activities. 

World Book Early Learning

World Book Early Learning: Content for preschoolers. Includes videos, activities, guided reading program, lesson plans and more!

World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos

World Book Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos: Spanish-learning and ELL reference tool for beginners! Allows toggling between English and Spanish and includes videos, activities, and visual prompts!

World Book Kids

World Book Kids: Content for elementary-aged children. Includes teaching tools, science projects, games and more.

World Book Student

World Book Student: Content for cross-curricular learning. Includes Biography Center, research guides, and translations into 100+ languages.

World Book Timelines

World Book Timelines: Have access to hundreds of pre-generated timelines or create your own timelines for research!


Health & Wellness

Gale Health and Wellness

Gale Health and Wellness: Use this database to find articles on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition, Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug abuse, HMOs, Prescription Drugs, and more.

Gale Nursing and Allied Health

Gale Nursing and Allied Health: All aspects of the Nursing profession — from direct patient care to health care administration — are covered in this collection. Including nearly 400 titles of use to both professionals already working in the field as well as students pursuing a nursing-focused curriculum.

Gale Psychology

Gale Psychology: This collection of 200 subject-appropriate full-text periodicals gives individuals a basic understanding of the study of the mind, emotions and how the human mind develops — and diminishes — over time.

HomeAccess: Additional general health resources, including links to mental health resources, drug information, physician, hospital, care option & insurance information, insurance information, and more.


History & Genealogy

HomeAccess: Additional resources, including links to local history collections, general genealogy resources, Hudson Valley resources, New York State resources, historical newspapers and microfilm collections, and immigration resources.

Hudson River Valley Heritage

Hudson River Valley Heritage: Online Exhibits and historical materials from New York State’s Hudson River Valley, including the following newspapers:

New York Heritage

New York Heritage: Available through the Greene County Libraries Association (GCLA), New York Heritage is an online repository for collections and exhibits focused on New York State history. Includes steamboat collection and Catskill Highschool Yearbooks.

NovelNY

NovelNY: Compendium of databases available to all New York State residents, provided by the New York State Library. NOVELny provides access to encyclopedias, The New York Times archive, articles from a variety of fields, and more.

Gale U.S. History

U.S. History Collection: Coverage of current thinking and events in US History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field. Useful both to the novice historian as well as to the advanced academic researcher.

Gale World History

Gale World History: This collection provides well-rounded coverage of both the current thinking and events in World History, as well as scholarly work being established in the field.


Newspapers & Reference Books

Community History Archive

Community History Archive: The Digital Archive of The Catskill Public Library provides access to the Daily Mail Newspaper (1970 – 2020) archive, Greene County News (1976-2004) archive, the Cairo Herald (1924 – 1967) archive, and more.

Gale New York Times: Get access to the New York Times.

Gale News Stand: Contains over 1,100 newspapers, 33 of which are New York State newspapers, including the Albany Times Union, New York Times, Newsday, Buffalo News, Post-Standard (Syracuse), Watertown Daily Times, Times Herald-Record (Middletown) and others.

NewsBank

NewsBank: The Digital Archive of The Catskill Public Library provides access to the Daily Mail Newspaper (1970 – 2020) archive, Greene County News (1976-2004) archive, the Cairo Herald (1924 – 1967) archive, and more.

Asian Life in America

NewsBank Asian Life in America: The experience and impact of Asian Americans as recorded by the news media.

Black Life in America

NewsBank Black Life in America: Comprehensive coverage of the African American experience from the early 18th century to the present day. The archive is sourced from more than 19,000 American and global news sources, including over 400 current and historical Black publications.

HeritageHub

NewsBank HeritageHub: Access to hundreds of years of obituaries and death notices from thousands of newspapers across the United States. Provides coverage of obituaries and death notices from 1704 through today.

Hispanic Life in America

NewsBank Hispanic Life in America: The experience and impact of Hispanic Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today.

Salem Press

Salem Press: Catskill Public Library and Palenville Branch Library cardholders have digital access to the Grey House Health & Wellness Guides series. The series includes the following titles:

  • Attention Disorders Handbook & Resource Guide
  • Autism Spectrum Handbook & Resource Guide
  • Cardiovascular Disease Handbook & Resource Guide
  • Chronic Pain Handbook & Resource Guide
  • The Complete Resource Guide for People with Disabilities, 2024
  • Depression Handbook & Resource Guide
  • Diabetes Handbook & Resource Guide
  • Digestive Disorders Handbook & Resource Guide
  • Men’s Health
  • Nutrition, Obesity, & Eating Disorders Handbook & Resource Guide
  • Social Media & Your Mental Health

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Monday: 9am-5pm
Tuesday: 11am-6:30pm
Wednesday: 11am-6:30pm
Thursday: 11am-6:30pm
Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: 10am-2pm
Sunday: CLOSED

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Palenville Branch Library

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Tuesday: 11am-5pm
Wednesday: CLOSED
Thursday: 11am-7pm
Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday: 10am-1pm
Sunday: CLOSED