Virtual Library & Catalog

 

Traditional Web-based Library Catalogs:
 
  • Salem Catalog -- Find books, movies, music, audiobooks, and login to access your account or to place holds
  • findIT CT -- Statewide catalog of physical materials

Acorn catalog app 

Try the Acorn mobile app for the Salem Library catalog!

The Acorn Catalog mobile app is streamlined & efficient, making it easy to:
  • View & request holds
  • View & renew items out
  • Puts your home library's contact info right in the palm of your hand
  • Includes a digital barcode version of your library card
  • Is a cool way to look at and create your own personal title lists (e.g. "To Be Read," or "Books I Hated," or "Movies for When My Nieces Visit")
Easily download the acorn app through the Google Play Store or the Apple/IOS Store!
 

    Downloadable electronic resources:

    • Hoopla -- Downloadable ebooks, audiobooks, movies, tv shows, and comics
    • Overdrive -- Downloadable ebooks & audiobooks

    Consumer Resources: (*access with your public library card)

    Consumer Reports                  Consumer Reports Buying Guide

    Career & Small Business Resources:

    JobNow - Live, interactive online help combined with online resources to help you get a job. A "resume lab" and live, online job coaches help jobseekers strategically target suitable jobs and prepare and practice for job interviews. The Adult Learning Center provides foundational, career-enhancing skills to adult learners through test preparation (including the GED and the U.S. Citizenship Test) and features live, online academic tutors for writing assistance, computer literacy, and basic software assistance.

    LearningExpress Workforce Solutions - LearningExpress Workforce Solutions (featuring Job & Career Accelerator) contains hundreds of resources to help users achieve high school equivalency, explore jobs and careers, prepare for occupational certification exams, and develop the core knowledge and skills that are essential to workplace success.

    Research:

    researchIT CT -- Research materials, such as newspapers and journal articles in all subject areas, including: health, business, genealogy, history, law, education, and much more!

    Useful Websites:

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