Learn how to make the most of your electronic reference center!
EBSCOHost databases provide full text articles from thousands of magazines, journals, and national newspapers ranging from Time and PCWorld to The Journal of Nursing Research to Library Journal. Most, but not all titles, are available in full text and include the most current issues as well as years of back issues.
Looking for relevant fiction – for a course or for pleasure reading? Is the title or author you wanted already checked out? Or are you just looking for a “good book”?
NoveList® can help you find your next book to read. This database of over 155,000 fiction titles for readers of all ages lets you use your favorite author to link to other books you might enjoy. Access through EBSCOhost icon.
Free Downloadable Audio and eBooks brought to you by the North Hampton Public Library!
Overdrive is easy to use. Browse and search hundred of great titles, check out the one you want and download or transfer it to your device. You will need your North Hampton Public Library Card Number for access. Follow these simple directions!
1. Go to http://nh.lib.overdrive.com
2. Install free software to your pc
3. Check out books
4. Download or transfer books
◊ a “free service” from participating New Hampshire public libraries ◊
~ More Electronic Library Services from the Library
Databases and online services are available at the library or through the library remotely at home.
Searching your family tree using world-wide databases is available only by subscription to non-library patrons but AncestryLibrary.com (library use only) is available to our library patrons! Thousands of valuable records are available in addition to genealogy help from Susan Grant, Director and genealogy buff.
~”READS to Go” at your library!
“Reads to Go” is a new service provided by READS, the reference and adult services section of the New Hampshire Library Association (NHLA). “Reads to Go” offers book club kits you can borrow through interlibrary loan from New Hampshire libraries. Each kit contains: 15 books, 1 discussion guide, 1 sign-out sheet, and one brochure. North Hampton Public Library card holders can utilize this service and borrow a kit. The person checking out the book club kit is responsible for returning all the items in the kit and may borrow the kit for six weeks. For a list of available titles visit the “Reads-to-Go” website at: http://reads-to-go.blogspot.com/. If you wish to borrow a kit contact the Library. Our Library may borrow up to two kits at a time.
~ Art and Collections at the Library
Are you a collector? Would you like to showcase your collection for others to admire and enjoy? North Hampton Public Library is looking for collections to display in their elegant display case that was given to them by the Friends of the Library. If you have a craft, collection, or other interesting items to share, please contact the library.
~ North Hampton Public Library’s Book Club
Pick up your copy of the current month’s book at the main desk and join us for discussion. We meet the second Thursday of each month at 2pm at the Library. Everyone is welcome to attend.
View our upcoming book discussions
~ Talking Books
If you have trouble reading regular print, you should know about Talking Books, a program funded through a partnership of state and federal dollars together with gifts and donations. Talking Book users have free access to fiction and nonfiction materials on a broad range of topics for all ages. The Talking Book Library includes books and magazines recorded on cassette, print/Braille children’s picture books, descriptive narrated videos, bi-monthly and annual catalogs, and even special players to listen to these books and magazines.
Talking Books is a free service, including the equipment, and available through your local library. To sign up you need an application form, available at the Library, which you fill out and have signed by your physician certifying your disability. After that, you simply order through their catalog, and your books and players come directly to you through the mail. Return mail is free of charge. If you think you qualify and would like to sign up for the Talking Books program, stop in to pickup an application from the North Hampton Library.
~ Online Book Club
Think you’re too busy to read? Try the Online Book Club at the North Hampton Library. You can pick from 11 different categories, from nonfiction and business books to mystery, romance, science fiction and teen books. There’s even an audio book club if you’d rather listen to a book! Join one or join more than one-it’s your choice.
Each day you’ll receive a 5-minute portion of a book via email, and by the end of the week you’ll have read (or listened to) 2-3 chapters. If you decide to go on with the book, you can contact us and we’ll reserve it for you if it’s in our collection or obtain it for you if we don’t already own it.
To join simply click here: DearReader.com Happy reading!
~ NHPL Member Discount Museum Passes
The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire – Dover, NH – $4.00 per person admission rate for up to four people
Charmingfare Farm – $8.50 per person for admission
Currier Museum of Art – Free general admission for two adults; children 17 and under are free
Museum of Fine Arts – Boston, MA – Two general admissions at $7.00 per person
Museum of Science – Boston, MA – $5 admission for up to 4 people
NH Historical Society Museum and Library – Concord, NH – Free admission
Peabody Essex Museum – Salem, MA – Two general admissions at $5.00 per person
Seacoast Science Center – Rye, NH – Free admission for a family
Strawbery Banke – Portsmouth, NH – Free admission for two adults and up to four children
Please ask one of our librarians for more information on how to pick up or reserve a pass.