Digital Resources

Most of our online resources are available online from anywhere except those that are marked as “in-library only.” You will need a valid library card for access.

11/22/2023

Not all publishers will sell ebooks to libraries and library consortia. Publishers license copies of eBooks to public libraries. Various publishers have different restrictions, such as the inability to purchase new releases, and audiobook titles published by Audible or Brilliance audio.

11/22/2023

Different publishers or platforms have different restrictions, most are limited to one copy one user at a time, just like physical materials. When an eBook copy is returned to the collection, another patron can borrow the copy. 

Hoopla provides instant access — no wait times or hold lists — to a growing collection of ebooks and digital audiobooks. Check out all the offerings at hoopladigital.com or through the hoopla mobile app.

11/22/2023

Yes, you can save your library card digitally in 2 ways through our consortium’s library app, GMILCS, or through the cloudLibrary app.

• Download the consortium’s library app, GMILCS, on your iOS or Android mobile device. Once it is installed and you have logged in you can find your digital library card by selecting Card from the menu.
• Download the cloudLibrary app on your iOS or Android mobile device. Once logged into the app your virtual library card will be accessible by tapping the barcode icon in the top right corner of your home screen to display the barcode.

11/22/2023

Get started with the New York Times

News:
Enjoy free, unlimited access to nytimes.com from anywhere!
 
Global reporting, analysis, cultural commentary and more to deepen your understanding of the world. Whether you’re managing finances, tackling tough parenting problems or simply looking to make sense of this moment, rely on original, quality journalism to lead the way. It’s an essential source for fearless reporting, varied perspectives and practical advice on nearly every topic — from the vital issues shaping our world to the simple pleasures that make everyday life better. 
 
From home or on the go:

• Navigate to the New York Times in our library catalog and login to your account with your password/PIN.
• Click on "Open Resource"
• You will be brought to a page where you can redeem a subscription code
• After redeeming the code, login with a NYTimes.com account.
• If this is your first time, you'll need to register a personal account to access the site.

Access is granted for 24 hours and can be refreshed as many times as you like by returning to this page and clicking the link again! After redeeming the code, you may also log in using the New York Times app.
 

The Athletic:
The Athletic delivers in-depth sports coverage of your favorite teams and leagues. Access includes everything from breaking news and live commentary to long-form features, exclusive interviews, podcasts and more.

• Navigate to the Athletic in our library catalog and login to your account with your password/PIN.
• Click on "Open Resource"
• You will be brought to a page where you can redeem a subscription code
• Click on Log in
• If this is your first time, you'll need to register a personal account to access this site
• Now you may begin to personalize your Athletic experience

Access is granted for 24 hours and can be refreshed daily by returning to this page and clicking the link again

NYT Cooking
New York Times Cooking is an inspiring cooking guide, innovative and interactive kitchen tool, and diverse recipe collection that helps home cooks of every level discover, save and organize the world’s best recipes, while also helping them become better, more competent cooks.

• Navigate to NYT Cooking in our library catalog and login to your account with your password/PIN.
• Click on "Open Resource"
• You will be brought to a page where you can redeem a subscription code
• Click on Log in
• If this is your first time, you'll need to register a personal account to access this site

Access is granted for 24 hours and can be refreshed daily by returning to this page and clicking the link again

NYT Games
From The Crossword to Wordle and Spelling Bee — word, visual and number games that build problem-solving skills, provide a mental break, and delight solvers. Times Games have captivated solvers since the launch of the Crossword in 1942. All Games are available on the web and NYT App; Crossword and Spelling Bee are available in the Crossword App.

• Navigate to NYT Games in our library catalog and login to your account with your password/PIN.
• Click on "Open Resource"
• You will be brought to a page where you can redeem a subscription code
• Click on Log in
• If this is your first time, you'll need to register a personal account to access this site

Access is granted for 24 hours and can be refreshed daily by returning to this page and clicking the link again.

11/22/2023

Get started with the Wall Street Journal

Enjoy free, unlimited access to WSJ.com from anywhere!

• Navigate to the Wall Street Journal in our library catalog and login to your account with your password/PIN.
• Click on "Open Resource"
• You will be brought to WSJ.com to login. 
  • Select Sign In to login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.
  • If this is your first time, you'll need to create a personal account to access this site.
• Your access will be available for the next 3 days
• At the conclusion of the 3 day period, you may click the above link again

6/4/2024

Get started with Libby by Overdrive

1. Visit nh.overdrive.com or download the Libby app on your iOS or Android mobile device.
2. Find and select the Amherst Town Library as your library and sign in using your library card number.
3. Search for Audiobooks, eBooks, and Magazines. Borrow a title by clicking Borrow. Checkouts are limited to 3 titles at a time.
4. Borrowed titles appear on your Shelf and download to the app automatically when you're on Wi-Fi, so you can read them when you're offline.
5. eBooks can be sent to your Kindle or Kindle reading app.

Details

• Types of Items: Ebooks, audiobooks, digital magazines
• Holds/Users: Libby is shared throughout NH, high holds and high users, largest collection.
• Items/Limits:
  • Borrow up to 3 items and place 5 items on hold at a time
  • Ebooks & audiobooks: borrow for 14 days, renew if no holds
  • Digital magazines: Always available, no due dates.
• Devices:
  • Smartphones
  • Tablets
  • Ereaders
    • Kindle: ebooks can be sent to your Kindle
    • Kobo: ebooks can be borrowed on Kobo via built - in Overdrive feature
    • Nook & Kobo: ebooks can be loaded onto you Nook or Kobo via Adobe Digital Editions

Click here for Libby Help

04/01/2024

Kindle Books are automatically returned to the library at the end of their lending periods.

If you finish a Kindle Book before its due date, you can return it on Amazon's website, on your Kindle ereader, or from the Kindle app.

Click here for step by step instructions

07/10/2024

Get started with cloudLibrary

1. Visit yourcloudlibrary.com or download the cloudLibrary app on your iOS or Android mobile device.
2. Find your library, enter your Amherst Town Library library card number and pin/password. Click agree to terms and log in. This is the pin/ password you selected when registering for your card & is the same as your ATL My Account log in. 
3. Search for Audiobooks & eBooks, Comics, Music, Movies, and TV. Borrow a title by Borrow. Checkouts are limited to 6 titles at a time.
4. Borrowed titles appear under My Books and download to the app automatically, so you can read them when you're offline.

Details

• Types of Items: Ebooks, audiobooks
• Holds/Users: Cloudlibrary is shared with GMILCS. Holds maintained weekly to manage wait times.
• Items/Limits:
  • Borrow up to 6 items and place 5 holds at a time.
  • Ebooks & audiobooks: borrow for 14 days, renew if option is available on My Books tab.
• Devices:
  • Smartphones
  • Tablets
  • Ereaders
    • Nook & Kobo: ebooks can be loaded onto you Nook or Kobo via Adobe Digital Editions

Click here for cloudLibrary Help

04/01/2024

Get started with hoopla

1. Visit hoopladigital.com or download the hoopla app on your iOS or Android mobile device.
2. Create an account with an email, password, and your library card number.
3. Search for Audiobooks, eBooks, Comics, Music, Movies, TV, or Binge Passes. Borrow a title by clicking on the title’s icon and clicking Borrow.
4. Stream the item or download it to your device to hear, read, or watch it. You'll need to download it if you plan on using your item without Wi-Fi.

Ways to Borrow

• hoopla Instant: hoopla Instant titles—identified by a lightning bolt—are always available to immediately stream or download with no wait. You can use 6 hoopla Instant borrows each month.
• hoopla Flex: hoopla Flex—signified by revolving arrows—you can borrow titles marked Available or place a hold with just a click for a title marked Wait List. hoopla will notify you when it becomes available. You have 2 hoopla Flex borrows to use at any given time. If you ever run out of hoopla Flex borrows, simply return one Flex title and select a new one. 
• Binge Pass: hoopla BingePass lets you, well, binge! Entire collections of streaming content are at your fingertips with just one borrow. 
• Bonus Borrows: Keep your eye out for Bonus Borrows! These Instant Bonus Borrows will not count against your 6 monthly hoopla borrows.

Details

• Types of Items: Ebooks, audiobooks, graphic novels & comics, movies, TV episodes, and music.
• Holds/Users: Hoopla is for Amherst Town Library cardholders only.
• Lending Periods: 
  • hoopla Flex: 14 days
  • hoopla Instant:
    • eBooks, Audiobooks, & Comics: 21 days
    • Music: 7 days
    • TV and Movies: 3 days
• Devices
  • Smartphones
  • Tablets

Click here for Hoopla Help

11/22/2023

Get Started with kanopy

1. Visit amherstlibrary.kanopy.com or download the kanopy mobile app on your iOS, Android, Amazon Fire devices, and the kanopy TV app on your Smart TV. 
2. Find and select the Amherst Town Library as your library and enter your library card number and your password/PIN.
3. Create your kanopy account: 
   • Enter your name, email address, and password, then select Sign up. 
4. Start watching! Search for movies, documentaries & TV series. Borrow a title using your Tickets by selecting Play. The loan period will vary from 48 hours to 72 hours for most titles. Once tickets are applied, you can watch the video as many times as you would like during the loan period.

Tickets 

• Each month, you will receive 15 Tickets that you can “spend” to borrow and play videos. Unused tickets don't roll over to the next month. 
• You can see your remaining tickets for the month in the top-right corner of the homepage. 
• As you browse for titles, you'll see the number of tickets required to watch each title and how long you have to watch it. 
• For episodic titles, like TV series and The Great Courses, you'll also see what content the tickets unlock (e.g., "Season 1" or "all").

Kanopy Kids 

Kanopy Kids is Kanopy's curated collection of content for children, with a focus on ages 2-8.

• Kids can browse tv series, animated storybooks, and films, ranging from beloved characters like Paddington Bear, Madeline, Blippi, Sesame Street and PBS Kids.
• Use parental controls to keep kids within Kanopy Kids and enjoy unlimited plays and ticket free fun with Kanopy Kids titles!

Click here to learn more about Kanopy Kids

Click here for kanopy Help

8/2/2024

You can read most Libby ebooks with a Kindle device. Ebooks must be sent from Libby by Overdrive to your Kindle Device

Send Via Libby App using a smartphone or tablet

1. Download the Libby app on a smartphone or tablet
2. Open the app and follow the on screen prompts
3. Log in with your Amherst Town Library Card #
4. Search for and borrow an ebook
5. ​​To send a book to Kindle and read it there: Tap Shelf. 
6. Tap loans at the top of the screen.
7. Tap Read With....
8. Tap Kindle.
9. You'll be taken to Amazon's website to finish getting the book.
10. If you're signed into your Amazon account, verify the "Deliver to:" device and tap Get Library Book.
11. If you're not signed into your Amazon account, tap Get Library Book, and sign in.

​Send Via NH Downloadable Books Website using a computer

1. Open a web browser on another device (ie. phone, tablet, or computer)
   1. Chrome, Safari, Silk, Microsoft Edge
2. Or navigate to the web browser on Kindle Device. (NOT RECOMMENDED)
   1. Tap the Menu button, visible as 3 vertical dots in the upper-right corner of the Home Screen.
   2. From the list of options displayed, select the Web browser option.
3. Navigate to NH Downloadable Books at: https://nh.overdrive.com
4. Click Sign In
5. Select Amherst Town Library from the drop down Menu
6. Enter Library Card #
7. Search for and borrow an ebook
8. Once Borrowed, click Read now with Kindle
9. You'll be taken to Amazon's website to finish getting the book.
10. If you're signed into your Amazon account, verify the "Deliver to:" device and tap Get Library Book.
11. If you're not signed into your Amazon account, tap Get Library Book, and sign in
12. Books will be delivered to the chosen Amazon Device, and you can open and read the books in your Kindle Library. 

11/22/2023

Set up built-in Overdrive feature for Kobo ereaders

1. Go to your Home screen.
2. Tap the More icon at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap Settings.
4. Tap OverDrive.
5. Tap Get started.
6. Tap Create account to create an OverDrive account, or tap Sign in to OverDrive to find your library and sign in with your library card, Facebook, or an existing OverDrive account.
7. After you've signed in to your library, you can borrow books on your eReader.
   • Go to your Home screen.
   • Tap Discover at the bottom of the screen.
   • Search for the book that you'd like to borrow.
   • Tap on the book title or cover that you'd like to borrow.
   • Tap the More icon.
   • Tap Borrow with OverDrive.
8. If the book is available, you'll see a dialogue that confirms that you've checked out the book. Simply sync your eReader to see the book on your Home screen. If the book isn't available, you'll have the option to place the book on hold. You'll be notified by email when the book is available. Items you've borrowed are automatically returned at the end of their lending period.

Click this link for instructions on how to set up the built-in Overdrive feature for Kobo ereaders.

11/22/2023

Install Adobe Digital Editions   

1. Download ADE and install it on your computer. Click here to download Adobe Digital Editions
2. Log-in to Adobe Digital Editions with your Adobe ID and password. If you don’t have one you will need to create one using the Create an Adobe ID link in the menu.
3. Authorize your computer with ADE: Pair your computer with ADE so that you can load books onto your eReader.obo 
4. Add books to your eReader using ADE.

Kobo: Click here for step by step instructions on setting up Adobe Digital Editions with Kobo devices
Nook: Click here for step by step instructions on setting up Adobe Digital Editions with Nook devices

Borrowing cloudLibrary eBooks

1. On a computer go to yourcloudlibrary.com
2. Choose Amherst Town Library from the drop-down menus
3. Click on the green Login button in the upper right. Input your Library ID and PIN. 
4. Search your library’s collection. When you find your desired book, borrow it!
5. Once borrowed, the Book Details screen will show the text Download for offline reading. Click on the text link and the file will download onto your computer’s designated download folder.
6. Navigate to Adobe Digital Editions, Once there, click on File from the upper menu and choose “Add to Library”
7. Open the file in ADE and transfer the book to your ereader.

Click here for instructions on how to transfer cloudLibrary ebooks to an ereader using Adobe Digital Editions

Borrowing Libby by Overdrive books via NH Downloadable Books Website

1. On a computer, navigate to NH Downloadable Books at: https://nh.overdrive.com
2. Click Sign In
3. Select Amherst Town Library from the drop down Menu
4. Enter Library Card #
5. Start browsing and searching for items to borrow
6. Click Borrow
7. Once Borrowed click Download EPUB ebook
8. Open the downloaded file into ADE 
9. Transfer the book to your ereader.

Click here for instructions on how to transfer Overdrive library ebooks to an ereader using Adobe Digital Editions

11/22/2023