The Library’s online programs and resources are available wherever you are! Attend a virtual storytime, get resume help, research a school project and much more.
eBooks and Audiobooks
BPL offers over 400,000 books, magazine, audiobooks and more on your phone, tablet or computer, all free with your library card and available 24/7. Learn more about these collections and find download guides here.
Search the CatalogOnline Resources
Whether you are exploring family history, want to learn a new skill, or are researching a school project, BPL's free digital resources and databases can help. Access our resources anywhere with your library card!
Explore Online ResourcesResources for Kids & Families
Online Storytimes: Read stories and sing songs with our Virtual Storytimes, with new events every day featuring librarians all over Brooklyn. Multilingual Storytimes are hosted in nine languages. During Brainy Babies, our youngest patrons and their families enjoy stories and activities designed to encourage brain development and early learning practices. In Ready, Set, Kindergarten’s special six session series, children ages 3–5 and their caregivers enjoy stories and activities designed to encourage the development of early learning practices.
Online Programming: Our staff are hosting fun, virtual activities for school-age kids and teens every day, too. Team Up to Read is a free, interactive series designed for children ages 5–9 and their caregivers to help strong readers by improving reading skills with tips and fun activities. We also have new, fun STEM programs for Middle Schoolers.
Remote Schooling: Caregivers and children can access Homeschool Resources for students K–12, including live tutoring in afternoons and evenings and personalized academic assistance via BPL volunteers on Zoom or Brainfuse HelpNow. Older students can practice for the SAT, AP, ACT or TASC (high school equivalency exam) or simply improve their reading or math skills with Learning Express Library.
Resources for Job Seekers & Small Business Owners
Resume and job search assistance: If you need help on your resume or job search, BPL’s Business and Career Services is offering a personalized email service to help as well as live resume and career help on Zoom. If you have questions about your resume, cover letter, resources that could help you in your job search, or other job search-related questions, please email resumehelp@bklynlibrary.org.
For professional development: Get ahead with a self-paced high quality online class from LinkedIn Learning in business, software, technology, and creative skills like video and audio editing, as well as other excellent online learning platforms.
Find trustworthy information: If you're starting a business, looking for work, or do you want to take control of your finances, our business librarians created Resources to Help you Navigate the COVID-19 Crisis.
Resources for Adult Learners
Register for BPL’s online Adult Learning classes to improve at reading, writing and math, prepare for HSE and TASC tests, and increase your English language skills. Classes are fully online with live virtual class meetings each week using Zoom—schedule a virtual screening to get started.
Resources for Older Adults
Older adults can take creative programs at the Library, from workshops on crafting a memory book from stories and photos to creative writing or memoir writing workshops, as well as virtual movement classes to keep active while staying at home. See all our virtual programs for older adults here.
Upcoming Events
Virtual English Conversation Group
Practice your English speaking and listening skills with other adults who are learning English. Our group meets online, on Zoom.
Please register with your name and email to receive the information to join the group. The Zoom link will be emailed one (1) hour before the group starts…
Virtual Knit, Crochet & Sew Together
Looking for company while your hands are busy with yarn or textiles? Join the Windsor Terrace Library for a Zoom knitting/crocheting/sewing/fiber arts session to share your projects and hangout. All are welcome!
**Registration required!
We will be using Zoom to host…
Virtual English Conversation Group
Practice your English speaking and listening skills with other adults who are learning English. Our group meets online, on Zoom.
Please register with your name and email to receive the information to join the group. The Zoom link will be emailed on the Friday before the program.
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Virtual English Conversation Group
Practice your English speaking and listening skills with other adults who are learning English. Our group meets online, on Zoom.
Please register with your name and email to receive the information to join the group. The Zoom link will be emailed one (1) hour before the group starts…
Virtual English Conversation Group
Practice your English speaking and listening skills with other adults who are learning English. Our group meets online, on Zoom.
Please register with your name and email to receive the information to join the group. The Zoom link will be emailed one (1) hour before the group starts…
Best Indoor & Outdoor Activities in Big Apple!
The Little Red Lighthouse: Located underneath the George Washington Bridge along this treacherous section of the Hudson River once known as Jeffrey's Hook, this is one of the few surviving lighthouses in Big Apple!
Join our Librarian Shirley Wong in a virtual travel and dining experience…
Virtual English Conversation Group
Practice your English speaking and listening skills with other adults who are learning English. Our group meets online, on Zoom.
Please register with your name and email to receive the information to join the group. The Zoom link will be emailed one (1) hour before the group starts…
Virtual English Conversation Group
Practice your English speaking and listening skills with other adults who are learning English. Our group meets online, on Zoom.
Please register with your name and email to receive the information to join the group. The Zoom link will be emailed one (1) hour before the group starts…
Eat Healthy Be Active Workshop led by City Harvest
Do you spend too much time worrying about what's for dinner? We can help!
Join City Harvest for a free virtual nutrition education course to learn tips on reading labels, creating healthy meals and stretching your grocery dollars.
City Harvest will provide the ingredients for…
Virtual Power Point Basics
Virtual Microsoft PowerPoint Basics introduces new and returning PowerPoint users to the basics of using, creating, editing and publishing office presentations. This series covers the core features of Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. This sesssion is 60 minutes.
This is…
Online Resources
BookFlix
Classic animated storybooks for children.
Brainfuse HelpNow
Personalized academic assistance for K-12 and adult learners.
Flipster
Get access to major magazines and journals to read on your smartphone, tablet, or PC.
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
Online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to…
Mango Languages
Learn a new language or brush up current skills. Contains 72 languages as well English courses for speakers…