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Our educator services are designed to make it easy to share library materials with your students and help them succeed.
Click here to learn about our new Educator Library Card!
Did you know because you are a teacher in Ocean County you are entitled to one of our free library cards? This means if you are a resident in Sussex County but are teaching in Ocean County, you can get a card.
We also offer library card sign-ups for your classes. If you would like to set up a library card sign-up visit, please fill out our Class Visit Form. This will be sent to your local librarian. Our goal is to provide a library card for every student and teacher in Ocean County.
Please see our Get a Library Card page to start your application today.
Help us help your students! Let us know when students may be using our library for research projects and other assignments. We'll gather the material for you. Click here for the Assignment Alert Form. Please submit the form at least one week before the assignment is given.
Our Digital Resources provide teachers with a library of printable, teacher-handout materials for elementary, intermediate, high school, and junior college curriculums. These databases listed under the tab “Educator Resources” also hold suggested lesson plans, and contain scholarly articles, citations and abstracts from over 500 full text education journals.
These Digital Resources accessible with your library card are available at any one of our locations, most of which are offered anywhere with an internet connection. Subjects include:
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Can’t get to the library? Stream it in real-time with your school’s internet access. We offer a variety of eBooks, emagazines, audiobooks, streaming video and music on our Digital Materials page.
Listed below are various resources to access digital and downloadable content for free.
Enjoy eBooks, audiobooks, movies, magazines, and more! All resources contain materials for children, teens, and adults.
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| Access Video Just for Kids |  |
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| Access Video On Demand | |
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| Axis360 | |
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| BookPage: Discover Your Next Great Book
In-library Access | Remote Access |
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| Creativebug | |
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| EBSCO eBooks | |
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| Flipster | |
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| Freegal: 24 hour streaming music** | |
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| hoopla* | |
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| Kanopy*** | |
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| Libby by OverDrive | |
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| LinkedIn Learning for Library | |
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| New York Times
In-library Access | Remote Access |
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| New York Times Games
In-library Access | Remote Access |
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| The Philadelphia Inquirer | |
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| The Press of Atlantic City | |
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| The Star-Ledger | |
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| The Trenton Times | |
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| TumbleBookLibrary (For Kids) | |
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| Universal Class | |
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| Wall Street Journal
In-library Access | Remote Access |
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| World Book | |
*We are pleased to offer hoopla digital borrowing, which provides eBooks, eComic books, eAudio, and digital film, magazines, and music to Ocean County Library resident cardholders.
**Freegal provides 24/7 digital streaming access, plus 3 song downloads per week, to over 15 million songs, audiobooks, and music videos for Ocean County Library resident cardholders.
*** Kanopy video streaming service provides four checkouts per month for Ocean County Library resident cardholders.
For help and support with these digital materials, please visit our help page.
The Ocean County Library offers opportunities for free professional development hours through Universal Class.
In addition, we offer many opportunities for professional development both in-house or in your classroom. To see a listing of our upcoming professional development programming click here: Education Initiative Programming. To schedule time in your classroom please fill out a request through the Class Visit Form.
We offer free, live, one-on-one, online tutoring through brainfuse - HelpNow. This excellent resource offers tutoring in math, science, writing, language learning, and other subjects for elementary, intermediate, high school, and college students. The service also features a writing lab that gives feedback on written assignments within 24 hours and much more.
All brainfuse tutors have at least a four-year degree and undergo background checks.
HelpNow also includes live, online help for Spanish speakers.
All tutoring services are available daily from 2 pm – 11 pm seven days a week.
Our Librarians want to inspire a love of reading and have created current and up to date booklists for your students in various genres. Lists include topics like Non-fiction, Diversability, Teen reluctant readers, mental health and more. Here are our suggested reads for Children and Teens.
Or find your next great read on NoveList, discover new titles and “read-a-likes” of your favorite books.
The Ocean County Library offers a selection of maker tools that can be incorporated into a scheduled librarian class visit to your school. Extend your curriculum by incorporating elements of robotics, coding, circuitry and more, for a hands-on learning experience.
Our librarians are happy to talk about our Library and our vast resources. Our Classroom Visits are tailored to your specific needs, including book talks, database tutorials, maker kit interactions, storytimes and participating in your special events.
In addition, help your students learn about the many resources and programs available in their community with a fun and free Library visit. Visits are customized to your classes’ needs. To schedule any of these visits please click here.
Did you know you can chat live with a library staff member? Questions can be asked via:
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Live services are available Monday – Thursday 9-9, Friday & Saturday 9-5, and Sunday 1-5*
*Sunday hours are available September through May.
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