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Our parent & caregiver services are designed to make it easy to share library materials with your children and help them succeed.
Did you know because your student attends school in Ocean County they’re entitled to one of our free library cards? This means if your student’s residence is in Sussex County but they attend private school in Ocean County, they can get a card. With their card, all in-county students have access to over hundreds of databases, thousands of e-books, millions of print books, and so much more.
Please see our Get a Library Card page to start your application today.
The Ocean County Library provides great educational resources to help support our homeschool families. Resources include digital materials & resources, homework help, in-house programming, and more. Whatever your homeschooling needs, OCL is a resource you can count on.
Need more information on curriculum standards, lesson plans, or other resources for your student? Visit our Digital Resources page and select “Educator Resources”
Meet other homeschool families at one of our many upcoming programs.
The Ocean County Library offers programming for all age groups. Visit our Calendar of Events to view programming for your student’s age group.
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, middle school, 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 – 11 pm seven days a week.
We provide free access to over 100 reliable Digital Resources with your library card. Students of all ages have access at any one of our locations, most of which are available anywhere with an internet connection. Subjects include:
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Can’t get to the library? We’re open 24/7 with 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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BookPage: Discover Your Next Great Book
In-library Access | Remote Access |
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Freegal: 24 hour streaming music** | ![]() |
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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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Wall Street Journal
In-library Access | Remote Access |
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*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.
Our Librarians want to inspire a love of reading and have created current and up to date booklists for your children 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.
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.