Hoopla Digital
We are excited to announce that we now have Hoopla available for our patrons! What is Hoopla? Hoopla is a groundbreaking digital media service offered by your local public library that allows you to borrow movies, music, audiobooks, ebooks, comics and TV shows to enjoy on your computer, tablet, or phone – and even your TV! You can log in here with your library card today to access! Call or email with any questions about how to use this new service!
The following resources are provided by the Vermont Department of Libraries:
Udemy
Udemy is an online learning platform with over 20,000 video courses on a huge range of topics: business, programming, music, cooking, and more! It offers well-structured video courses and assignments that you can complete at your own pace and in whatever order you want. Courses vary from short classes of a couple of hours, to long classes of many hours and covering many topics.
Click here for more info and access.
Peterson’s Test and Career Prep
Peterson’s provides job help such as career certification practice exams and vocational test prep tools for nursing, law enforcement, real estate, teaching, trucking, and more. It also offers standardized test preparation (like the SAT or GRE), undergraduate and graduate program research, tuition assistance information, and career advice, as well as help with resumes and cover letters.
Click here for more info and access.
Chilton Library for Auto Repair
Chilton Library helps people save money on repairs and maintenance by providing expert, step-by-step guidance, and equips them with authoritative information that’s helpful when seeking professional car care services. It’s just one of the resources available to all Vermonters through the Vermont Online Library (VOL). Chilton has recently expanded their coverage to more makes and models, including Subaru.
Click here for more info and access.
Vermont Online Library
Covering everything from newspaper articles to DIY car repair, the Vermont Online Library (VOL) can help with any topic. Available for free to all Vermonters, VOL has options for all ages from elementary school through adult. You can even use it to read current articles from the NY Times, Washington Post, the Economist, and more.
Click Here to access – It will ask if you share your location; if not, login with your library card number (2W725000000 (EX. 2W725000000###) followed by your three digit library card number) or a password (email winhalllibrary@comcast.net to request the password).
The following are free resources:
Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to books, movies & music, as well as 418 billion archived web pages.
Access – Go to https://archive.org/
Project Gutenberg
The site offers thousands of public domain ebooks for free use on any device. Because they are public domain, they are typically limited to items published before 1924, but that still includes a wide range of classics.
Access – Go to https://www.gutenberg.org/ and download ebooks in a variety of formats
LibriVox
This site offers public domain audiobooks recorded by volunteers for free use on any relevant device. Like Gutenberg, they tend to be items published before 1924.
Access – Go to https://librivox.org/ and download audiobooks.
FamilySearch
This free genealogy site allows users to search for information, create a family tree, and pull records from their extensive database.
Access – Go to https://www.familysearch.org/
Winhall Memorial Library 