Digital Resources

Britannica Escolar is a Spanish-language online encyclopedia for students, offering age-appropriate articles, images, and learning tools to support homework and research in Spanish.

Britannica School is an online learning resource for students in grades K–12, offering reliable articles, images, videos, and study tools tailored to different reading levels and subjects.

The Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) is a searchable resource with reviews, summaries, and awards information for children's and young adult books—ideal for librarians, educators, and parents.

Get unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, graphic novels, and manga. 

CultureGrams is a reference resource that offers concise, reliable cultural information on countries, U.S. states, and provinces—covering customs, history, lifestyle, and more for students and researchers.

Ready-to-use, hands-on learning plans, worksheets, and activities for kids from Pre-K through 5th grade to do at home or at school. Grab your library card and click to get started!

Explora is an easy-to-use research tool for students and educators, offering reliable articles, images, and videos from magazines, journals, and encyclopedias—organized by grade level and subject.

Flipster is a digital magazine service that lets users read popular magazines online or through an app. Titles are full-color and cover topics like news, health, hobbies, and more.

Top magazines available digitally.

Compatible with iOS, PC, Android, Kindle

Brainfuse Homework Help is an online tutoring service offering live help, writing support, and study tools for students of all ages. Access expert help in math, science, English, and more—free with a library card.

Hoopla is a digital media service available to Amityville Public Library cardholders that enables you to check out movies, videos, full music albums, and audiobooks.

Compatible with iOS, Android, Kindle, Mac, PC

Kids InfoBits is a research tool designed for elementary school students, offering kid-friendly articles, images, and videos on a wide range of topics like animals, science, history, and more.

LearningExpress Library is an online resource offering practice tests, tutorials, and study guides for academic skills, career certification, college prep, and more.

Libby is a free app from Overdrive where you can borrow ebooks and digital audiobooks from the library. 

Compatible with iOS, Android, Kindle, PC

Magazines A to Z is a comprehensive directory of popular magazines, providing detailed publication information, subject coverage, and access to full-text articles for research and reading enjoyment.

Novel List Plus K-8 is a curated database designed for educators and librarians to find fiction titles suitable for kindergarten through eighth grade, organized by theme, genre, and reading level.

NoveList K-8 Plus is especially for younger readers. It has reading recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction, for kids in grades K-8. Use it to find just the right books for every reader.

Something About the Author is a reference series offering detailed biographies and insights about authors of children’s and young adult literature, ideal for students, educators, and librarians.