Looking for some online resources while the library is closed? Try some of these.
Online resources:
- RB Digital for looking at your favorite magazines
- Hoopla for streaming and watching audiobooks, ebooks, music, comics, movies and TV
- Digital access to The Star Ledger available to all with a valid email address during the pandemic
- Resources for students, children, adults (login and password: MAINlib)
- including Access Video on Demand
- Take a class in Computer Skills available from Rockaway Township Free Public Library
Random links from around the web:
- Information and bird house plans for the Great Crested Flycatcher
- Miles Davis’s chili recipe
- Watch Manhatta, the first American Avant-Garde film (1921)
- First Person, season 1 and 2 on Youtube.
- Knight Rider for 8 cellos.
- 50 books 50 covers competition.
- Bill Gates’ summer reading recommendations.
- David Lynch is doing weather reports.
- Library of Congress with an audio hiphop sample tool preview for their massive collections.
- Citizen Science opportunities from the NYNJ Trail Conference on invasive species.
- The Art of Design and other free documentaries from Netflix.
- Virtual Prom with John Krasinski.
- Make colorful patterns
- Ken Burns’ Baseball streamed for free from PBS.
- Free documentary each week by filmmaker, Gary Hustwit.
- Fill out the Census 2020 form online.
- FaceTime me, Ishmael.
- Tiny Desk performances.
- Mary-Claire King on The Moth.
- Quinn Cummings and a story about Brian Dennehy.
Livecams:
- Lavalette Beach Conditions
- Barnegat Light Osprey
- The Paterson Falls
- The Northern Lights
- Webcams in nature from explore.com
- Cherry blossoms webcam in Branch Brook Park
- Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park
- The International Space Station
Podcasts:
- 13 Minutes to the Moon from the BBC
- 99% Invisible for art and architecture
- Library Talks from the New York Public Library
- Studio 360
- Sidedoor Smithsonian
- Invisibilia
- Radiolab
- Freakanomics Radio
- Dolly Parton’s America
- Binge Mode
- Hit Parade
Digital Tours:
- The Van Gogh Museum
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum of the City of New York
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- The Vatican
- The Louvre
- The Guggenheim
- The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- NASA Langley Research Center
- The National Aquarium
Hiking:
- NJ’s 21 best hiking trails
- May 2020: the lady’s slippers are out! Find a hike and look at some!
- Morris County Parks Commission hiking apps and maps with GPS capability.
- Parks and trails reopen May 2nd.
- Wildlife Management Areas remain open for recreation.
- NJ Hiking Trail maps
- Best Hikes in NJ
- Top 10 Hikes in NJ
- Hiking Trailhead Map
- Find a Hike in NY/NJ