Want to look things up in the catalog, place holds, and check your account from your phone or tablet? Try the NOBLE catalog app, your
Book Recommendations
NoveList Plus — Looking for a good book? Try this online service to find the next book in a series, fiction or nonfiction titles based on subject, genre or mood, read-alikes for your favorite authors or books, reading group guides and more. You’ll need your library card to use this from home.
Discover Explora
Explora — Try this easy-to-use database of articles from hundreds of different academic journals, popular magazines, reference works, primary source documents, and news videos, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, Foreign Affairs, Time, People, Consumer Reports and so much more!
NOBLE Digital Heritage
NOBLE Digital Heritage — Interested in local history? Visit this site to see images and other resources documenting the rich social and cultural history of our member communities.
Try the NOBLE Mobile App
Want to look things up in the catalog, place holds, and check your account from your phone or tablet?
Try the NOBLE catalog app, your library in your pocket, available for iOS and Android devices!
Irish-American Heritage Month
Irish-American Heritage Month — March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day and March is Irish-American Heritage Month. Here are some fiction and nonfiction ebooks and e-audiobooks about Ireland and the Irish from our OverDrive collection, which you can download or stream to you smartphone, tablet, Kindle or other device!
ALA Book Awards
- Newbery Medal — The John Newbery Award is given annually for the greatest contribution to children’s literature
- Caldecott Award — The Randolph Caldecott Award is given annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
- Michael L. Printz Award — The Michael L. Printz Award is given annually to a book that exemplifies literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas, school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association. The award is sponsored by Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association
- Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal — The Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal is awarded annually to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished informational book published in the United States in English during the preceding year. The award is named in honor of Robert F. Sibert, the long-time President of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Inc. and is administered by the Association for Library Service to Children, American Library Association.
- Sydney Taylor Book Awards — The Sydney Taylor Book Award is presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. Presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries since 1968, the award encourages the publication and widespread use of quality Judaic literature.
Try Libby for Ebooks and Audiobooks!
Libby App — Did you know you have free access to thousands of ebooks, audiobooks and magazines from the NOBLE OverDrive collection? You can borrow them instantly to read on your phone, tablet or other device. You can even use your NOBLE library card to “visit” the collections and borrow ebooks and audiobooks from other systems around the state!
Back to School!
Here are some books for kids going back to school — or maybe going to school for the very first time!
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NOBLE Book Awards 2018
NOBLE Book Awards 2018 — Who better to give tips on great books than your local librarians? Library staff voted for their favorite books of 2018 for different age groups and categories. Here’s a list of the winners and runners up, linked to the library catalog to make it easy to find and request them!
Book Recommendations
Looking for a good book? Try NoveList Plus, an online service helps you find the next book in a series, fiction or nonfiction titles based on subject, genre or mood, read-alikes for your favorite authors or books, reading group guides and more. You’ll need your library card to use this from home.
NoveList Plus — “Find your next great read”
Discover Explora
Explora — Try this easy-to-use database of articles from hundreds of different academic journals, popular magazines, reference works, primary source documents, and news videos, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, Foreign Affairs, Time, People, Consumer Reports and so much more! It’s a great place to start whether you’re a student working on a research paper, a reader looking for more information about your favorite author, a parent looking for more information on children’s health, or someone who wants to get a level and depth of information beyond what you can find via Google.
Explora Special Editions
In addition to the basic Explora site, there are special editions with content appropriate for teachers and for students in elementary, middle and high school students.
- Explora Educator’s Edition — Perfect for teachers and students of education.
- Explora for Primary Schools — A simple interface to articles and other resources appropriate for elementary school students
- Explora for Middle Schools — An interface to articles and other resources suitable for middle school students
- Explora for High Schools — An interface to articles and other resources suitable for high school students
This is a licensed resource which you can use in a NOBLE library or from home using your library card information to log in.
NOBLE Digital Heritage
Interested in local history? Visit this site to see images and other resources documenting the rich social and cultural history of our member communities: NOBLE Digital Heritage
You can also go directly to the collection of one of the participating libraries:
- Beverly Public Library
- Everett Public Libraries
- Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield
- Lynn Public Library
- Lynnfield Public Library
- Melrose Public Library
- Peabody Institute Library of Danvers
- Peabody Institute Library, Peabody
- Phillips Academy, Andover
- Reading Public Library
- Salem Public Library
- Saugus Public Library
- Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester
- Stoneham Public Library
- Swampscott Public Library
- Winthrop Public Library
NextReads Newsletters
NextReads Newsletters — Wondering what to read next? Sign up for NextReads email newsletters to receive recommendations for your favorite type of book for adults, teens and children, with titles linked to the library catalog to make it easy to find and request them.
There are 26 different newsletters to choose from! You can click on the name of the list for more information and to see the current issue.
NextReads Newsletter Recent Issues — You can browse through the last six issues of all the newsletters her