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Get a Digital Card

Waterbury residents can sign up for a free library account online to access our digital collections.

Please include your email on the application form.

If you already have a library card, you do not need a digital card. Visit My Account to set up the password for your card.

 

CLICK HERE TO APPLY FOR A CARD

You will receive an email confirmation when the card is ready to use. 

***Note: You must provide an email or phone number on the application form***

***We will call you when the physical card is ready to be picked up. Please allow time for processing.***

 

 

Acorn App

Download the free Acorn app to your smartphone to search our catalog, request items, or view your account. The app saves your library card information and can be used in place of your physical card.

 The Acorn apps login in page with the Acorn logo displayed at the top.
                               Two smartphone screen shots of the Acorn app. With one screenshot showing the Acorn Catalog home page, and the other showing off the search function by searching Harry Potter. 
 Visit the Apple App Store to download the Acorn App.    Visit the Google Play Store to download the Acorn App.
 

 

 

Digital Collections

 

Visit the download page for the Libby App.

For ebooks and audiobooks

 

 

 

 

 Logo for The Palace Project.

For ebooks and audiobooks

                
 Visit the Apple App Store to download The Palace Project App.     
 Visit the Google Play Store to download The Palace Project App.

 
 


 

Visit the Silas Bronson Museum Pass Program webpage.

     

 

 

 

Databases

 

 

 

 

 
 Visit Ancestry.com Library Edition.
Available for use at the library
 

 Visit America's Historical Newspapers.

Search or browse more than a hundred early American newspapers, including the Waterbury American from 1844 to 1866, in this NewsBank database.

 

 

 

 

 

     

 Visit Auto Repair Source.

 

 

 Visit Black Life in America.

Search thousands of newspapers from 1704 to the present day, including the Waterbury American from 1866 to 1877.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 Visit Mango.
Learn a new language
   Visit News Bank.

Search for articles from more than 10,000 news sources, or browse more than 30 popular magazines.
 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 Visit Northstar Digital Literacy.
Build your computer skills and confidence.

  Visit Republican American.
Search for articles from 2004 to the present 
 

 

 


   
   
 

 

Visit Small Business Reference Center.

 

   Visit Small Engine Repair Reference Center.  
       

 

 Visit Universal Class.
Also available on the Libby app

 

   Visit World Book.

 

 

     

  

 

 

 

 

State Library Resources 

 

 

   
Visit ResearchIT CT.     Visit Job and Career Accelerator.