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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.

 
                                
     
 

 

 

Digital Collections

 

For ebooks and audiobooks

 

 

 

 

 

For ebooks and audiobooks

                
      
 

 
 


 


     

 

 

 

Databases

 

 

 

 

 
 
Available for use at the library
 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 
Learn a new language
   

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

 

 

 

 

 

   

 
Build your computer skills and confidence.

 
Search for articles from 2004 to the present 
 

 

 


   
   
 

 

 


 

     
       

 

 
Also available on the Libby app

 

   

 

 

     

  

 

 

 

 

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