The FBI is reminding us that various scammers are preying on people online during the crisis. Their release talks about extra vigilence with respect to some of the garden variety scams one sees every day like phishing and spoofed email…
Cut to the Chase: Direct Links to eBooks
Overdrive/Libby and Hoopla will continue to be available for borrowing items during this time. Additionally, OCPL has other eBook collections available for the next few months. To see what’s available go to https://www.onlib.org/find/e-books-and-more and scroll down.
Chemistry Lessons
The Reactions YouTube channel of the American Chemical Society has several short (mostly in the 4–10 minute range) videos about chemistry that start from questions like “What if humans could photosynthesize?” or “Why is pizza so delicious?” The latest asks…
SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 Information & Links
This is the first Maxwell post in the category Covid-19. The category is for posts during the SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 pandemic related to the virus, the syndrome, to Sheltering at Home, and so on. The idea is that even while the library’s…
OCPL’s E-Books and More page
This collection is, of course, where to find links to Overdrive/Libby and Hoopla — our long-term providers of eBooks, eMagazines, and eMedia. It also has links to the other services we subscribe to and to some that we have temporary…
Library closed due to COVID-19
In order to help “flatten the curve” of the spread of COVID-19, Maxwell Library will be closed until further notice. Important updates for OCPL cardholders: All due dates have been changed to May 1 and account notifications have been turned…
Learning & Test Preparation
OCPL has added a database of resources for test preparation, college and career planning, and related needs. It is the Gale Testing & Education Reference Center (TERC), and it replaces Learning Express. You can get to it through one of…
The Post-Standard
OCPL’s Newsbank database provides library patrons access to the Syracuse Post-Standard and to blogs hosted at Syracuse.com. You can follow this link to get access. You may need to enter your library card’s barcode number and your PIN to log…
Mango Languages
Mango Languages is an interactive system for learning a language. You can get more information at OCPL’s Databases page (Click on Education and Careers to narrow the list), or you can go straight to the login page (you’ll need your…
OCPL’s Databases page
Start here for answering questions on topics ranging from Antiques or Business to Religion or Technology. Some of the databases here that you would normally need to be in the library to access are temporarily available to patrons from home.