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Collections

Middletown Public Library maintains a circulating collection of books, audiobooks (on tape and on CD), videos and DVDs, and magazines for adults, teens, and children that may be checked out by patrons who hold an active Middletown Public Library card. 

Middletown Public Library also maintains a collection of reference books, encyclopedia, and atlases; daily newspapers; and microfilm of the local paper, Press & Journal, that may be used in the library. 
  

Internet Access and Public-Use Computers

From home PCs, anyone may browse the Middletown Public Library catalog. Current cardholders may also access their own library accounts to place holds or renew items. 

In the library, visitors may use one of our public-use computers to search the internet, set up and access a personal e-mail account, or use any of several popular Microsoft applications such as Word or Excel. 
  

Library Catalog and Your Account
 

Library Catalog

Middletown Public Library in collaboration with Hershey Public Library and The Lois High Berstler Community Health Library formed the Community Libraries Information Consortium (CLIC), which contracted with Polaris Library Systems to provide an online integrated library system that includes the catalogs of each of these libraries. This collaboration gives library patrons access to the holdings of each of the three libraries, both at the library or through the internet, as well as access to their own accounts.

Your Account

Cardholders may manage their accounts, checking due dates and renewing items, and may place holds on materials from any of the three libraries. 

Download e-Audiobooks

Introducing e-Audiobooks online!
Through a partnership with the Capital Area Library District, your library card now allows you to download e-Audiobooks anytime from NetLibrary/Recorded Books and listen to them on your computer or on a compatible MP3 player. The title selection includes something for everyone - over 1,200 titles of best-selling fiction, non-fiction, classics, mysteries, language learning, and more.

First Time NetLibrary Users: 
You must first register to download e-Audiobooks from NetLibrary/Recorded Books. Click on the Register link below. You will be asked for your Middletown Public Library card number and then taken to the NetLibrary login page. 

On the NetLibrary login page, use the link in the upper right-hand corner to CREATE A FREE ACCOUNT. Fill in the required fields and choose a Username and Password. (Write these down because you will need to use them for future logins.) If you have problems or questions, visit or call Middletown Public Library for assistance.
Register for eAudiobooks  

Registered NetLibrary Users: 
 Use this link www.netlibrary.com/recordedbooks to go directly to NetLibrary/Recorded Books. For your convenience, you can also add their login page to your list of bookmarked or favorite sites. Login with the Username and Password you created and search or browse the title lists from the library's Recorded Books collection.

Access PA Power Library & Access PA

POWER Library is offered as a service of Pennsylvania's public libraries, school libraries and the State Library. POWER library allows users to access thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more. You will find materials of interest in most subject areas for all age groups from young children to adults. 

Access PA is a shared catalog of library holdings from member libraries throughout the state of Pennsylvania.  Users can search by title, subject, or author to find a book located in a public, school, or academic library.  Once a patron finds what he’s looking for, he can ask his local library to order the item through interlibrary loan. 

Online Practice Tests

Planning to take the SATs? Need to study for the ASVAB? Want to pass your Realtor’s exam?
Practice courses and tests for these and many more are now available with your Middletown Public Library card. Just click on the button in the top right hand corner of this page for all of LearningExpressLibrary’s online tests and tutorials.

 

Programs

Middletown Public Library presents a broad range of programs for children, teens, and adults. In fall and spring, we hold weekly storytimes for children from ages two through six. We have special programs, monthly, for school-age children. We have also begun to sponsor some special programs for teens and adults. Please see our Calendar and listing of Programs & Events for this season’s slate of activities. 

In addition to these school-year programs, Middletown Public Library--in association with Tri-County OIC, Friends of the Library, and other sponsors—offers a full Summer Reading Club for all ages. In addition to take-home reading challenges, the Club presents weekly special programs, prizes, and an end-of-summer picnic.