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Looking for a good book? Fill out our personalized reading list form for a customized list of book suggestions.

Hangin' with Hootie the Therapy Dog

Monday, January 26 join Hootie the Therapy Dog and his human Nikki at 3:30 or 4:15 PM for pats and snuggles!

Calling all teen poets! Starting January 2, 2026 the library is accepting entries from local teens in grades 6 through 12 for our Annual Teen Poetry Contest.

New York Times All Access

Beverly residents can read unlimited articles and access exclusive features. All with your library card!

2025 Staff Picks

The staff of the Beverly Public Library are pleased to share their favorite books of 2025. Check out our handy list to read summaries and request our favorites.

Upcoming Events:

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Children

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Toddler Story Time: 18 Months to 3 Years
Jan
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Jan
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Jan
20
Children

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

STEAM Story Time: All about Trains
Jan
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Jan
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Adult, Book Groups

7:30 PM - 8:45 PM

Tuesday Evening Book Discussion
Jan
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Jan
21
Children

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Toddler Story Time: 18 Months to 3 Years
Jan
21
Children

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Preschool Story Time: Aged 3 and older
Jan
21
Children

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

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Access From Anywhere

Get free access to thousands of movies with your library card.

hoopla offers movies, TV, music, audiobooks, eBooks, and comics.

Libby is OverDrive’s app for downloading eBooks and magazines, and streaming audiobooks.

OverDrive offers fiction and nonfiction eBooks and audiobooks.

A database of fiction and nonfiction books help you find books that match your reading interests and moods.

Read current and recent issues of popular and in-demand magazines with the hoopla Magazines BingePass.

A complete eLibrary containing over 5,000 digital magazines.

eBooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines for kids.

eBooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines for teens.

A database of book recommendations to help K-8 grade readers find books to match their reading interests and moods.

hoopla offers movies, TV, music, audiobooks, eBooks, and comics.

Explore New York Times’ News, Games, Cooking, Wirecutter, The Athletic, and Audio with a 72-hour All Access gift code for online and in-app use. Create or sign into your NYTimes.com user account to read unlimited articles, access exclusive features and newsletters, and get early access to new media releases.

Create an account and start reading immediately. Your access will be available for 3 days. After 3 days, come back, use the link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.

Consumer Reports serves consumers through product testing and ratings, research, journalism, public education, and advocacy.

Full-text article archive from 1980 to present.

Access The Salem News (2008-current) via NewsBank. Search and read full-text local news articles.

News and information from reliable news sources spanning the U.S. via NewsBank.

Provides information on 14,500 U.S. and foreign companies, and provides data on 24,500 funds, stocks and ETFs. Offers portfolio tools, videos, articles, stock screeners, and customizable charts. Please note: The library’s subscription allows for one user at a time.

Financial research and analysis of 3,400 large, mid, and small cap stocks using proprietary ranking systems. Please note: The library’s subscription allows for three users at a time.

Job search, reference, and mailing list database including business, executive, and resident profiles. Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more.

Access to active full-text journals, Business Source Premier is a popular resource found in many business research settings worldwide.

Create an account and start reading immediately. Your access will be available for 3 days. After 3 days, come back, use the link again and login as an existing user with the same username and password you originally created.

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