Hillcrest HS Library
Librarian - Ms. O'Connell
The library is open periods 1-8.
Students can come into the library during a free period, lunch period or Study Hall.
Please use this website to access our catalog, find book suggestions, access our databases
and get help with research.
Feel free to email Ms. O'Connell with any questions.
Sora now has thousands of ebooks and audiobooks available!
Access the books via a web browser or the app.
Instructions for signing into & using Sora
Instructions for opening Sora on your phone
Visit discoversora.com/nyc to get started; for short tutorials, click here.
Check out what's popular in Sora here:
You will need your NYC student email account to log into the catalog and to Sora:
If you cannot remember your password, you can reset it here
or see your Guidance Counselor, a Teacher, or one of the Librarians.
Other ways to access free ebooks and audiobooks:
Open eBooks is a library containing thousands of free, popular and award-winning ebooks. You can borrow up to 10 books at a time. You will need a code and PIN to open the app - find the instructions here.
You can browse the Open eBooks catalog here: https://catalog.openebooks.us/collection/groups
FREE READS
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FREE Audiobooks
20 audiobooks in the Bluford series are available to listen to online at https://www.bluford.org/audiobooks/