ChromeBook/MacBook/PC:
Use Sora on your ChromeBook, MacBook or PC to read eBooks in your browser and listen to audiobooks. This is also a great way to browse and check out titles that you can later access on a phone or tablet. Set up is easy and you will use your school ID/password (Single Sign On) to login after selecting Newton Public Schools from the list. Find more help on Sora's help page or stop by the library.
Kindle:
Use Sora on your ChromeBook, MacBook or PC to search for eBooks and audiobooks. Once you find a book you want to check out, you can send it to your Kindle, if available in Kindle format by following these steps (or click here for a video tutorial):
Add Libraries
Use this link to learn how to add public libraries and library networks to Sora to gain access to many more ebooks and audiobooks!
Ask a librarian for help getting Sora set up!
From NSHS Destiny Discover in a browser
1. In the upper right-hand corner, log in using your student ID and password.
2. Scroll over book covers to read quick information.
3. Find a title with a Follett icon 
e-book or 
audiobook
(our current collection is small)
From NSHS Destiny Discover on a phone
1. Choose your school
2. Log in using your student ID and password.
3. Scroll over book covers to read quick information.
4. Find a title with a Follett icon e-book or audiobook
(our current collection is small)
Small collection of fiction and non-fiction titles. After login, you will be able to read title immediately in browser.
In the site box, start typing Newton and select Newton South High School from the drop down list, then username is NewtonSouthLibrary and our library password.
sample titles:
My Antonia by Will Cather
If You Really Love Me by Anne Schaft
Asthma by Wendy Murphy
Discovering Atoms by Margaret Campbell
Latinos Today by Thomas Arkham
Story of Facebook by Sara Gilbert
Click on the Passwords link at top for remote login information.
From NSHS Destiny Discover in a browser
1. In the upper right-hand corner, log in using your student ID and password.
2. Scroll over book covers to read quick information.
3. Find a title with a Follett icon e-book or audiobook
(our current collection is small)
From NSHS Destiny Discover on a phone
1. Choose your school
2.Log in using your student ID and password.
3. Scroll over book covers to read quick information.
4. Find a title with a Follett icon e-book or audiobook
(our current collection is small)
Large collection of e-books in a wide range of subject areas.
Click on the Passwords tab at the left for remote login information.
Small collection of fiction and non-fiction titles. After login, you will be able to read title immediately in browser.
Find Newton South High School in the drop down list, then use the username and password from the Passwords tab at the left.
sample titles:
My Antonia by Will Cather
If You Really Love Me by Anne Schaft
Asthma by Wendy Murphy
Discovering Atoms by Margaret Campbell
Latinos Today by Thomas Arkham
Story of Facebook by Sara Gilbert
E-books in subject areas: Literature, History, Science, and Health.
Click on the Passwords tab at the left for remote login information.
Click here for online access to the biology textbook. See your teacher for login information.
140 Brandeis Road
Newton, MA 02459
call: (617) 559-6561
nshslibrary@newton.k12.ma.us
