The slides below explain how to add public library collections to your Sora account to greatly increase your access to eBooks and audiobooks. The instructions will cover adding the Newton Free Library, part of the Minuteman Library Network. The last slide includes the names of all the other networks you can also add.
| Key combination | Function |
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| → or PageDown and Space | Turn ahead a page |
| ← or PageUp, Shift and Space | Turn back a page |
| ↑ | Show the menu |
| ↓ | Show the seekometer - quick links to table of contents and bookmarks |
| ESC | Dismiss the menu or seekometer |
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 here for online access to the biology textbook. See your teacher for login information.
Access to a wide array of research databases can be found on our Research page. Most will require passwords from home. Email or message NSHS Library on Schoology to get the password to this page.
Need tech support? Check out the Student and Family Technology Resources page, or email tech support at familytechsupport@newton.k12.ma.us.
140 Brandeis Road
Newton, MA 02459
call: (617) 559-6561
nshslibrary@newton.k12.ma.us
