Click on the CWMARS icon for Aspen, the CWMARS catalog, which has all nine million items in the over 160 CWMARS libraries! You may want to use filters to see if the physical items are here in Monterey, or simply click to put a hold on the item to have it sent here. You’ll also see downloadable resources in the Aspen Discovery layer as well.

If you can’t find what you want in CWMARS, try COMCAT to look at all the libraries in Massachusetts.

And if you can’t find it there, please ask us. We can search the United States! We’ve been able to have items shipped here from Oregon and Florida and many points in between.

Digital Resources:

Here are some hints for online content:

CWMARS has quite a selection from Overdrive.  What you’ll need to do is download Libby from the App Store, which is free.  You’ll need to enter Monterey Library as Home Library, and CWMARS as the library network.  Then enter your library card details, the card number and password, and borrow away.  There are books and audiobooks available.  Use your preferences to modify default searches  and display settings.  If you’d like to see what other library networks in Massachusetts have, you can!  In the app menu, find “Add A Library.” Under that search for SAILS, CLAMS, MINUTEMAN or any of the others. Tap that network and you can search their offerings.  You’ll need to enter your card number and pin after you select “I’m visiting from another library.”

HOOPLA is a service funded by the town of Monterey for people with Monterey CWMARS cards. When you access it you will need to search for and click on the Monterey Library in the dropdown. The advantage of HOOPLA over Libby is that there are no waitlists for HOOPLA. If you find it in the catalog, you can borrow it immediately. Because of the way we are charged for each item that is borrowed, we have placed a limit of ten borrows per month per card.

If you’d like more options, including streaming videos, you’ll want an e-card from the Boston Public library. You don’t need to go to Boston to get it.  Sign up for an e-card using your CWMARS card.  To begin with, the BPL e-card is available to anyone who owns property in Massachusetts, or is a student, or resident of the state.

One option through the BPL is KANOPY.  Watch over 30000 Documentaries, Classic and Indie Films. You’ll need to download the KANOPY app.  Use your BPL card number and pin, and make sure to use BPL as your home library.

Your BPL card with work with other resources that the Boston Public Library has as well.

To access all of these services you’ll need a CWMARS card.  If you don’t have one, please email montereylibrary@gmail.com.  We can help you get the card number and pin that will allow access to these services. 

ONLINE MONTEREY LIBRARY RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ALL:

Monterey Library You Tube Channel

We are slowly developing this to include our vintage summer camp films, short videos from the library, and oral history interviews. Our newest addition is the parade for Monterey’s 150th Anniversary. Check it out!

Monterey News 1970-2005/ Monterey Town Reports/ Digitized local history

We are fortunate to have a page on Internet Archive to store digitized local history. Hint: the default search is for metadata, it is much more useful to click on the button for search text contents. Then simply enter the name, place or event that you are searching for and Internet Archive will search Monterey History for matches.

Ancestry

Learn to play the ukulele!

Borrow a Museum Pass

Please check with each museum for current hours and status.

Library passes are checked out just like books, and need to be returned.  They are presented at the attraction and either entitle the bearer to a free or discounted admission.  Passes may not be reserved or put on hold for pickup from another library-- call ahead for availability.

American Museum of Tort Law

• 654 Main St. Winsted CT 06098

• Tuesday- Saturday 10AM-5PM

The Berkshire Museum

• 39 South St. Pittsfield, MA

• Currently closed for renovations

• Admits up to 2 adults and 2 children under the age of 13 for free (Children 3 and under always have free admission)

• Two Passes Available

Hancock Shaker Village

• 1843 West Housatonic St. Pittsfield, MA

• Admits up to 2 adults and 2 youths (13-17) for free (Children 12 and under always have free admission)

• Two passes available

Mass MOCA

• 1040 Mass MoCA Way North Adams, MA

• Admits up to 2 adults and 2 children (under 16)

• Two passes available

Ventfort Hall

• 104 Walker St. Lenox, MA

• Admits 2 patrons

• One pass available

The Mount

• 2 Plunkett St. Lenox, MA

• $10 admission each for 2 patrons

• One pass available

Norman Rockwell Museum

• 9 Route 183 Stockbridge, MA

• $10 admission each for 2 adults

• Four passes available

Herman Melville's Arrowhead

• 780 Holmes Rd. Pittsfield, MA

• Admits 2 people

• One pass available

Massachusetts State Parks

• Use at all MA parks

• Admits 1 vehicle

• Two passes available

Bidwell House Museum

• 100 Art School Rd. Monterey, MA

• Admits up to 1 family

• One pass available

Berkshire Botanical Gardens

• 5 West Stockbridge Rd. Stockbridge, MA

• Admits up to 4

• One pass available

Clark Art Museum

• 225 South St. Williamstown, MA

• Admits one person

• One pass available

Chesterwood

• 3 Williamsville Rd. Stockbridge, MA

• Admits 2 adults (children 12 and under always free admission)

• One pass available

Trustees of the Reservation

• Includes admission to ALL Trustees of the Reservation sites with local sites as well as across Massachusetts, including Mission House and Indian Museum, Naumkeag House and Gardens, The Ashley House and Bartholomew's Cobble, and the Folly at Field Farm

• Admits at a Family Level

• Passes for the Trustees do not need to be returned

Springfield Museums

• 21 Edwards St., Springfield MA

• Includes the Springfield Science Museum, Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum, and Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden.

• Buy one admission, get one half off

Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum

• 67 East Road Adams MA 01220

• Check website for schedule and reservations

• One pass for two adults and two children