With the new year comes free access to three new services in our digital library: BiblioTele, opens a new window, Tutor.com, opens a new window, and our newly upgraded New York Times All Access subscription, featuring NYT journalism, Games, Cooking, Wirecutter, and The Athletic. Chosen to meet a variety of unique community needs, each of these incredible resources can help you hit the ground running in 2026.
BiblioTele: A Spanish Language Streaming Platform
With BiblioTele, opens a new window — the newest streaming service in our digital library — patrons can now access a wide selection of Spanish-language movies, TV series, short films, documentaries, and original content, including live educational workshops on topics like health, immigration, career advice, and more.
Log in with your library card to stream on demand with no limit on device logins. If you’re unsure where to start, you can browse BiblioTele’s impressive collection by genre, country of origin, decade, or translation features (whether the content is available dubbed, subtitled, or both). You can even watch English-language movies dubbed in Spanish, including classics like David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive and Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox.
As a streaming platform created by Spanish speakers for Spanish speakers, BiblioTele offers entertaining experiences that present the language in an authentic cultural context.
"It’s great that Duolingo can tell you how to ask where the bathroom is,” Youth Services Outreach Specialist Yari Medina explained, “but it doesn’t help you see how the language and the culture work together in a real conversation. BiblioTele is created and curated by native Spanish speakers from across Spanish speaking countries, so you get to watch scenes where the language is a part of a more realistic cultural experience.
Existing movies, shows, and documentaries licensed by BiblioTele can be screened at any program inside the library for educational and cultural purposes, and BiblioTele Original Content is free to screen anywhere. In fact, our collaborators at BiblioTele encourage the use of their original content for any program that benefits the Latino community.
Live BiblioTele events will be promoted on the library calendar, opens a new window to make it easier for interested patrons to register and attend. And if you’re still not convinced to give this free service a try, you can even stream content on BiblioTele for 15 days before the platform will require you to sign in with your library card and email.
Tutor.com: On-Demand Academic Tutoring, Job Support & Drop-Off Review
Thanks to a staff of more than 4,000 tutors with expertise in 250+ subjects, Tutor.com, opens a new window is a one-stop shop for online academic support. In partnership with the test prep professionals at The Princeton Review®, this service provides expert tutoring for students from kindergarten through college, as well as career support for adults at any step of their career.
With a variety of modalities, Tutor.com lends library patrons a flexibility that’s not always possible with in-person tutoring. Any time between 2 PM and 11 PM, you can take part in real-time tutoring, in English or Spanish, over video call, two-way voice chat, or text chat — all from the comfort of your own home. These sessions provide access to an online classroom with helpful tools like interactive whiteboards, code editors, and graphing calculators. If you want to familiarize yourself with these tools, you can even try them out in a practice classroom, opens a new window before you ever schedule a session with a tutor.
Outside of these live sessions, Tutor.com’s resources are available to patrons 24/7 with no time, document, or session limits. If your schedule doesn’t allow you to meet with a tutor, you can always submit assignments for drop-off review, which can later be returned to you with helpful feedback. This can be especially helpful for adults looking to make a career change.
“Often career support for adults can be difficult to fit into busy schedules or with financial limitations,” explained Adult Education Specialist Liz Stuewe. “Tutor.com has both real-time and drop-off support for cover letter and résumé writing. Or maybe you already have your résumé ready to go, but you don’t have a mentor in the field yet. You can do a customized mock interview with a Tutor.com career specialist, whose extra support will make it more likely to see a better outcome.”
Tutor.com also comes with access to the entire catalog of The Princeton Review® test prep books and online materials for most standardized tests, including the GED, HiSET, NCLEX, ASVAB, ACT, SAT, CAST, and even U.S. and Canadian citizenship tests. You can even schedule a tutoring session to provide live feedback on a practice test or to answer questions you have about the test review materials.
Whether you’re looking for someone to review your latest draft of a cover letter, extra help ahead of your next test, or guidance about how to make the next move in your career, Tutor.com provides a free and convenient way to get the support you need.
New York Times All Access: Games, Cooking, Sports & More
With the library’s newly upgraded New York Times All Access, opens a new window subscription, patrons will now have free access to features previously trapped behind a paywall, including NYT journalism, Games, Cooking, Wirecutter, and The Athletic — all accessible from their web browser or the NYT mobile app.
“NYT All Access is great for home chefs looking to expand their culinary boundaries, diehard sports fans that aren't satisfied with just looking at box scores, consumers searching for the best or most economical products out there, and anyone who wants to keep their minds sharp with challenging word games and trivia,” said Collection Services Supervisor Kevin Corcoran.
Like the library’s previous New York Times subscription, you will need to log in with your email, which will give you a redemption code for 72 hours of free access to NYT All Access. At the end of your three-day window, you’ll only need to log in again, and a new 72-hour session will be available to you. And these sessions aren’t just limited to your time inside the library building.
“NYT All Access will be available to our patrons anywhere!” Corcoran said. “In the Library, at home in bed, on the bus commuting to work or school, or on a sandy beach while on vacation. They'll simply need to visit our NYT page, redeem a code, and log in using their email address.”
For additional help logging into the new New York Times All Access subscription, watch this instructional video, which walks you through the process step-by-step.
In addition to these new resources, we encourage you to make the most of the new year by exploring all the services we have to offer in our Digital Library.
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