Cool discovery: Anyone who has their primary residence in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, works in Massachusetts, or owns residential property in the Commonwealth can apply for and receive an eCard for the Boston Public Library. You don’t even have to physically show up at any of their branches to get these benefits.

The library provides a ton of digital resources to Massachusetts residents.

• Free access to the Boston Globe and Boston Herald, NYTimes and WSJ websites.
• Access to The Economist,Christian Sciene Monitor, and many other magazines through Pressreader.
• Streaming music through a service called Freegal
• Streaming movies and television shows through a bunch of services likeKanopy, and biblio+
• Lots of ebooks and other magazines throughOverdrive / Libby,Boundless,Flipster,

Go check it out!