The Great Courses

Hoopla is one of our digital library services that brings movies, TV, entire music albums, eAudiobooks, eBooks, and graphic novels to your computer, tablet or smartphone.

Did you know that The Great Courses lecture series are now available to borrow for free on Hoopla? The Great Courses are a video series presented by award-winning experts from respected institutions that are selected for their ability to teach. Lectures are available on a comprehensive variety of topics, including history, art, science, literature and more. The Great Courses take the best of university lectures on fascinating topics, but without the stress of having to do homework and take exams.

Simply visit our website at www.somerslibrary.org, and select Hoopla from the icons you will see under our Digital Collections. Log in with your library card, and you are good to go! Here are just a few of the many lecture series available through Hoopla: 

*        World's Greatest Geological Wonders 

*        The Everyday Gourmet 

*        Wonders of the National Parks 

*        History's Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach 

*        Practicing Mindfulness 

*        How to Draw 

*        How Great Science Fiction Works 

*        Fundamentals of Photography 

*        Secrets of Mental Math 

*        Learning Spanish 

*        The Surveillance State 

*        Our Night Sky 

*        Stress and Your Body 

*        How to Read and Understand Shakespeare 

*        Black Holes, Tides, and Curved Spacetime: Understanding Gravity 

*        Turning Points in Modern History 

*        Lost Worlds of South America 

*        History of the Ancient World 

 

The library also has a large collection of Great Courses DVDs and CDs for you to borrow. Just ask one of the librarians to show you where they are located!