If you’re exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, please call 785-323-6400.
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Coronavirus.gov
- Environmental Protection Agency Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Downtown Manhattan Updates Regarding COVID-19
- Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- FEMA Coronavirus Rumor Control
- Harvard Business Review (paywall is open for articles about COVID-19)
- Kansas Government
- KMAN – Closings and Delays
- K-State Research and Extension COVID-19 Extension Resources
- Manhattan Kansas Chamber of Commerce Business Resources for Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Directory of Local Health Departments
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Riley County Health Department
- US. Department of Labor COVID-19 Announcement
- USD 383 Child Nutrition
- USD 383 Community Resources
- WIBW- School and Organization Closings and Delays
- World Health Organization Coronavirus
- Your Guide to Internet Service During New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak
If you have a library card, please note the changes to the following online resources:
- While, you do need a library card to access Kanopy Kids, there are no borrowing restrictions on how many Kanopy Kids videos you can watch per month. These items will not count toward your 10 item limit per month of Kanopy videos.
- Kanopy has made some of their content credit-free. This means that you can login to Kanopy with you library card and watch as many credit-free titles as you wish without them counting toward your 10 items per month limit. Start watching now!
Tumblebooks (now open to the public)
You can access the rest our resources by going to our Online Resources page.
If you don’t have a library card, you can still access the following resources, many of which have been opened up for public use:
- Art Institute of Chicago (44,000+ images)
- British Museum of London
- Louvre Museum, Paris (virtual tour)
- Acropolis Museum, Athens
- History Connected (interactive experience of historical objects)
- Metropolitan Museum (series of videos)
- Guggenheim Museum
- Dali Museum (virtual tour)
- National Museum of Natural History (virtual tours of current exhibits)
- Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
- First Ladies from the National Portrait Gallery
- Harry Potter: A History of Magic (British Library Online Exhibit)
- Monterey Bay Aquarium– LIVE Cameras
- National Aquarium
- Cincinnati Zoo– YouTube Channel
- Explore.org– LIVE Nature Cameras
- Georgia Aquarium– LIVE Cameras
- Houston Zoo– WebCams
- San Diego Zoo– WebCams
- Kansas City Zoo– Animal Cams
- Smithsonian National Zoo– LIVE Cameras
- ABDO Digital Elementary Level (A selection of books at free access)
- ABDO Digital Middle School Level (A selection of books at free access)
- Audible Stories (Open access to a collection of stories in six different languages for kids)
- BookPage Online Issues & eNewsletters
- C-SPAN2 Book TV (video library of non-fiction author interviews and presentations)
- The Great Courses Plus on YouTube (A selection of free full-length courses)
- National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Online Collection (Over 4,000 films, documentaries, and short pieces available to stream for free)
- Publisher Guidelines on Fair Use for Online Storytimes & Read-Alouds during COVID-19 School Closures by Kate Messner
- Riveted by Simon Teen (Free access to a selection of Simon & Schuster titles)
- Scholastic Learn at Home for Families (Day-by-day projects for kids)
- TED Talks (3,300 + talks to stir your curiosity)
- National Emergency Library (collection of books that supports remote teaching)
- Scribd (offering a free month of access to their materials)
- EBSCO Resources to Support Distance Learning
- State of Kansas Digital Book eLending
- Carnegie Mellon Open Learning
- EDX
- FutureLearn
- Harvard Online (some courses are free)
- Kansas Leadership Center
- MIT Open Courseware (some courses are free)
- OpenLearn
- Standford Online (some courses are free)
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GED® Test Preparation Resources from EBSCO Learning Express (free access through June 30, 2020)
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College Admissions Test Prep Resources from EBSCO LearningExpress® (free access through June 30, 2020)
- Bryce Canon National Park (Video)
- Carlsbad Caravan National Park (Video)
- Cliffs of Moher (Virtual Tour)
- Dry Tortugas National Park (Video)
- Hawaii Volcano National Park (Video)
- Kenai Fjords National Park (Video)
- National Park Service
- Playtime Playlist (Children’s Music Live Shows)
- Stay at Home (Online Music Festival and Events Calendar)
- C-SPAN Video Library (video library of current events and history specials)
- Manhattan Mercury (paywall temporarily lifted for public access to critical information)
- New York Times Coronavirus Outbreak
- The Washington Post Coronavirus Updates