Library Resources

• Arlington
• Birney
• Blix
• Boze
• Browns Point
• Bryant Montessori
• Crescent Heights
• Delong
• Downing
• Edison
• Fawcett
• Fern Hill
• Franklin
• Geiger Montessori
• Grant Center for Expressive Arts
• Jefferson
• Larchmont
• Lister
• Lowell
• Lyon
• Manitou Park
• Mann
• Northeast Tacoma
• Point Defiance
• Reed
• Roosevelt
• Sheridan
• Sherman
• Skyline
• Stafford
• Stanley
• Tacoma Online
• Travis
• Wainwright
• Washington
• Whitman
• Whittier

• Baker
• Bryant Montessori
• First Creek
• Giaudrone
• Gray
• Hilltop Heritage
• Hunt
• Mason
• Meeker
• Stewart
• Tacoma Online
• Truman
• Wainwright

• Foss
• Lincoln
• Mount Tahoma
• Oakland
• Silas
• Stadium
• Tacoma Online

Find your next favorite book, e-book, audiobook, and resources using your student library account.

Register your account

1. Click on “Log in/My Account” in the upper right hand corner of any page of the Tacoma Public Library website. Then click on "Log in/Register" at the top of the drop down menu. 
2. Type your student ID number into the field “Username or Barcode” and type 1234 into the “PIN” field.
3. You'll then be asked to create your library username and activate your online account.
4. Once you have logged in, click on “My Settings” to change your pin number and add an email address.

Once your account is set up, click “Search” in the upper right hand corner of any page on the library's website to find items in the library catalog.

To learn more about the resources available through the pathway program, visit the Pathway Partnership FAQs on the TPL website.  

Need help registering?

If your student ID number is not working to access Tacoma Public Library digital resources your parent/ guardian may need to submit an opt-in form to grant you access.

It may take up to one week after you submit the form for your ID number to work. Please reach out to your school's librarian if you have questions.

opt-in Form

Want to Opt-Out? 

If you would like to opt-out of this program please complete and return this form to your school's librarian.

Opt-Out Form

How do I access Sora?
Sora is located in Clever which can be found on a school laptop in the TPS favorites in the folder icon of Edge in the upper left corner. Students can also access Sora on the web.  

SORa website link how to sign into sora in clever

sora video tutorial

More resources:

• Read to Me: A Sora in-app text-to-speech feature to provide students with extra reading support. 

Find research resources at Tacoma Public Library. 

Tools to help organize your research resources with citations.