Downloadable Audiobooks & eBooks |
You don't have to leave home to visit the library! |
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 OverDrive is a service that provides access to downloadable audiobooks and eBooks. With a valid Palm Beach County Library Card, you can browse and check out hundreds of great titles, download them to your home computer, and transfer them to a portable device. Read more at the links below. If you have other questions, don't hesitate to contact us with this form.
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Not sure how it works? Start off with the Digital Media Guided Tour and check out some of these other resources if you have more questions:
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Not only does Overdrive include audiobooks and eBooks from the authors you know and love like James Patterson, John Grisham, and Danielle Steel but you can check out language learning audiobooks as well! |
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 The Library's NetLibrary eBook collection
features a diverse collection of eBooks supplemented by more than 4,000
public domain titles, featuring political texts and classics in literature
and history. The Library recently expanded this collection with an
information technology set. eBooks by leading technology publishers about
popular software suites and programming languages are now available. As
an added feature, a dictionary is embedded into NetLibrary eBooks allowing
users to access a definition, and visual or verbal pronunciation, simply
by double-clicking on a word.
With an individual account, patrons may
check out NetLibrary eBook titles from Internet computers at any Library
branch, or from home or work via the Internet. eBooks are checked out for
a four hour period; a book will be returned automatically at the end of the
check-out period. If the title is not being used, it may be checked out
again. There is no limit to the number of times an eBook may be borrowed. |
 What can you find at NetLibrary?
- Current events and social sciences books like Fast Food Nation
- Computer and technology books like Windows XP Headaches and training books for Microsoft Word and many other programs
- Medical books like the Mayo Clinic series
- Subjects including history, religion, philosophy, literature, and more
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 The Gale Virtual Reference Library offers
access to eBook editions of Gale's acclaimed multivolume reference titles.
These
reference books can be browsed, searched, and read online and include
illustrations found in the printed volumes.
The Gale Virtual Reference Library is available from Internet or Catalog computers at any Library branch, or remotely with a valid library card
and a computer with Internet access. Gale titles are viewed online and
are not checked-out. There is no limit to the number of times you may
view a Gale title online.
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 What can you find at the Gale Virtual Reference Library?
Titles include:
- Dictionary of American History
- Encyclopedia of Small Business
- Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
- Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans
- Drama for Students
- and much more!
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Posted: 2/12/2008
Updated: 12/02/2010 |
