E-library

Your library card allows you to check out and explore many free digital resource options!

eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines

PINES InformationPINES is the public library automation and lending network for 300 libraries and affiliated service outlets in 51 library systems covering 146 counties in Georgia. PINES creates a statewide “borderless library” that provides equal access to information for all Georgians who have a PINES card.

Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app by OverDrive. You can even send and read your borrowed ebooks to your Kindle ereader (U.S. only)! It’s free and easy to get started. Learn more at overdrive.com/apps/libby/.

Palace Marketplace is the only non-profit eBook and audiobook marketplace developed in consultation with libraries, for libraries. We offer eBooks and audiobooks from more than 1,000 publishers

 

 

ERead Kids is a digital library available through all public libraries in Georgia. Young readers have access to more than 45,000 ebooks and audiobooks.

NoveList Plus is a database of book recommendations for all library workers who do readers’ advisory. Our expertise and passion for books and reading means you’ll always be able to provide the best help to the readers in your community.

EBSCO eBooks is a collection of title chosen specifically  for public libraries, featuring fiction titles and best selling and recommended titles from industry leading publishers.

Video

With Kanopy, you have anytime access to films that entertain, educate, & inspire.
Kanopy offers more than 30,000 films, including critically acclaimed movies, inspiring documentaries, award-winning foreign films, and more.

Watch Kanopy on virtually any device – phone, tablet, smart TV or PC.

 

 

Kanopy Kids is Kanopy’s curated collection of content for children, with a focus on ages 2-8. While in the Kanopy Kids section, you’ll only see content that’s age-appropriate and allows unlimited viewing.

Watch Kanopy on virtually any device – phone, tablet, smart TV or PC.

 

 

GALILEO

GALILEO, Georgia’s virtual library, is an initiative of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. GALILEO is an online library portal to authoritative, subscription-only information that isn’t available through free search engines or internet directories.

LearningExpress Library is an easy-to-use online test prep resource that helps people improve their core academic skills, earn a high school equivalency, prepare for college, join the military, obtain occupational certification, change careers, become a U.S. citizen and much more.

Mango Languages is an interactive language-learning platform, offering more than 70 different languages and 18 different ESL courses. Learn real-life conversations with native-speaker audio and cultural context so that you can speak like a local. Mango features authentic content, interactive features, and an algorithmic review activity designed to adapt to your individual learning path.

User friendly resource with access to legal forms and is useful for filing patents and trademarks, developing leases, delegating power of attorney, creating bills of sale, divorce and more

Digital Libraries

The Digital Library of Georgia is a GALILEO initiative based at the University of Georgia Libraries that collaborates with Georgia’s Libraries, archives, museums, and other institutions of education and culture to provide access to key information resources on Georgia history, culture, and life.

  Discover 51,293,810 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States

Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more.

Encyclopedias, Newspapers

Explore the fact-checked online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, …

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/

The New Georgia Encyclopedia (NGE) is the nation’s first born-digital state encyclopedia. Since 2004 it has provided ready access to authoritative scholarship on a wide variety of topics


Newspaper Source Plus provides a full-text digital collection of the world’s major news content. It includes millions of articles from newspapers and newswires.

Genealogy

A collection of databases that includes US Census records, birth and marriage records, obituaries, phots, maps, newspapers for genealogy research

Essential collection of historical sources for researching your family history. Get the GALILEO password for access using your library card.

Resources for Children

 The world’s easiest way to keep track of all the books you read. When you create a Beanstack account for yourself or your family, you’re instantly connected to your local library’s reading programs, so you’ll get credit for every minute and every page. Download the App today

Kanopy Kids is Kanopy’s curated collection of content for children, with a focus on ages 2-8. While in the Kanopy Kids section, you’ll only see content that’s age-appropriate and allows unlimited viewing.

Watch Kanopy on virtually any device – phone, tablet, smart TV or PC.

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