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E-Books

Read, or listen to, entire books on your computer, PDA, or MP3 player. No need to return items. No late fees. What could be easier? If you need help finding something, ask a librarian.

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NetLibrary: Fiction and popular, academic, and technical nonfiction e-books including Nolo Press legal self-help titles that you can read online.

Also available are downloadable e-audiobooks that you can listen to on your computer or portable MP3 player. The collection includes popular fiction, classic literature, and Pimsleur language instruction titles from Recorded Books.

Overdrive Downloadable E-Books

Downloadable E-Books and Audio Books: Bestseller text e-books (in either Adobe Reader or Mobipocket format) and audio e-books (in Windows Media format) than can be downloaded to your computer and/or mobile device. For more information, read the FAQ. If you still have questions, contact us.

Safari Tech Books

Safari Tech Books: Electronic reference library of titles especially for programmers and IT professionals from publishers such as Addison Wesley, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, IBM Press, Macromedia Press, Microsoft Press, MySQL Press, New Riders, No Starch Press, Novell Press, O'Reilly, Peachpit, Prentice Hall PTR, Que, and Sams.

LearningExpress

LearningExpress Searchable E-books: Study guides and test-preparation books to help people prepare for academic, licensing, certification, or civil service exams.The e-books are in in PDF format which requires the free Adobe Acrobat® Reader to view. To download the Reader, click here. Also available from LearningExpress are interactive practice tests and courses (requires a Daly City Library card hold).

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Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full text of these comprehensive specialty reference works:

  • American Men and Women of Science
  • College Blue Book
  • Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans
  • Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia
  • Encyclopedia of Modern Asia
  • U.S. Immigration and Migration Reference Library
  • West's Encyclopedia of American Law
  • Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
  • Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • Encyclopedia of Religion
Missions of California
Missions of California: Discusses each of the California missions from their founding to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the local Indians. Includes instructions for making a model. Also available in print at all the libraries.
Tumble Books E-Books for Kids
TumbleBook Library: an online collection of animated, talking picture books for kids.

These subscription services are paid for by your library and are available free to all library card holders. Don't have a library card? Apply for one now. If you need help finding something, ask a librarian.

Electronic Books on the Internet

Project Gutenberg: The original digitization project has no-frills online classic literature. **scroll down to search**

Internet Public Library: Links to thousands of online books.

World eBook Library: Access to over 27,000 HTML eBooks in their free section. Searchable, not browsable.
Online Books Page: Links to thousands of online books
eserver.org: Large collection of online books accessible by category.
bibliomania: Reference, fiction, and nonfiction online books. Free registration required for access to some content (read privacy statement).
Bartleby: Seachable online collection of literature, reference, and verse.

 

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