St. Charles City-County Library

With a valid St. Charles City-County Library card, you have access to more than 15,500 free eBooks and Downloadable Audio Books. The Library District’s eMedia collection is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It can be accessed by clicking on the graphic or through author, title, subject or material searches in the Library Catalog.

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Downloadable Audio Books
More than 9,500 popular, classic, fiction and nonfiction books that adults, teens and kids want to listen to are available from the library. These audio books can be downloaded to your PC, burned to a CD (if permitted), or transferred to a supported portable device such as a MP3 player including iPod, Zune and others. Audio books are checked out for 7 to 14 days and are automatically checked back in.
eBooks
OverDrive The library eBook collection includes more than 6,000 popular, classic, fiction and nonfiction titles. eBooks are downloadable to Windows PC's and Macs. Books are checked out for 7 to 14 days and are either automatically checked back in or may be returned earlier.
Gale Virtual Reference Library A database of encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These reference materials once were accessible only in the library, but now you can access them online from the library or remotely 24/7.
Access the eBooks on EBSCOhost collection The eBooks on EBSCOhost collection (formerly known as NetLibrary) includes over 7,000 research and reference tools, some classics and Cliff Notes. Search the text of every book, make and save an electronic list of favorites and electronic notes.