| Free eBooks & Downloadable Audio Books |
| Electronic versions of printed books and audio books can be viewed or listened to on a computer or portable device such as a MP3 player. The St. Charles City-County Library District’s eMedia collection is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A valid St. Charles City-County Library District card is required to check out items. eMedia collections can be accessed by using the links below and through author, title, subject, or material browsing searches in the Library Catalog. |
| NEW! -- Free Downloadable Audio Books |
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| Popular, classic, fiction & nonfiction books that adults, teens & kids want to listen to on their portable players, car radio, or home computer are available free from OverDrive. 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. Downloadable audio books may be downloaded to your computer at home or to your laptop using the Wi-Fi service offered at selected library branches. Windows Media Player and OverDrive Media Console are needed to download audio books. This software is available to download for free when you check out your first book. |
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| St. Charles City-County Library District cardholders have access to more than 7,000 titles any time from anywhere. The NetLibrary collection includes research & reference tools, some classics and Cliff Notes. Titles will be checked out to one customer at a time for four hours. Search the text of every book, make & save an electronic list of favorites and electronic notes. |
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| Need a comprehensive overview of your topic as you begin your research project? Need to see some sample business plans for the company you want to start? Gale Virtual Reference Library includes encyclopedias, almanacs, trusted reference series and more on a wide variety of topics all in eBook format. Access more than 1.3 million reference resources including history, business, law, religion, science, art and many more. |
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01/29/08 - jfb