EBOOKS AND AUDIO BOOKS AND MORE

Don't have a library card and live in Solano County or St. Helena, get an eCard. Have a Solano County Library System card, go to their website to download.

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eBooks, Audio Books, and eMagazines

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  • Download eBooks and audio books to your computer or handheld device. You will need your library card number with no spaces. If you do not have a library card, get an eCard . Help Site.
  • Magazines - 3000+ titles in 19 languages. Download eMagazines by:
  1. Logging in to Library to Go
  2. Clicking on Collections or Subjects
  3. Clicking on Magazines. Choose from over 3,000 titles many with up to 3 years in back issues, if available. Magazines check out for up to 3 weeks. Use Libby to view the Magazines.

Download magazines using Libby.

The magazines come in many languages.

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MOVIES AND INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS

KANOPY

Kanopy is a video streaming service for quality, thoughtful entertainment. Find movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films, Great Courses, educational videos, and films for kids that inspire, enrich and entertain that can be enjoyed on your TV, mobile phone, tablets and online. Must have a Benicia library card.

To create an account:

  • Benicia.kanopy.com
  • Scroll down the page to click Add a Library Card the first time.
  • Create Your Account.
  • Fill out the form.
  • Select Benicia Public Library.
  • Click on Kanopy at top of the page to get to the homepage.


GREAT COURSES

The Great Courses offerslearning videos designed to help people to learn new skills at their own pace. All are taught from expert professors! Once you press play on any title in a series, you have access to the entire series for a 30-day window. Access Great Courses through Kanopy.


TUMBLEBOOKS

Tumble Books Library is a collection of animated, talking picture books, chapter books, nonfiction books, and puzzles for children. View books online. Tumblebooks is for use outside of the library.


KANOPY KIDS

Online streaming films for kids. Create an account with Kanopy using your library card number and email address.

DATABASES

A database is a collection of useful online resources with high-quality, accurate information, with everything from auto repair to genealogy, language learning to test prep, legal resources to product reviews, such as magazine and journal articles (Masterfile), practice SAT or nursing tests (Learning Express), Nolo books and legal forms (Legal Information Reference Center), information to help you research your family tree (My Heritage, Ancestry.com), and much more.

Now is the time to do some research, learn a language, prepare for a test, and more using one or more of our databases.

  • Student Homework Support: Britannica School, Masterfile, Archives Unbound
  • Job or Career Help: JobNow, GetSetUp, SkillShare, Job and Career Accelerator, Coursera, and LinkedIn Learning
  • Genealogy: My Heritage or Heritage Quest
  • Legal Help: Legal Information Reference Center
  • Test Prep: Learning Express or Driving Tests
  • New Purchases: Consumer Reports
  • Work on Your Car: Auto Repair Sourc
  • Learn a Language: Mango Languages
  • Business: Reference Solutions or Legal Information Reference Center
  • And more...

RESOURCES

eBooks for Research: All ages. Find scholarly ebooks in multiple subjects from world-renowned publishers. Create highlights, notes, and bookmarks for later, and share research with others. Download in PDF format and keep for as long as you like. Log in with your Benicia Library Card or Student ID. Training Videos FAQs

eBooks for Research: All ages. Find scholarly ebooks in multiple subjects from world-renowned publishers. Create highlights, notes, and bookmarks for later, and share research with others. Download in PDF format and keep for as long as you like. Log in with your Benicia Library Card or Student ID. Training Videos FAQs

These organizations provide books in different formats, audio, ebook, or braille specifically for the visually impaired.

Nolo Books online. Legal Information Reference Center provides online full text for many of the top consumer legal reference books and thousands of legal forms. Help Tutorial.

Books 24x7 ITPro provides on-demand access to recent unabridged content of thousands of IT and technology books and documents plus videos. The fully searchable, web-based environment is easily accessible from your desktop or mobile devices. The books are not downloadable but you can read them on your computer or tablet. You will need your library card number with no spaces to log in. Tutorial

The Open Library specializes in eBooks that have not been previously made into digital format. These eBooks can be downloaded in several formats including Kindle, ePub, PDF, and DAISY, an audio format for the visually impaired.

Questions? Please write to them at info@archive.org

More downloadable audio book websites.

Download magazines to your computer or handheld device. You will need your library card number with no spaces. If you do not have a library card, get an eCard. Help Site.

  • Log in to Library to Go
  • Click on Collections or Subjects
  • Click on Magazines. Choose from over 3,000+ titles many with up to 3 years in back issues, if available. Magazines check out for up to 3 weeks. Use Libby to view the Magazines.

Magazines - 3000+ titles in 19 languages.

Get the Libby app Get the Kindle App

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