E-books, E-audiobooks, & Streaming Video
OVERDRIVE: EBOOKS, AUDIOBOOKS, MAGAZINES, VIDEO | |
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Overdrive offers free e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and video. Thousands of titles to choose from, and more titles coming soon! You need a valid library card to borrow books. Don't have a library card? Call us at 860.290.4330 (M - F, 9 - 5). Download the free Libby app directly to your tablet or smart device.
Click here for a list of Graphic Novel titles available in Overdrive. |
Please note: Vendors have made special arrangements for free access to selected resources on the list below for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. Free access to some of these resources may not be available long-term. We will update this list as additional resources become available. For the most updated list of resources available to Connecticut residents, check out this page maintained by the Connecticut State Library.
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 | Free online books for all ages. Elementary Stream / Middle School Stream / High School Stream |
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 | ResearchIT CT allows access to library catalogs, newspapers and many subscription databases (including EBSCOhost) provided by the State of Connecticut with a valid Connecticut library card. Check out the expanded e-book options! New resources are being added every day. |
 | Unite for Literacy provides free access to more than 400 original picture books, one fourth of them written in Spanish. The digital books provide audio narrations in more than 40 languages, spoken by native speakers. |
 | Download the app for iOS or Andriod. Marvel’s digital comics subscription service is offering FREE access to some of Marvel’s most iconic stories. To access Marvel Unlimited’s free comics offering, download the Marvel Unlimited app and click “Free Comics” on the landing screen. No payment information or trial subscriptions will be required for the selection of free comics.
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 | The Fable Cottage- Fairy tale audiobooks and videos available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German. |
 | Storyline Online streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. |
 | Bookshare is a service for people with a print disability that severely inhibits or prevents them from reading traditional print materials. Anyone in the world with a qualifying print disability may join Bookshare. Click here to see how to qualify. |
 | KidLit TV - FREE read alouds, drawing & writing tutorials, podcasts, #kidlitart & reading resources for kids! |
 | Project Gutenberg offers over 40,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. |
 | Internet Archive allows you to download free books and texts. The Internet Archive Text Archive contains a wide range of fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books. |
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 | OpenStax offers high-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed college textbooks that are absolutely free online |
 | Project MUSE is pleased to support its participating publishers in making scholarly content temporarily available for free on our platform. |