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Electronic Resources
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Libby Login Needed In-Library Use Only Use Libby to access 36,000 digital materials. Borrow e-books, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the Libby app. You can even read your borrowed e-books on a Kindle. Check out up to 5 digital materials at a time, and place up to 3 holds. |
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Boundless Login Needed In-Library Use Only Use Boundless to access 20,000 digital materials, including many Texas-specific subjects. Borrow e-books and audiobooks to read on your phone or tablet using the Boundless app. Check out up to 20 digital materials at a time, and place up to 10 holds. Log in with your library card number and phone number. |
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TexShare Databases Login Needed In-Library Use Only Access this database of more than 27,000 journals, more than 171,000 e-books, and more than 15 million images, videos, and interactive resources. También encontrarán recursos en Español. If you have a library card, just call or email us, and we'll provide you the TexShare password. |
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Portal to Texas History Login Needed In-Library Use Only Our partnership with the Portal to Texas History allows free online access to digital copies of local newspapers, including current newspapers Giddings Times & News and Lexington Leader. Older, out-of-print local newspapers are also available. All issues are keyword searchable. |
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Texas State Library and Archives: Online Collections Login Needed In-Library Use Only The online collections of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission offers historical documents, genealogy records, maps, and more. All online, all free. |
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Accelerated Reader List Login Needed In-Library Use Only Search for books that have an associated AR quiz. |
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Project Gutenberg Login Needed In-Library Use Only Read more than 60,000 free e-books. Project Gutenberg focuses on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitize and proofread the e-books prior to making them available on the site. |
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LibriVox Login Needed In-Library Use Only Listen to more than 10,000 free audiobooks. Volunteers read books that are in the public domain and upload them to the LibriVox site. |
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