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3M Cloud Library
The 3M Cloud Library is a flexible, easy-to-use e-book lending system for full color eBook (all eBooks, no audiobooks.) and allows patrons to browse on the web, check out and read the eBook titles using the latest mobile technology via 3G/4G networks or WiFi—Android phones, iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches, Kindle Fire, Nook Color…or any wifi enabled PC or Mac.
Axis 360 eBooks
Axis 360 offers interactive eBooks. Many titles are enhanced by color, video, and audio using the Blio reading app -- great for picture books, cookbooks, craft books, graphic novels and other books with color images. The Blio app is also compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. All eBooks include a text-to-speech for the print-impaired.
(Available to Marin County Free Library residents with a valid library card)
Bookflix
An interactive literacy resource that builds a love of reading and learning, online! BookFlix pairs classic fictional video storybooks from publisher Weston Woods with nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to reinforce reading skills and develop essential real-world knowledge and understanding. BookFlix is accessible to every child – early readers, reluctant readers, and English Language Learners.
(Available to all California residents)
EBSCO eBooks
This collection of fiction and nonfiction titles is available online and is not downloadable. It includes eBooks only (no audiobooks). There are selections for adults and children.
(Available to cardholders with any public library in Marin)
Overdrive Digital Library
A collection of electronic books available in a variety of different formats to read, listen or view on your computer or mobile device.
(Available to cardholders with any public library in Marin)
Safari Tech Books Online
Thousands of high demand eBooks on technology topics, including titles published by O'Reilly Press, Sun Press, Microsoft Press, Prentice Hall, Adobe Press, and more.
(Available to cardholders with any public library in Marin)
Virtual Reference Library (Gale)
A collection of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for research which includes Arts and Humanities Through the Eras, Readymade Job Search Letters, Grizmek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia, the Ancient World, Dictionary of American History, Fashion Costume and Culture, the Greenwood Library of World Folktales, the Gale Encyclopedia of Science and more.
(Available to cardholders with any public library in Marin)
Zinio Digital Magazines
Zinio Digital Magazine is the world's largest digital newsstand. Through the ZINIO UNITY™ reading platform, you can search and select publications from a subscribing library’s digital magazine stand. The entire magazine is replicated digitally and allows you to move seamlessly within each publication page between text, interactive graphics, animated illustrations, videos and much more. With its unique digital platform,you can discover published content, get more of it and do more with it.
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Getting Started Videos by OverDrive
Get started quickly with digital books and more using step-by-step videos!
MARINet Digital Downloads Help/FAQs for OverDrive
Check out the My Help Wizard for customized help for your eBook interests and device! How-to videos and guides also available here!
MARINet eBook Page
This section of the MARINet catalog provides links to all eBook databases available to residents of Marin County.
