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eBooks, Audiobooks and Music Available Online



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From this page you can access the Library's collections of online eBooks, audiobooks and music. Text and audio content are provided in 3 formats:

Online text-based ebooks and online audiobooks are read or played 1 page at time while you are online.
Downloadable text-based ebooks, downloadable audio books and downloadable music are checked out and downloaded before you read or listen to them offline. Note: You may use downloadable content on a computer or transfer it to many PDAs and/or digital audio players.
Streaming audio is delivered and played in a continuous stream while you are online.

In addition to offering these resources, the Library also maintains links to Free eBooks and eAudio.


SJPL's 7 Digital Collections

These are available to:
  1. Anyone on King Library and Branch computers, or
  2. SJLibrary card holders outside the Library:

Learning Express Library
Downloadable PDF ebooks for study on official exams such as SAT, GED, GRE, GMAT, Civil Service jobs, ASVAB, etc. More details...

Missions of California eBooks
Online or downloadable ebooks on California Missions. More details...

netLibrary
Online popular ebooks on business, legal self-help, computer science, economics, literature, psychology and more. More details...

Safari Tech
Online programming and IT ebooks published within the last 3 years. More details...

Tumblebook Library
Online children’s picture books and chapter books with both text and audio together. Read and listen at the same time. More details...


These are available to SJLibrary card holders outside the Library; unavailable on King or Branch computers:

OverDrive Digital Library
Downloadable ebooks, audio books and music in a variety of formats. More details...

Pimsleur Language
Downloadable audiobooks for learning foreign languages and for learning English from another language. More details...

 

SJSU's 5 Digital Collections

These are available to:
  1. Anyone on King Library computers, or
  2. SJSU Community card holders anywhere:

Classical Music Library
Streaming music service with over 40,000 classical music tracks along with reference sources and links to the Grove Music encyclopedia. More details...

Ebrary Academic
Online ebooks from over 220 of the world's leading academic and professional publishers, including 1,000 current and historical maps. More details...

History E-Book Project
Online ebooks of selected titles vital to both scholars and advanced students of history. More details...

netLibrary
Online academic ebooks on business, computer science, economics, education, literature, psychology and more. More details...

Safari Tech
Online programming and IT ebooks from the industry's two leading publishers. More details...

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This page last updated January 02, 2009 by the Web Team

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