| Online Books | |
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| List Compiled by Nicole Peters, OTR | |
| Preschool Library Fun animation. Reads to you. Basically set up to click in one area (good for switch users). | Lil’ Fingers Cute pictures and reads to you. The buttons move around, but are big, so good for kids learning to mouse. Fun little potty training story too! |
| Cbeebies This is a BBC page. Good for switch users; reads to you and very colorful. The buttons flash to give cues as to when to click to move on. | Storybook Online Network Stories read aloud that advance on their own. Nice stories for grade 3-5. Also has audio files for some popular books. |
| Great Literature An online library with full text great literature classics. | Literature Project Access free classic books, poems, speeches, and plays. The Literature Project offers a free online eBook for each piece of literature. |
| Audible Audible is a subscription service that gives members access to audiobooks and other spoken-word entertainment. |
| Electronic Text Websites | |
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| Bookshare Bookshare provides ebooks to individuals with reading barriers. | The Online Books Page Access over 3 million free books. |
| Project Gutenberg A library of over 60,000 free eBooks. | |
| General Libraries | |
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| The following list represents only a small portion of the free eBook libraries available today. | |
| Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts Access a collection of public domain and open access documents with an emphasis on American and English literature and Western philosophy. | Baen Free Library The Baen Free library offers a number of free eBooks. |
| Bibliomania Over 2000 texts of classic literature, book notes, references, and resources in html format. | CIA Publication Library Includes the World Fact Book with information on every country in the world. |
| Elegant Solutions Software and Publishing Company, LLC Microsoft Reader, Kindle, and Nook books. | Making of America (MOA) Created by Cornell University Library, MOA is a digital library of primary sources in American social history (antebellum through reconstruction periods). This is a full text/image journal site of 22 magazines from 1830’s to 1900’s. |
| Manybooks.net More than 50,000 free eBooks. | The National Academies Press Access and download a large collection books for free! |
| Page by Page Books Access hundreds of classic books for free! | Read.gov Explore books and related information for kids, teens, adults, educators, and parents. |
| Read Print Thousands of free online books for students and teachers. | Web Books All titles are free! |
| Wired for Books A website home to a multitude of poetry audio clips (features readings and interviews with poets). | |
| Children’s Libraries | |
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| Aesop’s Fables Features traditional Aesop fables with illustrations (in simple HTML pages and Macromedia Flash). | The Amazing Adventure Series Features read along stories and other cool features (requires Flash Player). |
| BAB Books On-Line A website dedicated to children and children's stories. | byGosh.com Features classic books and stories for children, short stories, novels, nonfiction, and poems. |
| Children’s Books Online: the Rosetta Project Offers a large collection of illustrated antique books. Access free online books and translations. | Children’s Storybooks Online Illustrated children's stories for children of all ages. Features riddles, coloring books, games, and quizzes. |
| International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) The ICDL Foundation provides free online children's books from around the world. | Reader’s Theater Editions A collection of free scripts for reader's theater, adapted from stories by Aaron Shepard and others. |
| Storyline Online A children’s literacy website that streams videos starring notable actors reading children’s books. | |
| Study Guides | |
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| SparkNotes Study guides that help with Shakespeare and English literature, history, math, biology, and more. | Owl Eyes A free library that includes content and resources for educators. |
| eBook Search Engines | |
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| Digital Book Index More than 140,000 free books, texts, and documents. | OverDrive Use OverDrive to access free eBooks and audiobooks through your local public library or school. |
| Foreign Language Libraries | |
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| Libros Tauro Access numerous Spanish texts for free! | The Online Books Page (Non-English Languages) Language and literature resources, major collections in non-English European languages, and archives. |
| Other Books | |
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| GoComics GoComics is a subscription service that offers members syndicated newspaper strips, political cartoons, and webcomics. Offers free new content daily. | |
| Research Tools | |
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| Awesome Library Organizes the Web for users with 37,000 thoroughly reviewed resources. | Encyclopedia Britannica Hundreds of thousands of objective articles, biographies, videos, images, and more. |
| Encyclopedia.com Access over 300,000 reference entries from credible, published sources, for free! | Infoplease A reference and learning site. |
| LibrarySpot A free virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information. | Library of Congress The largest library in the world. Offers millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps, and manuscripts. |
| Literacy Resources | |
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| Center for Literacy and Disability Studies (CLDS) The CLDS promotes their ongoing literacy projects and connects you with upcoming events in your area. | American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Provides braille literacy resources for parents and teachers. |
| Get Ready to Read! Intended for use with all children. | Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) Provides support to individuals with learning disabilities, parents, teachers, and other professionals. |
| LD Online The leading website on learning disabilities, learning disorders, and differences. | LD Resources LD Resources provides news, inspiration, and resources for the learning-disabled community. |