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JCPL Databases

Browse the resources below, or choose a specific category to narrow your search. For more information on how to use a resource, click on the title. To request assistance, or suggest a resource, use our contact page and select Online Databases as the category.

Novelist

Looking for the next book to read, or the next book in your favorite series? Novelist contains over 73,000 fiction titles and will help you search for books by author, titles or subjects.

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OverDrive eBooks & eAudiobooks

Through OverDrive, you can check out popular eBook and eAudiobook titles with your library card and enjoy them for a two week lending period. Titles automatically expire at the end of the lending period, so there are no late fees.

To get started with OverDrive, first go to the Indiana Digital Download Center site and download the software that you’ll need for your system, then you can browse the collection and download your favorite titles.

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Tumblebooks

Interactive talking books for young and developing readers. Readers read along with the words on the screen. Selected books available in Spanish and French. Now, selected titles available for iPad!

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INSPIRE

Inspire is Indiana's Virtual Library, providing access to several databases for biographies, literature, and newspaper and magazine articles. Search from dozens of sources all over the web at once with a single click or narrow your search for specific materials.

Read on for tips on using this service at home.

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Gutenberg.org

Download over 30,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPhone, Kindle, Sony Reader or other portable device. Choose between ePub, Mobipocket, HTML and simple text formats.

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