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Downloadable Audio & eBooks

The library makes ebooks and downloadable audiobooks available from these sources: OverDrive, Safari, Tumblebooks for Kids, and the Gale Virtual Reference Library. Access to these services from outside the library will require a library card and PIN.

Available for Download

The OverDrive/Northern California Digital Library collection

contains over 3000 audiobooks
has over 2000 ebooks
has about 100 songs
is PC and Mac compatible
is iPod compatible

Software requirement: Media Console
OverDrive is compatible with these audio devices and these ebook devices
For help getting started with OverDrive, try the OverDrive Help page
Assistance is available by emailing elibrary@santacruzpl.org

Need help using OverDrive with your new Kindle or Nook? Check out our eReader tutorial!

Available Online

Includes several e-books: Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations Dictionary; College Blue Book; Cities of the United States; Countries and their Cultures; Encyclopedia of Modern Asia; Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Fashion, Costume and Culture; New Dictionary of the History of Ideas; People's Chronology; Science of Everyday Things.

Safari offers about 4,000 technology, digital media, and business books online. Books include titles published by Adobe Press, For Dummies, Microsoft Press, O’Reilly Press, Peachpit Press, Visual, and Que.

TumbleBook Library is an online collection of TumbleBooks--animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books, adding animation, sound, music and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. Also included are games and puzzles. TumbleBooks are created in flash animation. You will need the Flash plug-in for your browser and a computer set up for sound. If you find that you are unable to view the TumbleBooks at home, you may need to download the free plug-in for Flash animations.