MyMediaMall

MyMediaMall brings you hundreds of popular and classic titles, fiction and nonfiction, available as eBooks, as well as eAudiobooks and eVideos. New titles are added each week.

• MyMediaMall is available in the library catalog. Click on the gray “Media Mall” tab at the top.
• eBooks can be read on a PC, PDA, or smartphone.

Search for a particular author or title, or browse categories including new arrivals, children’s books, classics, romance, and mysteries. Nonfiction subjects include biographies, business, cooking, and foreign language instruction. Tip: When asked what your library is, choose Lincoln Trail Libraries System.

NetLibrary

NetLibrary gives you complete text and graphics of well-known reference books such as the “Idiot” guides. Search hundreds of books simultaneously. Netlibrary eBooks can be “checked out” for 4 hours at a time, to use online or download for offline use. Some pages may be printed. For access, create a free account. Here’s how.

Virtual Reference Library (part of InfoTrac)

Encyclopedias; almanacs; reference books on subjects including biography, environment, and multicultural studies. Over 100 titles, all in full text. Search one book at a time, or all at once. For access: Choose a link below. Type in all 14 digits of your Champaign library card number. (No card? Use this at the library.)

Virtual Reference Library home use | in-library

Book Download Websites

These are our other favorite places to download books.

• Project Gutenberg
• The Online Books Page
• Electronic Literature Directory