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Welcome
to the Digital Library Welcome to the 21st century. Keeping with the times, SLDL offers materials to those who just don't have time to get to the library. Below are links to online book sites, where Spring Lake patrons may download their favorite classics, or some of today's hottest titles, from outside the library. You may want to listen to one of our event podcasts or take a look at some of the other online resources SLDL offers. Many of these sites require you to turn off any Pop-up Blocking software you may be using. For additional digital or online resources available only inside the library, take a look at out Online Subscriptions. |
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The term comes from combining “iPod” and “broadcast.” An easy way to understand it is audio on demand. You listen when it’s convenient for you. Early bird or night owl, podcasting can fit your schedule. SLDL has a number of recent programs in its podcast library. Check out what you may have missed. |
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Michigan Library Consortium - Overdrive Get ready for a whole new way of reading. SLDL, in conjunction with the Michigan Library Consortium and Overdrive, the leader in e-book technology, brings digital copies of some of your favorite books and hot new titles to your PC, PDA, or cell phone. Titles are in Adobe Acrobat Reader and MobiPocket Reader format or listen to them in WMA (Windows Media Audio) format. Videos can be downloaded and viewed using Overdrive Media Console 2.0 or better. Just click on the icon at the right to download e-books, audiobooks, or videos now. Patrons with a valid library card from any of the participating libraries may download the latest and most popular titles in Adobe Acrobat or Mobipocket format and read them or listen to them, at your leisure, on your PC, PDA, or even your cell phone. Click the icon at the right for more information. |
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The NetLibrary e-book collection includes over 12,500 full-text books in electronic format. The selection of materials includes primarily non-fiction books on a wide range of topics of interest including business, travel, cooking, history, self-help and general reference. These books are stored on-line and are accessed on the web. Check out period is seven hours. Click here to set up a free NetLibrary account, from SLDL. |
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Listen as readers from Wisconsin Public Radio read from some of the hottest new books and enjoy selections from their archives. It's a new chapter every day. Click here for more.
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The Online Books Page, from the University of Pennsylvania, is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. |
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Great Literature Online is dedicated to adding free, HTML formatted e-text for your reading enjoyment. If you are a student, be sure to checkout our links page for each author, especially if you are doing research. |
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Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free electronic books on the Internet. Our collection of more than 12.000 eBooks was produced by hundreds of volunteers. Most of the Project Gutenberg eBooks are older literary works that are in the public domain in the United States. All may be freely downloaded and read, and redistributed for non-commercial use. |
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Feedbooks is a universal e-reading platform compatible with all mobile devices where you can download thousands of free e-books, publish and share your own content, and create customized newspapers from RSS feeds and widgets |
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Browse through the most popular titles, recommendations, or recent reviews from our visitors. Perhaps you'll find something interesting in the special collections. There are 23,745 eBooks available here and they're all free! |
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LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Their goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books. |
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Welcome to the Mutopia Project ... a place where music is free for everyone! Download it, print it out, and share it. Mutopia is similar in spirit to Project Gutenberg, but consists of free sheet music. |
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The British Library puts a number of great books online, including Da Vinci notebook. Take a look at this fascinating source of the classic eBooks. |
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The Library of Congress is the library of the United States. Take a look at thousands of digitized items - books, photographs, music, etc. from the ongoing America experience. |
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HeritageQuest Online employs over 85 people and its source document holdings have soared to over 250,000 titles strong, making it America's largest genealogical information provider. The company is dedicated to producing high-use data, landmark publications, general reference books and timely, informative periodicals for genealogy enthusiasts at every level. |
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Morningstar products and services are recognized as leaders in their class. They're built around the world's best investment information, data, and analysis. And our award-winning design and technological innovations allow for easy interpretation of this information. Remote access is available for Spring Lake District Library card holders by clicking the links at the right. |
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ProQuest Information and Learning's Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 provides academic and public libraries digital access to more than 660,000 large-scale maps of more than 12,000 American towns and cities. In electronic form, Sanborn Maps take on much improved value over the microfilm versions of the same maps, allowing for greater flexibility of use and improved viewing possibilities. Users have the ability to easily manipulate the maps, magnify and zoom in on specific sections, and layer maps from different years. |
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Salem Health brings online access to Salem Press’ award-winning health reference works. The first reference set included is Salem Press’ bestselling Magill’s Medical Guide. In its printed form, the current edition of the Guide has grown to five volumes and 3,500 pages. The Guide covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format, with sidebars addressing recent developments in medicine and concise information boxes for all diseases and disorders. |
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Salem Press is renowned for its historical reference. The Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, and Eighties in America are now available, along with free access to all its content via Salem History, the new online history database from Salem Press. Use this great historical database to learn more about these dynamic times in America. |
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A great deal of information is available from the Michigan Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service about individual and business taxes. Most tax forms are available online. You may also learn about e-filing your returns. Take a look here before filing. |
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Brought to you by the Library of Michigan, the Michigan e-Library is an anywhere, anytime information gateway to selected Internet resources, full-text magazines, newspapers, electronic books online practice tests and more. The Library of Michigan has purchased more than $3.6 million in resources for Michigan with funding from the State of Michigan and a Library Services and Technology Act grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services |
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Chilton's allows you to search by vehicle make and model back to 1954. In some cases, even older models are featured. You can review data on Chevys, Fords, Porsches, Saabs, Toyotas and 33 other makes. Information on the vehicles includes Technical Service Bulletins and Recalls. Chilton's also includes maintenance information such as recommended intervals for servicing engine oil and filter, tires, spark plugs, etc. Chilton's has repair data including wiring diagrams and diagnostics on systems ranging from brakes to heating and air conditioning. This is offered through MeL. |
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Welcome to Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition. Use this powerful resource to search or browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites. |
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In two centuries of American ornithology, The Birds of North America (BNA) is only the fourth comprehensive reference covering the life histories of North American birds. Following in the footsteps of Wilson, Audubon, and Bent, BNA makes a quantum leap in information beyond what these historic figures were able to provide. The print version of BNA was completed in 2002, a joint 10 year project of the American Ornithologists' Union, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Academy of Natural Sciences. |
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Keep Track of Your Reading With MyBooklist.com Mybooklist.com has been designed for the true reading enthusiast, offering an easy way to store information about books/novels you've read as well as those on your wish list. Options to store notes about a title as well as the chance to offer a member-wide review of each book on your list makes mybooklist.com a constantly changing little corner of the internet. Read book reviews from members just like you! Login from home, school or the library by clicking the "What are you reading?" icon and search your wish list for titles you've previously entered, print your reading list or journal, email your wish list to a friend, easily link directly to your public library and utilize their online resources. It doesn't get any better than this! Enjoy your membership at mybooklist.com compliments of SLDL. |
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Please remember to turn off any Pop-up Blocking software you may be using to access these sites.
For additional digital or online resources available in the library, take a look at out Online Subscriptions.
On the go? Be sure to keep up with library happenings on your PDA or SmartPhone at www.sllib.org/mobile.htm.
Check out SLDL's RSS feeds at www.sllib.org\Pages\Digital Library\Podcast\RSS.htm.
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