Palm Beach County Library System

Books & Literature

Database	Description	Access
Downloadable Audio Books (Digital Media)	A collection of over 1100 downloadable audiobooks. Listen to these books on a computer or portable device.	In all library branches and from home.
Library Catalog	Lists more than one million items in our collection, including books, magazines, books on tape, videos, and music CDs.	In all library branches and from home.
Literary Criticism Online	Biographies, bibliographies, and full text criticisms of authors and their work. Includes authors now living or who died after 1959.	In all library branches and from home.
Literature Resource Center	Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and literary criticism of authors from every age and literary discipline.	In all library branches and from home.
LitFINDER	LitFinder (includes poems, stories, plays, essays, & speeches) - An index to thousands of poems, short stories, plays, essays and speeches. Includes many in full-text, plus explanations, biographies, pictures, and more.	In all library branches and from home.
netLibrary eBooks	A collection of eBooks (full-text electronic versions of published books), including over 21,000 titles across all subject areas.	In all library branches and from home.
Novelist	Electronic readers’ advisory resource which assists fiction readers in finding new authors and titles.	In all library branches and from home.
OCLC FirstSearch	Bibliographic records and library holdings from around the world in OCLC WorldCat, and access to other databases for information on a variety of topics, including health, education, and government.	In all library branches and from home.
Online Reference Books	Encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for business, health, science, religion and culture. These reference materials once were accessible only in print at the library, but now you can access them online right through the library catalog.	In all library branches and from home.
What Do I Read Next?	Electronic readers' advisory resource which assists users in finding new fiction and non-fiction books to read.	In all library branches and from home.