10 digital media resources

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BiblioBoard offers a wide variety of e-books, including emerging indie authors, hard-to-find historical works, the popular "For Dummies" series and self-published Ohio authors.

You can use a web browser to access BiblioBoard e-books on any device; a free mobile app is also available for many devices. For more information, visit BiblioBoard Support.

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Digital Downloads for Kids offers access to thousands of online audio, print and video titles.

The collection includes kids fiction, kids non-fiction, comic and graphic books, history, humor, mystery & suspense, picture books, science & nature, science fiction & fantasy and sports & health. You can browse the collection by reading level and Lexile measure.

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Digital Downloads for Teens offers access to thousands of online audio, print and video titles.

The collection includes young adult fiction, young adult non-fiction, comic and graphic books, history, horror & thriller, mystery & suspense, reference & study aids, science & nature, science fiction & fantasy and sports & health. You can browse the collection by reading level and Lexile measure.

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Early World of Learning is an online resource published by World Book specifically for preschoolers and children in the early elementary grades. It's been developed by experts in early childhood education and features modules that focus on early learning themes (colors, shapes, numbers, etc.) and reading instruction for phonics, vocabulary and comprehension skills, according to Lexile levels.

Google Books offers free access to more than one million e-book titles in the public domain, available to download to your mobile device or read on your computer. Search the full text of the Google Books collection or browse for titles, including fiction and non-fiction offerings from a variety of popular genres and topics as well as magazines.
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Access digital video, music, comics, e-book and audiobook titles for use on your computer, smartphone, tablet or television streaming device with hoopla. All content is available streaming; some content is available to download for offline viewing, via the hoopla app.

Indie Author Project (previously known as SELF-e) is a service giving independent authors the opportunity to distribute their e-books to new audiences through Worthington Libraries. Upload your e-book and we will make it available to readers.
The Internet Archive Text Archive contains free e-books and digital texts, available to download to your mobile device or read on your computer. The collection includes fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books that are in the public domain or are contributed directly by the author or rights-holder.
Founded in 1971, Project Gutenberg is the first e-book collection and offers titles to download to your mobile device, or read on your computer. The collection free e-books includes classic fiction and non-fiction titles in the public domain from a variety of popular genres and in dozens of languages, including French, German, Portuguese and Dutch.