Digital media resources

American Music is a database of sound recordings providing online access to thousands of albums and tens of thousands of tracks, from Alexander Street Press. Coverage includes a wide range of American musical styles from a variety of periods and peoples, including American Indians, slaves, cowboys and pioneers. Also included are gospel, protest songs, Civil War songs and songs from political campaigns.

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.

Classical Music Library is a database of sound recordings providing online access to over 30,000 classical music tracks, with more being added each month, from Alexander Street Press. Performers represented include Callas, Rattle, Perlman, Karajan, Barenboim and many others. You may browse the collection alphabetically or search by composer, artist, conductor, ensemble, instrument, genre, period, or label.

Contemporary World Music is a database of sound recordings providing online access albums and tracks from Alexander Street Press. Coverage includes a wide range of musical styles including fado, flamenco, klezmenr, Bollywood, reggae, and more. You may search the collection alphabetically or browse by composer, artist, ensemble, instrument, cultural group, or location. Music tracks play though an audio player but may not currently be downloaded.

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.

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.

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.

Access millions of songs from thousands of popular artists and thousands of music videos for use on your computer, MP3 player, smartphone or tablet with Freegal Music.

Songs are available in MP3 format and videos in MP4 format, both free from digital rights management (DRM) restrictions. You can download and transfer music to any device or burn music to a CD.

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. For help downloading titles, visit Reading on your Device.

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. E-books published through Indie Author Project may be reviewed by Library Journal and included in a special collection of self-published works available to library patrons across the country.

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. Learn more in the Internet Archive's Texts and Books FAQ.

Jazz Music Library from Alexander Street Press is a large, comprehensive streaming audio collection of all genres of jazz, covering the music's entire history. You may search the collection alphabetically or browse by composer, performer, ensemble, instrument or recording date. Music tracks play though an audio player but may not currently be downloaded. You may create your own playlists after setting up a free account.

Music Online brings together on a single cross-searchable platform the entire suite of Alexander Street Press music products to which Worthington Libraries subscribes. Use this search interface to instantly access all the recordings in Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, Jazz Music Library, American Song and Smithsonian Global Sound. Music tracks play though an audio player but may not currently be downloaded.

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.

Smithsonian Global Sound is a database of sound recordings providing online access to traditional music from around the world, from Alexander Street Press. Coverage includes a wide range of musical styles from different countries. Perfect for students and researchers, Smithsonian Global Sound can be searched alphabetically or browsed by cultural group, country, language, or genre. Music tracks play though an audio player but may not currently be downloaded.