Literature & Books

Freading

Downloadable e-book service offering over 20,000 e-books from a number of different publishers.  E-books are always available with no wait for checkout. 

Not Compatible with most standard Amazon Kindle devices (except Kindle Fire).

Gale Virtual Reference Library

The reference books in this online collection are available to be viewed 24x7 on any computer with an internet connection. Reference books are included in the following subject areas: History, Environment, Biographies, Cultures around the World, Religion, Law, Literature, Science and more.

Learning Express Library -    Tutorial

When you register on Learning Express Library, you must use your library card number (122220.......) as your username.

Learning Express (Learn-a-Test) provides electronic books for: SAT, ASVAB, Postal Worker, Nursing Assistant, Resumes, etc.

OverDrive

Downloadable e-book service for most popular devices and computers (Kindle, nook, Android, Apple, Windows, etc.).  OverDrive offers patrons thousands of popular new release titles and classics.  This service includes both e-book and e-audio books for checkout.

Bloom's Literary Reference Online-       Tutorial

Bloom's Literary Reference Online features thousands of author biographies, a guide to more than 41,000 literary characters as well as overviews, synopses, analyses, and literary criticism of thousands of works-from novels to poetry to plays.

Novelist Plus-    Tutorial

Are you looking for the perfect book? Try Novelist Plus, an online database of over 200,000 fiction and non-fiction titles and you'll never worry about how to find a great read again. There are 500 book discussion guides, 450 searchable book award lists, and coverage of over 9000 fiction and nonfiction series, 25,000 first chapter excerpts and more.

Novelist K-8 Plus-        Tutorial

Novelist K-8 Plus includes curriculum driven material designed to help integrate reading across subject areas in the classroom - including 30,000 nonfiction titles specifically chosen to support what kids are studying in school.

Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.

World Almanac for Kids Online

World Almanac for Kids Online includes a "Reader's Corner" with lists of award winning children's books, biographies of famous writers & journalists, facts about the history of books, lists of popular children's books and ALA book recommendations, and and much, much more on other age appropriate topics, providing fun material that is perfect for school assignments.

World Cat

WorldCat is a database of materials held by libraries throughout the United States that you can search and you can also place interlibrary loan requests for materials not owned by the Pueblo City-County Library District.