Research Databases: Books & Reading

For off-campus access, enter your fourteen digit library barcode number located on the back of your college ID/ library card.  No college ID or library card? Request a college ID or library card barcode number.

Most Useful:

• EBSCO eBook Collection - formerly NetLibrary
  (EBSCO) Search complete electronic books. Set up a free account and download to your PC, Mac, Nook, Sony, Android, iPhone, or iPad.
• Novelist K-8 Plus (LSC-CyFair, LSC-Tomball, & HCPL)
  (EBSCO) Electronic readers advisory service for children's fiction and nonfiction literature, find by author, genre, or even tell the computer a novel you liked and it can recommend similar books.
• Novelist Plus (LSC-CyFair, LSC-Tomball, & HCPL)
  (EBSCO) Electronic readers advisory service for fiction and nonfiction literature, find by author, genre, or even tell the computer a novel you liked and it can recommend similar books.
• Harris County Public Library Digital Media Catalog (LSC-CyFair, LSC-Tomball, & HCPL)
  (Digital Library Reserve, Inc.) Download digital materials (including books and music) with free software to listen at home, at work, or when you travel. To begin using these titles, view the Help-Quick Start Guide.
• TumbleBooks (LSC-CyFair, LSC-Tomball, & HCPL)
  (TumbleBooks Inc.) Interactive children's books using Flash animation.
• World Cat (LSCS Libraries)
  World Cat (LSC-CyFair, LSC-Tomball, & HCPL)
  (OCLC) Books and other materials in libraries worldwide - no full text.