Resources

  • Read, listen, and download E-Books and E-Audiobooks.
  • Choose your checkout period, between 7-21 days.
  • No late fees, no need to return digital items to library.
  • E-Books in ePub, PDF and Kindle formats; Audiobooks in MP3 format.
  • Get Mobile Apps and download ebooks and audiobooks on your device!

  • Search more than 4,100 popular nonfiction books. The database includes full text entries on core subject areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills and more.
  • E-Books only
  • Thousands of e-books including genre fiction, graphic novels, children's books, and popular nonfiction.
  • Non-fiction topics cover philosophy, technology, health, travel, the "Complete Idiot's Guide" series, and more.
  • All e-books can be read online or downloaded for offline reading.  To download, create a free account by following the "sign in" link in the upper right corner of the database.

  • For students and adults alike, the Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, covering an array of topics.
  • Full text for each record may be easily accessed by double clicking on the topic from the display.
  • Contains images, brief biographies as well as information in a variety of subject areas.
  • Great reference titles available 24/7.
  • Including, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, Science of Everyday Things, Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained.
  • Save, print or use the ReadSpeaker technology (text-to-speech) to have content read aloud or download in MP3 format.

  • Find thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, graphic novels, music albums, television shows, and movies on Hoopla!
  • Create a free account and choose "Juneau Public Libraries" as your home library to get 3 free checkouts per month.
  • Many features are available for streaming, or you can use the Hoopla app to download for later.
  • Items check out for different lengths of time: 3 days (movies, television), 7 days (music), or 21 days (audiobooks, ebooks, comics).  They are returned automatically - no late fees!

  • Kanopy is an online movie streaming site, offering over 26,000 films to watch online.
  • Kanopy specializes in award-winning documentaries, independent and foreign films, and classic cinema.
  • Make a free account using your library card to watch up to 8 Kanopy films per month from any device, anywhere.
  • Create and browse playlists, edit clips from your favorite films, and rate and discuss films with the Kanopy community.

  • Search text and images from over 6,000 newspapers.
  • Includes local, national, international, and historical coverage.
  • Read the Seattle, Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau newspapers online.

  • Download and enjoy digital titles from the ListenAlaska collection anytime, anywhere with the OverDrive Media Console Mobile App.
  • Mobile supports EPUB eBooks & MP3 Audiobooks.
  • Available for: iOS (iPhone/iPad); Android; Chromebook; Windows 8 & 10; Kindle Fire HD
  • You can also try Overdrive's new simplified app, Libby.
  • More than 100 reference titles (ebooks) and 50,000 entries (articles) from the Oxford Companion series.
  • Interdisciplinary subject area coverage.
  • Includes criticism guides on American, African, English, Classical Irish Literature and more.

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