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Information about the ebook and audiobook resources in our collection

Accessing eBooks and eAudiobooks

The library subscribes to several eBook and eAudiobook collections. These titles can be accessed through various databases and also by searching the library's catalog. Please contact a librarian if you want help accessing any of these resources.

OverDrive

Overdrive This link opens in a new window
Your lending library for digital books and audiobooks. Use your JBS student number to log in. Students may check out up to 3 items at a time, and read them in the browser or download to a reading app.

Shakespeare

New Oxford Shakespeare This link opens in a new window
The New Oxford Shakespeare presents an entirely new consideration of all of Shakespeare's works, edited from first principles from the base-texts themselves, and drawing on the latest textual and theatrical scholarship.

Humanities E-Book Project

Humanities E-Book Project This link opens in a new window
Collection of over 9000 full text books. Use the emote access passwords below to access these titles from home.

Ebrary

Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Access to the School Collection, a growing database of e-books for high school curricula. Allows simultaneous access to titles.

Ebsco Book Collections

E-Book Public Library Collection This link opens in a new window
This general reference collection features fiction and non-fiction titles
Book Collection Non-Fiction: High School Edition This link opens in a new window
More than 2,440 popular nonfiction books. The database includes high interest titles on careers, health, ethnicity, disabilities, technology, biographies, music, science, history, civics and more.