Finding Books & E-Books

Finding Books & E-Books

Search for books in the library collections using the online catalog, ‘Destiny’.


Search ‘Destiny’ for library Resources  

Electronic Book Collections (ABP & QNL Subscriptions)

  • AccessScience — Online version of the highly acclaimed McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology.
  • ebrary  —  eBooks from trusted publishers in all academic subject areas.
  • elibrary  — ebooks for school age children, contains images, videos, eBooks, and full-text articles from a variety of magazines and journals.
  • Gale Virtual Reference —  is a collection of 22 reference full text digital titles that the ABP owns. The range of subjects is very wide.
  • Novelist Plus – (EBSCO) — Novelist Plus is a reading guide and advisory tool suitable for all age groups.  It contains recommendations for fiction and nonfiction, author read-a-likes, book discussion guides, award lists, book cover images, and nearly 40,000 first chapter excerpts.
  • OverDrive  — Provides popular eBooks for most devices available, including PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle, and Nook.
  • Oxford Reference Online — The Core Collection contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works.
  • Safari Tech Books — Provides access to more than 21,000 digital books and videos on topics related to IT & other technology.
  • Taylor & Francis eBooks  — Consists of over 45, 000 full-text book titles covering Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Medicine, Built Environment, Science and technology, and Law. 
  • TrueFlix – Books & Videos  — online science and social studies books and videos for grades 3–6. Then try games and activities to show what you’ve learned.
  • TumbleBook AudioBookCloud  — Collection includes fiction, nonfiction, classics, and Spanish language audio books for children, teens, and adults. It is a large assortment of streaming audiobooks that is easily accessible.
  • TumbleBook Cloud  — Online collection of eBooks and read-along chapter books, graphic novels, educational videos, and audio books that is suitable for children, middle schoolers, teens, and adults.

Electronic Books – Online

  • ABC – CLIO – History and social science reference books.
  • FreeBookSpot — online source of free ebooks download with 4485 FREE E-BOOKS in 96 categories.
  • Project Gutenberg — Offers over 45,000 free eBooks (in various languages) that can be downloaded to users’ PC or portable device.
  • ebook3000  — Open directory for free ebooks and download links.
  • bookboon — Offers hundreds of technical, self development and travel books.
  • ManyBooks  —  21,282 eBooks available free ebooks for your PDA, iPod or eBook Reader. 
  • FreeComputerBooks — Consists of a huge collection of free online Computer, Programming, Mathematics, Technical books, lecture notes & tutorials.