| Resource | Description | Help | ACPL | RELGC | WCFL |
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Literature  |
BookFlix
(You must use local library site from this page to access remotely)
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Scholastic BookFlix is a new online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. The engaging way to link fact and fiction, BookFlix reinforces early reading skills and introduces children to a world of knowledge and exploration. | | √ | √ | √ |
| Booklist Online | Booklist Online contains over 120,000 reviews and thousands of features dating back to 1992. | | NA | NA | √ |
Books & Authors
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Books & Authors is a new resource that offers ways to explore the endless possibilities and combinations of books, authors and topics. | | √ | √ | √ |
Favorite Children's Authors and Illustrators
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | From 19th-century poet Edward Lear to contemporary stars such as Newbery Honor author Jack Gantos, this series provides child-friendly essays about popular storytellers in large type, and includes a list of selected works, quotes, abundant photos, and sources for further reading. Hours of delighted browsing and successful investigation await! The eight-volume set by Tradition Press includes interesting short biographies on the storytellers most familiar to today's young readers. In addition to photographs and book cover images, profiles include interesting facts, quotes about and from the subject, a selected bibliography of the person's work and suggestions for further study, including both print and online resources. | | √ | √ | √ |
| Fiction Connection | Discover titles similar to books you already enjoy. | | NA | NA | √ |
Literature Criticism Online
(Available inside library only) | Gale literary references reach back 20 to 30 years—taken together as print, they could fill 230 feet of shelf space! But now, hundreds of volumes are digitized and ready to read with Literature Criticism Online. The net result is tens of thousands of hard-to-find essays at your fingertips. It’s all designed to raise the level of research while providing the around-the-clock remote access that today’s researchers demand. | | NA | NA | √ |
Literature Resource Center
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | Access biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. | | √ | √ | √ |
| Mango Languages | Mango Languages is an online language-learning system teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of languages.Mango Languages offers 21 foreign languages for English speakers and 14 ESL programs for non English speakers to learn English. You will learn real world conversational skills from native speakers in a few short minutes. | | √ | √ | √ |
| Non-Fiction Connection | Discover titles similar to what you already enjoy | | NA | NA | √ |
Novelist
- Allegany County
- Garrett County | In addition to locating books to read, users can learn more about books and authors through Feature Articles, Book Discussion Guides, and BookTalks. | | √ | √ | √ |
| Overdrive - Maryland's Digital eLibrary Consortium | Browse hundreds of downloadable audiobooks! Check out and download best-selling titles to your PC, then transfer to a supported device or burn many titles to CD to enjoy anytime, anywhere. | | √ | √ | √ |
| Patron Books In Print | Whether you're looking for information on books, audio books, or videos, you've come to the right place. Patron Books In Print provides a user-friendly interface designed specifically for use by patrons. | | NA | NA | √ |
| Tumblebooks | e-Books for e-Kids | | NA | NA | √ |
