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Digital Media Library

Check out our interactive and downloadable resources for both adults and children.   These eBooks can be downloaded to your computer, to a portable eReader, or to a mobile device with the installation of an appropriate app.  Tumble Books and BookFlix can be accessed directly from your computer without any download.  Click the links below for eBooks and for additional instruction.

Adult Services offers assistance to patrons in downloading library ebooks and audiobooks to e-readers, iPads, and other devices. Register online or drop in to the library (Adult Reference Desk) between 2:30 & 3:30 on any Saturday. (Registered patrons will have first priority.)
Houston Area Digital Media Catalog
Includes a constantly expanding selection of current, popular ebook, audiobook and video titles. Over 19,000 items available to check out.		 Overdrive apps for mobile devices

How-To Videos: Going Mobile with OverDrive
    

Instructions and tips for downloading Houston Area Digital Media eBooks:   Kindle    Nook
ebooksEBSCO eBook Collection
More than 27,000 eBooks are available for browsing, searching, and virtual check-out. EBSCO’s eBook collectionincludes titles from the world's leading business, technology, trade, reference, academic, and scholarly publishers.
Open LibraryThe Open Library lending program makes hundreds of thousands of eBooks available to Rosenberg Library patrons for checkout from within the library, to be read online anywhere.. This is a greatly expanded collection from their regular public offerings. To access this expanded collection, patrons should visit the computer lab at the library (on the mezzanine) and click on the Open Library icon or links on this page.  From there, you will create a free Open Library account. This collection can also be accessed from a personal laptop computer when connected to the library's wifi. Checked out books are available outside the library on any computer with a browser and an internet connection, making this source of material available to patrons like any library book, but in a digital format.  If you have questions or need assistance, phone 409/763-8854 x 115.
Tumble ReadablesTumble Talking BooksTumble Book LibraryBookFlix