Digital Media Collections

Download e-books, e-audiobooks, videos, and animated picture books to your home computer or portable device. Due to licensing restrictions, access is limited to Algonquin Area Public Library cardholders. Dundee and Huntley libraries offer similar services for their patrons.

E-books

Download and read e-books for a variety of e-readers and mobile phones.

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The library's e-book collection is available through the North Suburban Digital Consortium (Overdrive). Due to our membership in the Overdrive Advantage program, Algonquin Library card holders are provided with additional e-book copies to alleviate long hold periods. To identify Overdrive Advantage titles, login and look for this icon:

Instructions:

Video Tutorials:

For Kindle and Kindle apps.
For Sony WiFi e-readers.
For iPad and Android devices.

Also, check out the huge selection of free public domain titles available from Project Gutenberg or Open Library.

E-audiobooks

Download and listen to e-audiobooks for your ipod or mp3 player.

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E-audiobooks are available from two sources.

North Suburban Digital Consortium (Overdrive)

OneClickdigital Audiobooks (formerly EBSCO)

Online tutorial for OneClickdigital audiobooks.
User Guide for OneClickdigital audiobooks.

Also, check out our MP3-CD collection available within the library. MP3-CDs are ideal for transferring to your ipod or other mp3 device. See how.

E-video

Download and watch video on your PC or Windows Mobile device.

Videos are available to download through the North Suburban Digital Consortium (Overdrive) .

Interactive Books

The TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love! (Adobe Flash required)

Disney Digital Books is an interactive, browser-based service available via the North Suburban Digital Consortium (Overdrive).

Access hundreds of new and classic Disney books available on reading levels 1-5. Young readers can follow along with a narrator using the "Look and Listen" feature, or they can read on their own using the magic pen to pronounce or look up the meanings of words. Older readers will enjoy the hidden trivia questions embedded within chapter books and junior novels.(Adobe Flash required)