Electronic Books Online

netLibrary

netLibrary is the most comprehensive collection of online books (eBooks) and resource materials available. Using netLibrary, you can access a wide range of scholarly and reference materials entirely online.

In order to checkout netLibrary books or access netLibrary from home, you must first set up a personal  account at the Norfolk Public Library.  This is a one-time process and is similar to signing up for a library card to establish borrowing privileges with a specific library. We recommend that you create your personal netLibrary account before you begin searching for a book to checkout.

To create an account you must come to the Library.  Creating an account from our location verifies that you are a resident of the area.  After you register for an account at the Library, you will then be able to access netLibrary anywhere, anytime.

1. Access netLibrary by clicking on any of the blue netLibrary hot links.
2. Click on the Create Account button that appears on the netLibrary navigation bar at the top of the screen.
3. Fill out the Create an Account form. Required fields are labeled with bold red text.
4. Click on the Submit button at the very bottom of the screen.

Once you have created your personal account, you can access netLibrary from home. To do so, go directly to the netLibrary home page available at http://www.netlibrary.com and log in using the user name and password you chose when you created your personal account. You must log in to access books owned by your library.

Digital General Collection

Books from the University of Michigan collection, scanned for preservation purposes. At present, there are 19,679 volumes in the General Collection.

• Multiple collection search
• Simple Searches: Single word and phrase searches throughout the entire collection.
• Proximity Searches: Find the co-occurrence of two or three words or phrases.
• Boolean Searches: Find combinations of two or three words in a given page or work.
• Citation Searches: Identify works by author and title.

Knowledgerush:

Knowledgerush is an online library of post-copyright texts, dictionaries, author biographies, and community message boards. All content on Knowledgerush is free. There are over 400 authors and 3,000 books online.

Books on Line:

Books on Line: What more can we say? This database from the University of Pennsylvania contains the entire text of over 20,000 books! It's all free, and it's all on line.

American Fiction:

American Fiction, 1851-1875: This is a collection of 19th century American fiction, as listed in Lyle Wright's bibliography American Fiction, 1851-1875. There are currently 2,341 texts included (2,027 unedited, 314 fully edited and encoded) by 1,150 authors.