Top Picks
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cloudLibrary - Bibliotheca
Extensive collection of popular fiction and non-fiction e-books and audio books for juvenile, young adult, and adult readers. E-books are borrowed, downloaded, and read using a REQUIRED app for multiple devices, including smartphones, tablets, and desktop/notebook computers. The app is available for downloading from the Apple App Store, Google Play, Amazon Apps, Microsoft Windows App Store, Google Chrome Web Store, or the Barnes & Noble Nook/Samsung Apps on Google Play.
NSU users login to your cloudLibrary user account with Shark ID and password. Alvin Sherman Library card holders login into your cloudLibrary user account with library card number as the Library Card ID and your last name as the Password/PIN.
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RBdigital - Recorded Books
RBdigital has roughly 10,000 downloadable audio books and over 3,000 downloadable popular fiction/non-fiction ebooks for all reader levels. Titles are downloadable to a new app for IOS, Android, and Kindle Fire devices. RB Digital also includes eighty Pimsleur foreign language courses. RB Digital also hosts over 500 popular digital magazines (formerly known as Zinio) in full image format for both online and offline reading using the mobile app.
Due to the acquisition of RB Digital by Overdrive, our RB Digital account is now closed and we will no longer be offering e-book and audio content on this platform. However, a large part of our RB Digital catalog is scheduled to be transferred to cloudLibrary on February 18 and we will post an update when the transfer has taken place. Thank you for your patience and understanding..
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ABC-CLIO eBook Collection - ABC-CLIO
Over 500 fully searchable, full-text ebooks in all subject areas. Includes many reference books. Create an individual user profile to create user-specific bookmarks, capture and store user notes, and create bibliographic citations.
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eBook Collection - EBSCOhost
Ebsco eBook Collection provides full-text e-books and e-audio books in all subject areas. Current collection includes over 50,000 titles. Find e-books and e-audio in all subject areas and over 90 percent of the titles are downloadable. Many titles in this collection are shared with other institutions and have single-use access. Need help downloading ebooks? Try this guide!
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O'Reilly for Higher Education (formerly Safari Tech Books Online) - ProQuest (Safari)
Provides over 5,500 e-books covering topics including IT networking, programming, project management, certification preparation, and digital media. Content is published by more than 100 publishing partners including O'Reilly, IBM Press, Adobe Press, Que, Microsoft, and Wiley. Contents are frequently updated with the latest titles and editions.
If you experience login issues with your personal O'Reilly user account please email customercare@oreilly.com so that your account can be updated.
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Safari Tech Books Online (now O'Reilly for Higher Education) - ProQuest (Safari)
Provides over 5,500 e-books covering topics including IT networking, programming, project management, certification preparation, and digital media. Content is published by more than 100 publishing partners including O'Reilly, IBM Press, Adobe Press, Que, Microsoft, and Wiley. Contents are frequently updated with the latest titles and editions.
If you experience login issues with your personal O'Reilly user account please email customercare@oreilly.com so that your account can be updated.
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Ebook Central - ProQuest
Ebook Central is the new platform for accessing the NSU Libraries EBL e-books and former MyiLibrary ebook collections. Subject content includes Science & Technology, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Health & Medicine. E-books are downloadable for offline reading in both PDF and EPUB or can be read online with the e-book viewer.