A collection of instructional materials about children’s and young adult books and authors, including booklists, meet-the-author videos, and many other author and book resources.
Access provided courtesy of the California State Library.
Escolar is the leading knowledge-building resource that is universally trusted for accurate and age-appropriate content in Spanish.
This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.
Access Britannica School Edition
Britannica School is the go-to site for learning more about any subject—for all grades and all reading abilities—offering thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites, and three separate databases—Elementary, Middle, or High.
This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.
Check out a wide range of eBooks, with a focus on small publishers and self-published works.
Check out eBooks, comics, audiobooks, streaming movies and music.
Learn more about Hoopla on our eBooks page.
Availability: Not all libraries in Marin offer Hoopla. Access depends on your residence address. Learn more.
Only available at MCFL - see Availability note above
Access LOTE4Kids Digital Audio Picturebooks
Over 2000 digital picture books with audio and text in over 50 languages, LOTE4Kids is a library eResource that allows kids to enjoy the magic of digital books in LOTE (Languages Other Than English) from the comfort of their own home. Kids can also watch each LOTE title translated and narrated in English to continue their reading and literacy development.
Availability: Not all libraries in Marin offer LOTE4Kids. Access depends on your residence address. Learn more.
Only available at MCFL - see Availability note above
Check out eBooks, audiobooks and digital magazines.
Learn more about OverDrive and the Libby app on our eBooks page, audiobooks page or magazines page.
Combination of several databases with over 20,000 publications that range from scholarly journals to popular magazines. Databases include the Coronavirus Research Database, eBook Central, eLibrary, Global Newsstream, LA Times, Publicly Available Content Database, SIRS Discoverer and SIRS Issues Researcher.
This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.
General reference collection of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers. Includes newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals, books, videos and audios, dissertations and theses, reports, blogs, and much more. (Grades 6+)
This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.
Access School & Educators Complete
Collection of over 12,000 eBooks supporting multiple subject areas (English Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies, Health, Physical Education, Information Literacy and Technology). (Grades 9+, possibly some content for Middle School, also includes professional development content for faculty)
This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.
Selected content for beginning researchers, especially elementary and middle school students and educators. (Grades 3-9)
This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.
Curriculum-aligned database of content organized by complex issues, ideally for middle and high school students and educators. (Grades 6+)
This resource is supported in whole or in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library.
