audiobooks

Turn Your Phone Into a Library with Libby!

Nothing good to stream? Feeling burned out on scholarly articles and textbooks? Or maybe you just need an audiobook for your next long drive?Try Libby! Libby is a free app that lets you access many of the library’s eBooks and audiobooks right on your own device. Most of the library’s non-academic materials can be foundContinue reading “Turn Your Phone Into a Library with Libby!”

Watch movies on OverDrive

OverDrive offers more than just books! you can also stream videos. OverDrive has hundreds of movies, audio books and popular books to keep you entertained over the holiday break. Kick back with a hot cup of coca and take a well deserved break. Here\’s how to access the videos (note: you must be a Tarleton student orContinue reading “Watch movies on OverDrive”

Summer Reading Recommendations – Three from Kim Gragg

A couple months ago, the Library posted a video on our YouTube Channel with staff recommendations for summer reading. Here\’s the \”why?\” behind some of those recommendations, as well as other books that did not make it into the video. All are available as e-books in our OverDrive collection. Kimberly Gragg, our Circulation and Interlibrary LoanContinue reading “Summer Reading Recommendations – Three from Kim Gragg”

Summer Reading Recommendations – Two Audiobooks from Amanda Pape

A couple months ago, the Library posted a video on our YouTube Channel with staff recommendations for summer reading. Here\’s the \”why?\” behind some of those recommendations, as well as other books that did not make it into the video. Amanda Pape, Coordinator for Archives and Special Services, has a 45-minute one-way commute to theContinue reading “Summer Reading Recommendations – Two Audiobooks from Amanda Pape”

More Historical Fiction with Female Characters by Female Authors

In honor of Women\’s History Month, here are more historical fiction books in the library\’s collection that feature female characters or subjects, and are written by female authors: The Dressmaker\’s War begins in 1939, and is about a talented English would-be modiste named Ada who makes some bad choices and is trapped by the Nazis into makingContinue reading “More Historical Fiction with Female Characters by Female Authors”

Historical Fiction by Female Authors with Female Characters

In honor of Women\’s History Month, here are some historical fiction books in the library\’s collection that feature female characters or subjects, and are written by female authors: Helen Simonson\’s The Summer Before the War starts in the summer of 1914, when 23-year-old, orphaned Beatrice Nash is hired by the school board of the smallContinue reading “Historical Fiction by Female Authors with Female Characters”

Fiction and Popular Nonfiction by Black Authors

If you\’d like to read fiction or popular nonfiction by Black authors, the library has some good options to choose from. Below are just a few of them. Fiction: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (format: paper) – In this Hugo and Nebula award-winning science fiction novella, Binti, the first of the Himba people to ever goContinue reading “Fiction and Popular Nonfiction by Black Authors”

Travel through Time and Place with Overdrive Audiobooks

Planning any travel this summer? Going somewhere that involves a long drive or ride? Try an e-audiobook! Even if you\’re planning a stay-cation, you can travel to other times and places through historical fiction e-audiobooks. Here are just some of the titles available as e-audiobooks in our Overdrive collection: Curses and Smoke by Vicky Alvear Shecter,Continue reading “Travel through Time and Place with Overdrive Audiobooks”

OverDrive eBooks!

Tarleton State University Libraries has a new feature: OverDrive eBooks (and digital audiobooks)! From the library\’s home page (www.tarleton.edu/library), choose Databases, and then OverDrive. Depending on your browser settings and whether or not you are already logged into NTNET, you may (or may not) get the authentication screen, which looks like this: Enter your NTNETContinue reading “OverDrive eBooks!”

Free public domain books

If you can\’t find a public domain book in the library or would just prefer something downloadable, there are lots of good sites out there. A couple I like are Project Gutenberg and LibriVox. Project Gutenberg has over 49,000 free e-books – you can download them as Kindle e-books, EPUB files, or read them onlineContinue reading “Free public domain books”