Online Resources for Young Adults

Library members can download ebooks, audiobooks, educational games and videos, music, magazines, comics, and learning tools for young adults. These have been specially chosen by our librarians to help young adults enrich and continue their educational journeys, tap into their creative talents, and prepare them for the next steps in their lives. Click here to download and browse our "Electronic Resources for Young Adults" flyer.

AudioBookCloud

Provider
Tumbleweed Press Inc.
Supported Languages
English
Subject Area
Audiobooks, Comics, Fiction, Films, Music, Magazines - Databases for Children - Databases for Young Adults - Education - Multidisciplinary - Reference and Bibliography

AudioBookCloud is an online audiobook library collection streaming adult and children's audiobooks for schools and public libraries. Books are in English and Spanish, and in many different categories including fiction, non-fiction and classics.

Bookshare

Provider
Beneficent Technology Inc.
Supported Languages
English
Subject Area
Databases for Children - Databases for Young Adults - Multidisciplinary

Bookshare is an online database library that makes reading accessible for people who cannot read standard print. Members can listen to a book, follow along with highlighted text, read in braille, and customize their experience in ways that make reading easier. Accounts can be obtained through this link.

Britannica School

Provider
Britannica
Supported Languages
English
Subject Area
Arts and Humanities - Engineering and Computer Science - History - Multidisciplinary - Natural and Physical Sciences - Religion and Philosophy - Social Science

Britannica School is an online learning resource for students from elementary to high school. Supporting curriculum objectives and student research, this interactive tool provides articles from encyclopedias, images and videos, lessons and activities, as well as many other valuable information sources.

Frontiers for Young Minds

Provider
Frontiers Media S.A.
Supported Languages
English
Subject Area
Open Access - Databases for Young Adults - Engineering and Computer Science - Health Sciences - Natural and Physical Sciences - Reference and Bibliography

Frontiers for Young Minds provides a collection of freely available scientific articles by distinguished scientists that are shaped for younger audiences by the input of their own young peers. In 2014, this website was named a Great Website for Kids by the American Library Association.

Middle Search Plus

Provider
EBSCO
Supported Languages
English
Subject Area
Arts and Humanities - Databases for Young Adults - Education - Multidisciplinary - Social Science

EBSCO Middle Search Plus provides full-text access to popular middle school magazines, biographies, historical essays, primary source documents, and image collections of photos, maps and flags. All full-text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator.

Novelist K-8

Provider
EBSCO
Supported Languages
English
Subject Area
Arts and Humanities - Databases for Children - Databases for Young Adults - Education - Language and Literature - Multidisciplinary - Social Science

This database allows you to search English titles for children up to 18 years old based on their preferences across different topics. You can find information about titles, read reviews and see lists of recommended books. A great place to find your next title to read.

OverDrive

Provider
OverDrive
Supported Languages
English
Subject Area
Audiobooks, Comics, Fiction, Films, Music, Magazines - Arts and Humanities - Language and Literature - Multidisciplinary

OverDrive provides popular ebooks for most devices, including PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android and Nook.

 

RBDigital Comics

Provider
RBDigital
Supported Languages
English
Subject Area
Audiobooks, Comics, Fiction, Films, Music, Magazines - Language and Literature - Multidisciplinary

RBDigital Comics provides access to a range of Marvel and IDW titles with thousands of digital graphic novels and comics.

** First-time users of RBDigital phone app must first create an account in a PC (computer) before using the app from phone.

RBdigital Magazines

Provider
RBDigital
Supported Languages
English
Subject Area
Audiobooks, Comics, Fiction, Films, Music, Magazines - Databases for Children - Databases for Young Adults - Multidisciplinary - Reference and Bibliography

RBdigital Magazines provides access to popular full-color digital magazines, including both new and backlist titles, with no holds or checkout period limitations. Check out titles instantly using your desktop or mobile using the RBdigital App.

To be able to download any titles, you need to create an account or register. Once registered, you need to log in once before checking out or downloading any titles. Find titles by selecting the cover or clicking the search icon. In addition to permanent checkout of titles, you can build a digital backlist for browsing and reading anytime. For more help, here is a simple user guide.

** First-time users of RBDigital phone app must first create an account in a PC (computer) before using the app from phone.

TumbleBookCloud

Provider
Tumbleweed Press Inc.
Supported Languages
English
Subject Area
Audiobooks, Comics, Fiction, Films, Music, Magazines - Arts and Humanities - Databases for Young Adults - Education - Language and Literature - Multidisciplinary - Reference and Bibliography

TumbleBookCloud is an online database of ebooks and educator resources perfect for middle schools, high schools and public libraries. The database offers a robust selection of graphic novels, enhanced novels, ebooks, classic literature, National Geographic videos, educator resources and audiobooks.

TumbleMath

Provider
Tumbleweed Press Inc.
Supported Languages
English
Subject Area
Audiobooks, Comics, Fiction, Films, Music, Magazines - Databases for Children - Databases for Young Adults

TumbleMath provides a collection of math stories in animation, narration, and sound to create a compelling and enticing story book for students of all ages.