Resources for Students

Finding Books

Accessible Formats

Books are becoming more immediately accessible to all through a growing pool of online resources. Accessible formats available via internet and mail include: paper braille and braille files for refreshable braille; audiobooks (in DAISY format for easy navigation by chapter and page); and electronic text (easily enlarged to the best print-size and contrast for you from your computer.)

National Library Service

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Browse the online catalog for braille, audiobooks, large print and downloads.

Call the MN Braille and Talking Book Library and Request Books to be delivered to your home:507-333-4828, or Toll Free: 1-800-722-0550.

Email: mn.btbl@state.mn.us

Are you registered with the MN Communication Center?

braille and audiobooks delivered to your home by USPS
downloadable books in braille and audioformats
Dial-in-News service and Talking Book Radio

MN Communication Center (SSB - State Services for the Blind)

Phone: 651-642-0500
Instructions for using the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library

Hennepin County Library

The Hennepin County Library is another excellent resource for audiobooks and book downloads.

The Case for Braille

Fiction, Autobiographies, films and More featuring Individuals with Visual Impairments

Online

Other online resources for books in braille and alternative formats:

Bookshare

You may be eligible for free membership to Bookshare, a growing resource for book downloads in DAISY and BRF formats.

Project Gutenberg has many texts available for free download.

Learning Ally (formerly known as RFB&D):

Many students receive high school and college textbooks from Learning Ally. Your school might have a membership or you may purchase one.

Iowa Braille Downloads

This is a list of children’s books that are ready to download and emboss in braille. Request specific titles from your TBVI and they can be embossed for reading at home.

Texas School for the Blind has a long list of links to electronic text and braille files to be downloaded and brailled.

Audible.comis a commercial website that sells books for download.

Seedlings is a resource of free braille books to keep, sent by mail. Seedlings will also send brailled Encyclopedia articles for free.

Books for beginning readers of all ages can be found at Tar Heel Reader.

Bookbox - Stories in English, Spanish, Chinese and more with audio, visuals and text.

v.1

MBTBLFindingLibraryMaterials(Generic).doc

(534k)

Joya Bromeland,

Nov 9, 2011 7:44 AM

Resources for Students	Search this site