The Elementary Library has a TON of wonderful eBooks to share with the student population that are easily accessible through the library's OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) system. Just select the filter to only show eBooks and you will be presented with over 2,000 eBooks! Many are non-fiction but quite a few are fiction as well.
How to Access eBooks from home!
The library’s OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) is where you can search to see what books are available in the elementary library but also can search for ebooks as well.. This also means it is easier to get to the schools eBooks. Just follow the steps below to get to the library catalog and access eBooks.
1. Two options to Access:
A. Go to www.acvsd.org and run your mouse across Elementary School and Elementary Library will be a drop down option. Then click on OPAC- the image of the books. At the library’s homepage you can also access Book Taco and Power Library as well as other neat websites and information.
B. Go to www.gofollett.com and select PA and then begin to type in Allegheny Clarion Valley Elementary School. It should be an option that comes up. Here you can click on the work ebooks and see the entire collection.
2. Once in the elementary library’s catalog, click on Login in the upper right hand corner. Your child’s login information will be their firstname.lastname and their password is their lunch number.
3. Click on the Catalog tab on the left hand side of the screen and then library search. From here you can search for a specific book or eBooks. To search all the eBooks at once, change the material type to electronic book (eBook). Leave the search box empty and hit enter and you should see about 2,100 eBooks.
4. From kindles, android and apple devices there are apps available to down load to make reading of these books easier.
5. Clicking on the My Info tab will also let you know what books your child has checked out too.
If you have any questions you can email me at anytime at stefanie.best@acvsd.org