eBooks & Audiobooks
This page provides links to places you can stream and/or download ebooks, audiobooks and other items to your own personal devices at no cost. Speak to a librarian for more information.
Provided by Liverpool High School
OverDrive - LHS Library & OCM BOCES School Library Systems collection of ebooks & audiobooks
Use your school Google account to login. Get the free Sora or OverDrive app for your personal devices. Read/listen to online with your Chromebook.
MackinVia - Liverpool High School's collection of ebooks & audiobooks.
There are over 100 classics in this collection. This is a fairly small collection as most items will be added to either OverDrive or Gale Virtual Reference Library in the future.
Login with your school Google account.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Liverpool High School's Collection
Access LHS's growing collection of reference and nonfiction ebooks. Login with your school Google Account or use the Gale password listed on our databases page. Get the free Access My Library app for your personal devices.
Access ebooks through World Book on various topics including animals, people, and history.
Onondaga-Cortland-Madison/Oswego BOCES Professional Collection.
These eBooks are Simultaneous use, so they can be shared with entire groups.
Provided by Liverpool Public Library - You need a Liverpool Public Library card to access.
Any resident of Onondaga County can sign up for a Liverpool Public Library card - Click HERE to sign up online.
When you come to the library to pick up your card, you will be required to show acceptable valid ID: current driver's license, non-driver's ID, work or school ID, pay stub, passport, or bus pass with address.
OverDrive - Liverpool Public Library ebooks & audiobooks via Onondaga County Public Library. This is not the same as the LHS one.
Login with your Liverpool Public Library card number and pin. Get the free Libby and or OverDrive apps for your personal devices.
Gale Virtual Reference Library - Liverpool Public Library's Collection
Access LPL's growing collection of reference books. The books in this collection are different from the LHS collection. Use your Liverpool Public Library card number and pin to login.
Hoopla - Liverpool Public Library Digital Collection
Use your Liverpool Public Library card number and pin to create your own hoopla account (select "Get Started").
New York Public Library - You need a NYPL library card.
Any person who lives, works, attends school or pays property taxes in New York State is eligible to receive a New York Public Library card free of charge. Click HERE to apply online.
After you apply online you must e-mail valid identification (current driver's license, photo learner's permit, non driver's id, school photo ID, report card, or working papers) to patronaccounts@nypl.org, or fax it to (212) 621-0278. Your card will then be mailed to you.
OverDrive - New York Public Library Collection
Use your New York Public Library card number and pin to login. Use the OverDrive, Libby, and/or SimplyE apps.
Websites that provide free access to ebooks & audiobooks
Project Gutenberg offers over 54,000 free eBooks: Choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, especially older works for which copyright has expired.
LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain, and then we release the audio files back onto the net for free. All our audio is in the public domain, so you may use it for whatever purpose you wish. Be advised: Some items on Librivox may be blocked due to content.
Don't know what to read next? Visit our "What to Read Next" page.
Recommended apps & browser links
Sora
Use to access OCM BOCES SLS /LHS Library OverDrive, Liverpool Public, and New York Public (limited to YA and under).
My school is O2CM BOCES
Pull-down to select Liverpool Central Schools
Login with your school Google account information
Download the app!
OverDrive
Use to access ALL school and public library collections and all levels.
Search by the library name
O2CM BOCES for Liverpool High School & SLS
Sign in with LHS username & password
Liverpool Public
Sign in with LPL barcode & pin
New York Public
Sign in with NYPL barcode & pin
Download the app!
Libby
Use to access only Liverpool Public and New York Public library collections.
Liverpool Public
Sign in with LPL barcode & pin
New York Public
Sign in with NYPL barcode & pin
Download the app!
