Technical specifications
The EBSCOhost interface is compatible with the following browsers (this information is accessible on the EBSCO support site http://support.ebscohost.com):
· Internet Explorer 7.0 or late
· Firefox 3.0 or later
· Safari 3.0 or later
· Support for the Google Chrome browser is coming later in 2011
Downloading books
You must install the new Download Manager software in order to download and tranfer eAudiobooks. Select a title and the Download option. You will be prompted to install the new Download manager.
Once you have registered with EBSCOhost you can access the service directly here.
The following titles have recently been added to our eAudiobook collection:
 | Mini shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella "The new novel in the fabulously popular Shopaholic series from this number one bestselling author. Becky Brandon thought having a daughter was a dream come true - a shopping friend for life! But two-year-old Minnie has her own chaotic approach to shopping. On top of motherhood, there's the financial crisis, and even Becky's personal shopping clients have to cut back. Join Becky to find out who will get a gold star, and who will end up on the naughty step..." |
 | Adrenaline - Jeff Abbott "The first in a compelling new series from the bestselling master of suspense, Jeff Abbott. Sam Capra is living the dream. He has a perfect job with the CIA, and a perfect wife, Lucy, who is pregnant with their first child. But one sunny day, Sam's life changes forever. After narrowly avoiding an explosion, Sam wakes up in a prison cell. Adrenaline coursing through his veins, Sam enters a frantic race to survive, and discover the truth about those he thought he knew..." |
 | Manage your weight: support your will power - Lynda Hudson "This is a self help hypnotherapy recording for adults and older teenagers who seek encouragement and want to build belief in their ability to eat more healthily and become more active. For optimum benefit, use this recording at least four or five times a week initially, ideally on a personal stereo. Once you have noticed the changes in you, it can be used every so often to support and maintain the changes.It is designed to help build your self esteem and belief in yourself so you feel encouraged to embrace a healthy style of eating and a more active way of life. The more you listen, the more you can become emotionally strong, positive and determined. It helps you to get in touch with the part of yourself that knows how to be supportive and determined and thus cope more effectively with old eating triggers." |
eBooks
Members of Offaly Libraries are now able to download eBooks for free. This service is available 24 hours a day through the library website. In order to access these eServices, library users need their library card number and PIN. To find out your PIN just contact your local library. Have a look at our ebooks website. http://offaly.lib.overdrive.com
Library users can now download books onto eReaders in ePub and PDF format. There is something for everyone with fiction and non-fiction books along with books for teenagers and children.
Offaly Libraries already provide an eAudiobook service where audio versions of books can be downloaded free of charge onto devices such as mobile phones, MP3 players and iPods.
If you think you don't have time in your busy schedule to read a book, why not listen to one instead? Take a book with you on your iPod for your jog or walk, on the commute to and from work, or leave it on in the background in the kitchen.
There are a number of free eBooks sites available where you can download books for free. If you are interested in trying eBooks, some of this sites might be useful to you.
Please note: These are external sites and use of these sites is at the users own discretion.
Don't forget your can download free eAudiobooks from Offaly Libraries Netlibrary service.
is the place where you can download over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device. This is a very famous website that functions with an agenda of digitalizing books that are out of copyright. Usually, books run out of copyright after 50 years of publication. Most of the classics can be obtained from this site for free.
Fictionwise offer both free and paid for ebooks. Select the Free Books option when entering the site. You will need to create a Login Username and Password to download free ebooks.
Books are packaged so that users can read them on a java enabled phone. The book reader program is integrated within each downloadable book. The books we provide are out of copyright in the USA; and in most cases Australia, Canada, the U.K., and many other countries.
Download free books and texts. The Internet Archive Text Archive contains a wide range of fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books.
Feedbooks offer both free (Public Domain) and paid for books. Feedbooks is compatible with a wide range of devices and platforms; Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone & iPod Touch, Android platform, Windows Mobile / Symbian / Blackberry / PalmOS, Other Linux-based platforms. You will need to create a Login Username and Password to download free ebooks.
Bookyards calls itself the "The Library To The World" and contains over 17,000 ebooks for download. Only available format currently is Adobe Acrobat, also known as PDF, which can be read by the free Adobe Reader software. This is a web portal where “books, education materials, information, and content will be freely to anyone who has an internet connection."
Ask About Ireland is a showcase of the wonderful images of our Irish heritage from the collections of local libraries, museums and archives countrywide. The Ask-about-Ireland website focuses on the digitisation and provision of new means of access to cultural heritage material in museums, libraries and archives and includes key national institutions such as the National Museum. It makes national treasures available on-line from Malin Head to Mizen Head.The website has a large information for both primary and secondary school students and the public in general. Ireland's largest local studies resource.
These subscription services are free to access on library computers
