Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Announcing new mobile ready resources and mobile apps!


Want to use your mobile phone to do some research, or download eBooks or audiobooks? Thanks to the Jefferson County Library Cooperative (JCLC) we have new web resources that are optimized for your mobile phone and apps from the iTunes App Store and Android Market!

Mobile Web

EBSCO for researching: On your mobile phone, go to our homepage http://homewoodpubliclibrary.org and tap Research. Scroll down and tap EBSCO. Log in with your library card number. Tap the JCLC Mobile link at the top. You will be taken to the mobile site for researching right on your mobile phone!


OverDrive for downloadable eBooks and audiobooks: On your mobile phone, go to our homepage http://homewoodpubliclibrary.org and tap Downloadables. Log in with your library card number. You will be automatically taken to the mobile site where you can search and check out eBooks or audiobooks!

Mobile Apps 

OverDrive Media Console v2.0 for Android or iPhone

   * Read Adobe® EPUB eBooks
   * Find libraries using the new 'Get Books' feature
   * Listen to MP3 Audiobooks


Gale provides three mobile apps from the iTunes App Store and Android Market:

1.  AccessMyLibrary Public Edition: Uses GPS to find public libraries within a 10-mile radius of the user's location then provides free access to credible Gale online resources.

2.  AccessMyLibrary School Edition: After a one-time log-in, it supplies students with free, unlimited access to their school library's Gale online resources.

3.  AccessMyLibrary College Edition: Using your college e-mail address, it gives you unlimited, 24/7 access to your college library’s Gale online resources.


PS: We're working on a mobile site for our library.

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