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Go straight to the Digital Download Center or learn more about all of our offerings below. With Overdrive, you can download audiobooks, eBooks, music and videos directly to your computer or for use with a variety of devices. Fiction and nonfiction are included, and many popular titles are available.

eBooks and eAudiobooks

EBSCOhost eBooks (formerly NetLibrary) [connect] [more] [availability]
The EBSCOhost eBooks collection (formerly NetLibrary) includes the searchable full text of over 8,000 online books. Fiction and nonfiction are included.

OverDrive Digital Download Center
OverDrive Digital Download Center [connect] [more] [availability]
Download audiobooks, eBooks, music and videos directly to your computer or for use with a variety of devices. Fiction and nonfiction are included, and many popular titles are available.

Safari Books Online [connect] [more] [availability]
A custom Safari Books Online library that contains a specially-tailored subset of 200 titles from Safari Books Online's extensive library. Safari Books Online has many best-selling, top-rated computing and technology books.

eBook and eAudiobook News

Have you ever checked out an e-book from your... The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, a non-profit research organization in Washington, DC, is conducting an online survey of public library patrons who ...read more

Posted by Tana on
April 16, 2012
New Look for OverDrive New Look for OverDrive Digital Download Center On April 16, the Digital Download Center (powered by Overdrive) will become Wisconsin's Digital Library. The change is mostly cosmetic; highlights of the change include a cleaner ...read more

Posted by Jon - Central Library on
April 13, 2012
Madison Public Library Insider Madison Public Library Insider Madison Public Library's newsletters were recently remade as Madison Public Library: Insider. We like to read...we read reviews...we're book insiders! And we've organized the best ...read more

Posted by Jon - Central Library on
February 24, 2012