EAST LAKE COMMUNITY LIBRARY

Ancestry

Ancestry Library Edition is a genealogy research website with over 7 billion records online and more being added almost daily. It includes census images from every available United States federal census (1790-1930). Also included are military records, land, court, and probate records, church and vital records, passenger lists, directories, and much more!  **Ancestry is ONLY available inside the library - not from home.**

Ask-a-Librarian

Would you like to chat with a librarian?  Or would you rather text your question on your cell phone?  Ask-a-Librarian is a free online service that allows Floridians seeking immediate assistance to speak with a librarian from any of the 100+ participating libraries. 

AtoZdatabases

AtoZdatabases is the premier reference and marketing database marketed to library, academic, and government institutions throughout the U.S. This simple, user-friendly, web-based solution provides details on every business and every household within the U.S. FREE: e-mail marketing, job search, mailing lists and sales leads, people look-up and business profiles! 

CloudLibrary

ELCL is partnering with Palm Harbor Library in a new collaborative effort to provide more of the content YOU want to read. With CloudLibrary, you can borrow and read the latest eBooks and eAudiobooks for FREE and you have access to over 235,000 titles from other libraries in the Florida CloudLink Cooperative. Since our two libraries now subscribe to this service, you will need your library card and PIN to access the content. It works with a wide range of eReading devices, including iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fire. Whether on the web, a tablet, or your mobile device, you can browse “digital shelves” or filter by genres that interest you. Simply download the CloudLibrary app, log into our library, and browse, borrow, and read! Items are checked out for fourteen days, there is a three-item limit, and a maximum of three holds per patron. Please ask ELCL staff if you need any assistance with this new digital resource. 

Florida Electronic Library

Select Internet resources that offer access to comprehensive, accurate, and reliable information. Available resources include electronic magazines, newspapers, almanacs, encyclopedias, and books, providing information on topics such as current events, education, business, technology, and health issues.  You will need to use your East Lake Library Card number to access this site.

Florida Memory Project

Florida Memory is an excellent and informative database from the Florida Department of State's Division of Library and Information Services. Florida Memory contains over 206,060 photographs, over 311 full-length films, 2,926 audio recordings (approximately 34,000 individual tracks), and over 310,000 digitized documents from selected historical and genealogical collections, from the collections of the State Library and the Archives of Florida.  It contains information related to almost every city, town or county in Florida, from Alachua to Zephyrhills.

Fold3 Library Edition

Distributed by ProQuest, Fold3 Library Edition by Ancestry provides convenient access to US military records, including the stories, photos, and personal documents of the men and women who served.  This continually-growing collection contains millions of records from world-class archives, many of which are exclusively available on Fold3. With content from the Revolutionary War onward, Fold3 Library Edition is an invaluable research resource for historians, genealogists, researchers, military enthusiasts, veterans and their families, teachers, and battle reenactors. **Like Ancestry, Fold3 is ONLY available inside the library - not from home.**

hoopla

hoopla has eBooks, eAudiobooks, music, digital movies, TV shows, and comics! Instantly available borrowing! No hold queues! Stream content through your browser on PC/Mac or stream or download with the hoopla digital app for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire and Roku. Also, hoopla's Bonus Borrows Collection, with more than 1,100 top titles, is available!  We allow 6 downloads per patron, per month!

Libby / OverDrive (Now includes ArtistWorks & magazines!)

Do you want to download FREE adult, teen, and kids eBooks, eAudiobooks, magazines and downloadable movies to your Kindle, iPad, Nook or other e-Reader?  Then, check out Libby and OverDrive!  (ArtistWorks is ONLY accessible from the Libby app.) Enter in your library card number and your PIN number to get started!  **Your PIN number is usually set as the last four numbers of your telephone number.**  Click on the following links for help with downloading eBooks to your device!

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***Kindle Help***Nook Help***IOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod) Help***

***Android Help***Kobo Help***

Mometrix

Are you getting ready to take a standardized test?  Mometrix offers study materials for over 1,500 different exams!  Mometrix eLibrary delivers the most comprehensive list of study guides and practice questions on the market, all at your fingertips.  You can access these study materials anywhere, anytime you have an Internet connection. Mometrix study materials comprise a collection of over 174 million words, larger than the entire print history of TIME Magazine.  Click on the image to get started!

NoveList Plus

Do you love to read?  Do you ever have trouble finding new authors to read?  NoveList Plus will help you find your next book!  NoveList Plus has expert reading recommendations.  Get trustworthy advice from people who love to read.  NoveList Has appeal factors in that NoveList Plus will help you decide whether a book is “your style.”  Find series information, reading lists, award winners, book discussion guides, and more.  Click on the link above and type in your library card barcode.

Open Library

Open Library provides FREE eBooks to anyone who signs up. It is an online project intended to create "one web page for every book ever published". They have gathered over 20 million records from a variety of large catalogs as well as single contributions, with more on the way!

PPLC App

Would you like to access the Pinellas County Library Cooperative from your Android or IOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod)? Search "Pinellas Library Cooperative" in Google Play or the Apple App Store to download the free app to search the catalog, manage your account and renew items, place holds on titles, find the nearest library with their hours and phone number, or locate valuable online resources. You even can scan the ISBN barcode found on a book to see if your library has a copy!

Pronunciator

Pronunciator is a language learning database where you can learn 80 languages in any of 50 languages with Pronunciator.  That’s 4,000 possible course combinations!  Pronunciator also offers the largest ESL curriculum on the planet, with courses for 50 non-English languages.  Register with your library account number and start learning at your own pace today!

Universal Class

Universal Class offers lifelong learning courses in over 30 subject areas, many of which offer continuing education units (CEUs). More than 500 courses are available, and all are designed and led by professional instructors to build deeper understanding and mastery of subject matter. Universal Class includes videos, assignments, quizzes, tests, and options for social media interaction with other learners. You may take multiple classes and learn at your own pace. Click on the image to get started! **Universal Class is available for EAST LAKE LIBRARY PATRONS only (with library card numbers beginning with 26913.)**