Online Resources (Texshare, online book clubs, ebooks and audiobooks)
NEW: CAREER TRANSITIONS
Career Transitions encapsulates the entire job search process, allowing public library users and the librarians assisting them to find answers whether they are dealing with job loss, re-training needs or looking for new career paths.
Easily search and browse millions of genealogies, obituaries, marriage and birth announcements and more from 1652 to the present. Includes historical newspapers, books and documents, along with modern obituaries and the Social Security Death Index.
ONLINE BOOK CLUBS
Grapevine Public Library provides an online book club service for our cardholders. You can sign up in any of the following categories: fiction, nonfiction, teen, business, good news and audio. Once you have signed up, each week you will be emailed excerpts from a selected book. Signing up is easy, just click the link below.
Online Book Club Signup
EBOOKS
Grapevine Library cardholders can now access eBooks. eBooks can be viewed online on any PC connected to the Internet. eBooks are checked out for a period of 24 hours and are automatically returned at the end of your checkout period.
You must establish an eBooks account from a public computer within the Grapevine Public Library. Once your account is established, you may access the collection from anywhere in the world. Our Library staff can assist you with establishing an eBooks account.
Creating an ebooks account
If you have already created an audiobooks account then you do not need to create a separate audiobook account. You will be able to logon using your audiobooks account.
After finding an ebook title record in our catalog, scroll to the middle part of the record where the link says http://www.netlibrary.com and click. At the top right of the next page click on ‘Create a Free Account’. Fill in the required information and click ‘Create Account’
To view the entire collection of eBooks, type netlibrary into the keyword search option field and press enter. While you are actively using an eBook, no other user will have access to it. However after 15 minutes of inactivity, the eBook will be placed back into circulation.
Once you checkout an eBook you will have exclusive use of the eBook for 24 hours. If you need more time just checkout the eBook again.