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Online Resources (Texshare, online book clubs, ebooks and audiobooks)

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.

TEXSHARE DATABASES

Explore the TexShare Databases for: General Information, Periodicals, Homework and Education, History and Genealogy, Health and Medical, Business Resources, and Books & Literature. Examples of specific databases included are: Ebscohost, Medline, Handbook of Texas, HeritageQuest, Funk and Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, WorldCat, and many, many more! TexShare Databases are directly accessible from the library's internet stations. To access the Texshare Databases from outside the library, you will need a code and password that can be obtained from the Reference Desk (817-410-3404). Texas public libraries have access to a variety of databases provided through the Texas State Library. Click here.