Try ebooks in your bunny slippers

So many ebooks (8,000+), so little time!

Want to get a library book without leaving the house?
Here's how you can access your library’s eBook collection 24 hours a days, seven days a week.

Go directly to the NetLibrary collection from the Polk Library web page, under "List of Library Search Tools." Select NetLibrary from the drop down menu. This drops you right into the NetLibrary database.

You can also get to these books by just typing in keywords "electronic books" and your keyword (e.g., taxes, computers, cooking, parenting, etc.)

I narrowed my search with an additional keyword of "recipes" and got a short list of 19 titles to pick from. "Entertaining for a veggie planet 250 down-to-earth recipes" was one example.

A Non fiction sampler of titles:

EBay Timesaving Techniques for Dummies
EBay Bargain Shopping
Ham Radio
Building your Business with Google
GPS
Frommer's Best Day Trips from London
No Nonsense Finance
The Mother of All Parenting Books
Best Jobs for the 21st Century

A fiction sampler:
Louisa May Alcott
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Willa Cather
Charles Dickens
Arthur Conan Doyle
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Zona Gale
Zane Grey
L.M. Montgomery
Olive Schreiner
Mark Twain

NetLibrary has useful features, too, such as a box where they suggest "Similar Items" to the one you are currently viewing. I was looking at Frommer's "Best Day Trips from London" and it led me to Frommer's "Irreverent Guide to London" where I learned "When to avoid London," "How to get theater tickets when they are sold out" and "Where the Queen gets her groceries"--all very important tips to know. (Answers: Christmas Day, at the Theater, Fortnum & Mason's.)

Adobe Reader® 4.0 or higher is required for online viewing. Can be downloaded free.

The next time you cannot sleep, log on and read some good books in your bunny slippers.