Accessing Books & eBooks
View the resources below for accessing books and ebooks from ARLS.
PINES
PINES is Georgia’s “borderless library” system that allows PINES card holders free access to over 10 million books and other materials in 300 library branches and affiliated service outlets throughout the state.
Libby
Libby (previously OverDrive) provides access to a wide selection of e-books, audiobooks and magazines. Choose from thousands of titles that you can borrow for free with your PINES card.
The Palace Project
The Palace Project is an e-reading experience developed by and for libraries that provides access to more of your library’s ebooks and audiobooks in one place. In the Palace app, you will find the same eBooks and audiobooks that are available in Libby, eRead Kids, and ProQuest, as well as additional content. Also available is a multilingual children’s collection of instant access titles for kids in grades preschool through fourth grade. For more information, see our Palace Project FAQs and The Palace Project – Getting Started.
hoopla
Instantly access more than a million titles – including audiobooks, comics, e-books, movies, music, and television – through the hoopla website or hoopla Digital app. View the hoopla Digital Introduction video.
eBooks at EBSCOhost
eBooks at EBSCOhost provides eBooks on a variety of topics, including reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many university presses, and consumer books. Books can be downloaded onto portable devices using Adobe Digital Editions.
Ebook Central
Access to thousands of fiction and nonfiction eBooks from leading publishers through Ebook Central.