Digital Books Websites
Books - Search though these sites to find digital books. Note the annotations.
www.bookshare.org – For students with disabilities only, but fairly comprehensive
www.readingmadeez.com 1500 works, $50/single user, $300 networked version
http://www.readingmadeez.com/ElibraryCompleteListing.php (need to search through sections to find. Some books can fall in several categories, yet will only appear in one
http://www.childrenslibrary.org/ - For younger children mostly, but could work in districts where students are behind grade level… plus, books in many different languages
http://www.njlbh.org/ call and ask about a digital library 800-792-8322
http://www.nlb-online.org/index.php?menu=1#content anybody can join, not strict on def of blind … call
http://www.discoveret.org/dyslexia/AltReading.html dyslexia, has audio and comp based … email Mike Matvy [email protected]
http://www.nlb-online.info/ accessibility websites link
www.a-sites.org accessibility website (explore)
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/lists.html UPENN- Good Site (may be too high level) http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=Children%27s%20literature%2e (children’s lit)
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/stories.html links to sites (old site, many links not working)
http://nimas.cast.org/ - good for students with disabilities (particularly vision problems). Works with textbook companies for free and accessible copies
http://www.tnellen.com/school/books.html Looks comprehensive, examine deeper
http://books.google.com/ has stuff, but not editable
http://www.classicauthors.net/ Classics online, set up really nicely, other links and bio info on author as well
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/subject/browse/hum60.60.00/ links to other online book sources
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page pretty good, be wary of audio though
http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/catalogs/bysubject-top.html ok, needs more searching
http://www.short-stories.co.uk/ good for short stories if looking for something new
Books used at Lincoln Middle School
The Outsider http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC05372016&id=uaAcAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=The+Outsider&as_brr=1#PPP12,M1 (Link is to Maurice Samuel)
The Givers
Partial (28 Pages) - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0395645662&id=knkqgp57wJ8C&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&ots=OgPl7T0evC&dq=%22The+Giver%22&sig=hbw3numMzzZzBcCqFTQJZZtvgbk
Resources- http://www.tnellen.com/school/giver.html