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Digital Library

Get connected - all resources in our Digital Library are open 24/7 and FREE with your library card! Explore them below (broken down by category). 

Audiobooks, Ebooks, and Magazines - Overdrive; access a variety of e-books and audiobooks from your computer, or download the Libby App to read on the go using your tablet or mobile device.

Ebooks – CloudLibrary; for your computer, tablet or mobile device via the CloudLibrary app.

Ebooks – Florida Electronic Librarycontains educational ebooks for students, research scholars and consumers in Florida.

Kanopy - A free film streaming service offering access to over 30,000 films. Library users receive seven play credits per month.

Kanopy Kids - Unlimited plays in a collection curated for kids in Pre-K and up. Now includes Sesame Street! 

The Kanopy app is free is free in the Apple® App Store, Google® Play, Roku Store,  and on the Amazon App Store.

Freegal Music Streaming and Downloads - Freegal Music offers access to over 15 million songs from over 40,000 labels, including the Sony Music catalogue. Library users have a weekly download limit of 5 free downloads and unlimited streaming. The downloads on this site are all in the MP3 format with no DRM, and videos are in the MP4 format with no DRM. This service will work on almost any computer, player, tablet or smartphone.

The Freegal Music mobile app is free in the Apple® App Store and in Google® Play.

Palm Beach Post Collection - Current and past coverage of the Palm Beach Post spanning 25 years. 

Boynton Beach Newspaper Collection - Great resource for historical news articles. This resource is provided for scholarly research, instruction, and non-commercial use.   Click here to view our full copyright disclaimer. 

Knowledge City - Over 13,000 online professional development courses in business, technology, safety, compliance and finance.

LearningExpress Library and Job & Career Accelerator - LearningExpress Library 3.0 is an online site featuring over 770 practice tests, tutorials, and eBooks related to job search and workplace skills improvement, career certification and licensing exam preparation, college entrance and graduate school admissions exam preparation, GED exam preparation, and reading, writing, and math improvement, for all ages. You'll get immediate scoring, complete answer explanations, and an individualized analysis of your results. Job & Career Accelerator is an online job search system that helps job seekers find employment.

Brainfuse HelpNow - Get free online tutoring for all learning levels – kindergartners through adults! Features include live tutoring, Writing Lab, skill-building video lessons, Language Lab, a LEAP Learning Platform for customized test study plans, and more. Finally, adult learners can study for the US Citizenship Test, receive live Microsoft Office tutoring, and much more.

Gale Business: Plan Builder - Grow, plan, and optimize a business/nonprofit. Utilize development tools and a step-by-step process to build a business plan.

A to Z Databases -Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more.  Provides essential information for small businesses and entrepreneurs seeking to grow their businesses, researchers looking for statistics of all kinds, plus information on careers and fundraising.

Gale Databases - These various databases provide full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and much more.

Gale Demographics Now - Find demographic information regarding population, income, housing, race, age, education, retail spending, customer expenditures, business and more.

Florida Electronic Library - This database contains digital collections about Florida for students, research scholars and consumers.

Library Catalog - This is the library catalog, where you can look up items, place holds, check your record and more.

Creative Bug -  Find projects for every occasion on Creativebug.com! Sign in with your library card to access thousands of award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists, including quilting, Cricut creations, embroidery, hand lettering, and more.

Transparent Languages - Learn a new language with Transparent Languages on our website. One must create a username and password and have a library card before access is allowed.

A to Z Databases - Ideal for sales leads, mailing lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives, and much more.  Provides essential information for small businesses and entrepreneurs seeking to grow their businesses, researchers looking for statistics of all kinds, plus information on careers and fundraising.

Gale Business: Plan Builder - Grow, plan, and optimize a business/nonprofit. Utilize development tools and a step-by-step process to build a business plan.

Gale Business Plans Handbook Series - Search hundreds of actual business plans compiled by entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses throughout North America.

Gale Business Insights Essentials - Easily research your business community for information on companies, industries and more with timely news, statistical data and reports.

Gale OneFile: Business - Understand the activities of companies and industries worldwide through leading business and trade publications. Updated daily.

Gale Demographics Now - Find demographic information regarding population, income, housing, race, age, education, retail spending, customer expenditures, business and more.

Gale Entrepreneurship - Learn how to plan, fund, start or manage your small business. Includes sample business plans, how to guides, articles and websites.

Gale Insurance and Liability - Addresses concerns over the protection of assets (physical or intellectual) ranging from the individual property owner to multinational corporations.

Gale LegalForms - Florida-specific small business form templates, including business plans, contracts, financial statements, waivers, proposals and balance sheets. 

Knowledge City - Over 13,000 online professional development courses in business, technology, safety, compliance and finance.

Florida Small Business Development Center Network - Delivers consulting, training and information to help businesses succeed. 

Additional Online Databases & Resources
  • Gale LegalForms - Florida-specific small business form templates, including business plans, contracts, financial statements, waivers, proposals and balance sheets. 
  • Photograph Collection - Selections from our historic photograph collections are now available online. This resource is provided for scholarly research, instruction, and non-commercial use.   Click here to view our full copyright disclaimer. 
  • eSequels- A Reader's Guide to Novels in Series - eSequels is current and complete so you can find the newest title by your favorite author or spot a title that you may have missed. eSequels lists the most popular series so you can discover a new author or rediscover an enjoyable series of years past.
  • FirstSearch - WorldCat - Access OCLC WorldCat and more databases. WorldCat is the largest combined library catalog.
  • Florida Electronic Library - This database contains digital collections about Florida for students, research scholars and consumers.
  • Gale Databases - These various databases provide full-text magazines, newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and much more.
  • Gale Demographics Now - Find demographic information regarding population, income, housing, race, age, education, retail spending, customer expenditures, business and more.
  • Library Catalog - This is the library catalog, where you can look up items, place holds, check your record and more.

 

Available at the Library

These databases are accessible while using library computers, or on your device while connected to our WiFi network.

  • Ancestry Library  - The world’s most popular consumer online genealogy resource, with billions of records in census data, vital records, directories, photos and more.