Install the apps
Access books through the web or through the Libby by OverDrive app.
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OverDrive OverDrive contains eBooks and audiobooks through the MOBIUS consortium. The collection contains most genres of books, including leisure reading. Use your Logan email credentials to log in where prompted for "card numb
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More information about the Libby app from OverDrive.
Audiobook Resources
Top picks for Free Audiobooks
- Cumberland County Public Library
- MU students & staff are eligible for a library card with their MU ID.
- Get a Digital Library Card
- Download Overdrive or Libby App
- Search, select, and listen
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More than 28,000 free e-books, in more than 50 languages
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Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in MP3 (audiobook) format.
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LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain.
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Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community.
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Free. Available to listen on a web browser or via their app.
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Foreign Language Audiobooks
- French: audiocite.net and litteratureaudio.com
- Italian: radio.rai.it
- Spanish: albalearning.com and leerescuchando.net
- German: vorleser.net
- Dutch: radioboeken.be and biblioo.nl
Search for audio book CDs by title in the catalog, Primo, or come browse the Audio Book collections, located near the music CDs. The Library has The Chronicles of Narnia Series, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, just to name a few.
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Libro.fm (subscription) Shares the profits with an independent bookstore of your choice!
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Learning Ally (yearly subscription)Formerly Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic.
- AAC: Advanced Audio Coding. The file format used by iPods, Nokia and Android-based phones, and the latest generation of Sony Walkmans.
- MP3: MPEG audio layer 3. A compressed audio format.
- OGG Vorbis. "A completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source. - Vorbis site.
- WMA. Windows Media Audio. A WMA audio ebook title, either DRM-protected or not digitally-protected, that has been optimized for download. WMA audio ebok titles are built using Microsoft Windows Media Audio format which enhances the sound quality for desktop listening , playing of CD copies (where permitted by the publisher), and portable device use.