Books & Literature

BookFlix
Scholastic BookFlix is an online literacy resource that pairs classic video storybooks from Weston Woods with related nonfiction eBooks from Scholastic to build a love of reading and learning. This engaging resource will help early readers develop and practice essential reading skills and introduces students to a world of knowledge and exploration.
(Subscription paid for by Washington County.)

For grades 6-12, provides in-depth content in six areas: geography & culture, history, literature, multimedia, biography, and science & health. Thousands of overview essays, literary criticisms, timelines, primary source documents, audio and video clips and over 15,000 maps, images, and flags.
(Provided by ELM.)

EBSCO eBook Collection
Browse the collection and view on your screen.

Biographies, bibliographies and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.
(Subscription provided by MELSA.)

Full text poems, stories, essays, speeches and plays.
(Subscription paid for by Washington County.)

Access to Minnesota public, college and government library catalogs. Provides indexes and full text of magazines, newspapers and more. Use MnLink to request items NOT OWNED by Washington County Library.
(Provided by ELM.)

A comprehensive reading resource that helps young readers find new books - both fiction and nonfiction - based on other books they've enjoyed or topics in which they're interested.
(Subscription provided by MELSA.)

A readers' advisory tool that helps readers find new books - both fiction and nonfiction - based on other books they've enjoyed or topics in which they're interested.
(Subscription provided by MELSA.)

Downloadable eAudiobooks, made available through OneClickdigital 

OneClickdigital Media Manager Tutorial 

Downloadable eBooks, made available through OverDrive
Check out popular and classic fiction and nonfiction titles and read them on a computer, eReader, or mobile device.
Quick Guide to WCL eBooks (2 pages)
OverDrive compatible devices
(Subscription paid by Washington County.)

World's most comprehensive bibliography, with holding information from around the world.
(Provided by ELM.)

Includes reviews, links to reader awards, a list of author A.K.A.'s, readalikes and more...

Retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from all 50 United States.

A source for thousands of e-books, poems, articles, short stories and plays. Also study guides, and an extensive library of reference books, biographies, classic non-fiction and religious texts.

Search engine that finds the best buys from among 150 million new, used, rare, and out-of-print books for sale. Includes textbooks and international titles.

A source for the classics: fiction, nonfiction, short stories, drama, poetry, books for young readers.

Biographical sketches of 36 past and present Minnesota authors. Each entry is accompanied by a selected bibliography of significant works by the author and lists of both print and web-based sources of additional information about the author.

A resource for lovers of mystery, crime, thriller, spy, and suspense books.

*Funding for the electronic references is provided by ELM (Electronic Library for Minnesota) with a state appropriation to the MINITEX Library Information Network, MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency) with funding from state and federal revenues, and Washington County.