eBooks, eZines, & eMedia
Moreno Valley Public Library offers these electronic resources, accessible on site or remotely. Some resources and platforms require your library card number and PIN (last 4 digits of your phone number):
• Borrow eBooks, eAudiobooks, & eMagazines: Biblioboard, Cloud Library, Newsstand, Enki, Gale, Tumblebook
• Study and research, encyclopedias, and news: Biblioboard, Gale Archives, Gale eBooks, New York Times
• Watch videos: Kanopy, Tumblebook
• Get live help: Brainfuse HelpNow
• Play games: Tumblebook, ABC Mouse (free access only on public PCs)
• Learn a new language: Pronunciator, USALearns, Brainfuse HelpNow
• Become a citizen: ProCitizen, USALearns, Brainfuse HelpNow
• Prep for college: Brainfuse HelpNow, Tuition Funding Sources
• Test yourself: Driving Tests, Brainfuse HelpNow, Cloud Library, Pronunciator, ProCitizen
• Self-publish: Press Books
• Get hired: BERC Resource Library
• Take Adult Classes online: GetSetUp, BERC Resource Library, ProCitizen, Pronounciator
Get details and links for each service:
Stream over 30,000 critically acclaimed movies, documentaries, educational courses, and kids favorites through Kanopy. Library cardholders are allotted 20 Kanopy tokens a month (reset each month). Kanopy is accessible via mobile and tablet apps for iPhone and Android. You can also access Kanopy on your desktop, and smartTV apps like Roku, Apple TV, and Fire Stick.
Archives unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents that support the research and study needs of scholars and students at the college and university level. This resource offers online access to primary source materials covering a vast array of topics of importance to U.S. and California history, more than 290 archives and over 14 million pages available. This resource is made available on an ongoing basis, through the support of the California State Library.
Find scholarships, college and career information.
Use your Moreno Valley Public Library card and PIN to set up a free account to borrow popular eBooks and digital audiobooks. Browse digital shelves that are curated by your library or by filtering by genres that interest you. Download the free app (IOS, Android) to enjoy books on a mobile device, such as a smartphone, tablet or laptop.
Free DMV Permit Tests : This free driver education program includes practice tests and driver's manuals for car, motorcycle and commercial drivers.
Access the New York Times to read current news articles from business, politics, science, arts, travel, and more. Effective August 22, 2022, the statewide subscription for the NYTimes.com resource will be updated to provide library users with 72-hour offsite access.
CloudLibrary NewsStand includes over 7,000 eMagazines and eNewspapers in more than 60 languages. All the titles are simultaneous use and available 24/7 to Moreno Valley Public Library cardholders. Use NewsStand on online or download the app from the App Store or Google Play.
Access classic literature, encyclopedias, fiction, and nonfiction.
Access eBooks related to African American history, comics, Spanish literature, and Wiley’s for Dummies.
Access career resources, online tutoring, and study guides.
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of e-books for children, including over 250 animated, talking picture books, books in Spanish and French, read-along chapter books, non-fiction books, fun games and puzzles, plus NatGeo videos!
Pressbooks is easy-to-use book writing software that lets you create a book in all the formats you need to publish.
LearningExpress Library is designed to help students and professionals at all levels of learning achieve their educational and career-related goals, including exam prep for GED, CBEST, CSET, California Food Handler, and California Police Officer. Funded by the California State Library via one-time federal pandemic relief funds through September 30, 2024.
Language Learning
Pronunciator
Try this fun and free way to learn any of 164 languages (including American Sign Language) with personalized courses, conversations, movies, music, and more. Includes new COVID-19 language course in 101 languages.
Learn online, either on your desktop computer or mobile device!
Pronunciator
Pruebe esta forma divertida y gratuita de aprender cualquiera de los 164 idiomas (incluido ASL) con cursos personalizados, conversaciones, películas, música y más. Incluye nuevo curso de idioma COVID-19 en 101 idiomas.
¡Aprenda en línea, ya sea en su computadora de escritorio o en su dispositivo móvil!
California K-12 Digital Resources
Online content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gale, ProQuest research databases, and Book Connections are available — at school, at home, in libraries, on laptops, on phones — to all.
These digital resources are provided for all California students from the California State Library.
Encyclopaedia Britannica (PreK-12)
A comprehensive interactive resource for research and learning for grades K-12. Includes correlations to California Content Standards and other valuable teacher resources. Post links directly to each school level, elementary, middle or high.
Need help from Britannica? See our support page. (800) 621-3900 x 7160 | edsupport@eb.com
Gale (Grades K-12)
Gale STEAM resources provide essential, curriculum-aligned digital content for California K-12 learners. Include links to resources for elementary, middle and high school content.
- Gale In Context: Environmental Studies - Understand environmental issues that affect people globally through topic overviews, journals, news, and multimedia content.
- Gale Interactive: Science - Manipulate 3D interactive models to visualize and understand concepts in biology, chemistry, earth, and space science
- Gale Presents: National Geographic Kids - Explore amazing adventures in science, nature, culture, archaeology, and space.
Need help from Gale See our support page. 800-877.4253 option 3 | gale.technicalsupport@cengage.com
Book Connections
Personalize and enjoy digital connections to books for kids and teens.
Need help from Book Connections? See our support page. 510-239-7391 | accounts@bookconnections.org
ProQuest (Grades 3-12)
- CultureGrams - Concise social, cultural, and political information on countries, U.S. states, and provinces around the world. (Grades 3-12)
CultureGrams Off-Campus Access - SIRS Discoverer - A general reference database providing safe, reliable, curriculum-aligned content and features for use by students and educators. (Grades 3-9)
SIRS Discoverer Off-Campus Access - SIRS Issues Researcher - Pros and cons on 360+ (and growing) complex social issues with relevant, credible information that tells the whole story on the major questions of the day. (Grades 6+)
SIRS Issues Researcher Off-Campus Access - eLibrary - Guided Research edition delivers one of the largest general reference collections of periodical and digital media content including more than 11,000 Research Topics (Grades 6+)
eLibrary Guided Research Off-Campus Access - eLibrary - Database Edition General reference aggregation of periodical and digital media content with editorial guidance for novice researchers. (Grades 6+)
eLibrary Database Edition Off-Campus Access - ProQuest Research Companion - a self-guided product that supports information literacy, writing, and research skills instruction.(Grades 8+)
Research Companion Off-Campus Access - Schools & Educators Complete - eBook subscription database of over 13,000 titles that supports English Language Arts, Science, Math, Social Studies, Health, Physical Education, Information Literacy and Technology. (Grades 9+, possibly some content for Middle School, also includes professional development content for faculty)
Need help from ProQuest? See our support page. 800-521-0600 | customerservice@proquest.com