College of San Mateo Library

E-Books

Cliffs Notes
Cover hundreds of literary classics so students get the most from the great works with expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background.

Digital Book Library
Includes downloadable audio books for listening and eBooks for on-screen reading. Both digital audio books and eBooks can be used on a variety of devices such as PCs, laptops, and supported PDAs. This site offers digital audio books in the OverDrive Media Console™ format, and eBooks in the Adobe® Reader® and Mobipocket Reader formats. (Sorry, iPod is not supported at this time.)

To access digital books at Califa Digital Book Download Center, you will need:
1) A valid library card
2) Access to the Internet
3) Free software for the device on which you wish to use your digital book

Digital media Guided Tour! This is an online demo that shows you how to download digital titles one step at a time.

NetLibrary eBooks
Cliffs Notes. Idiot's Guides. SAMS Computer Books. Check out these and 3,200 other ebooks from netLibrary, including many scholarly and academic titles that you won't find through the library catalog.

Safari Tech Books
Safari is the premier electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals. Search electronic versions of a broad range of technical books.