Eread Illinois is a cooperative program that expands access to ebooks and audiobooks for Illinois residents. The collection contains thousands of titles for quick and easy download. To login to Eread Illinois, click on "Login" in the upper right hand corner of the start page and use your Chromebook username and password (without @eths202).
Example (for student Willie Wildkit):
Username: wildkitw
Password: orangeandblue
Click here to obtain an Evanston Public Library card. (Students / teachers can use this link to apply for a temporary 30 day Evanston Public Library ecard. Once the card is created, access to ebooks and/or audiobooks in Hoopla and Digital Library of Illinois (Overdrive) as well as movies via Kanopy is available. See the EPL website for further general information).
archive.org (Students / teachers will need to create an account in order to gain access to millions of free ebooks, movies, software, music, websites, and more. This can be done by clicking on "Sign In" in the upper right hand corner of the page. This is really a fantastic resource! Some books can be checked out for a 14 day loan period while others can be viewed without the need to check them out).
https://www.goodreads.com/
Click here to obtain a Skokie Public Library card. (Students can use this link to apply for a Skokie library card if they are eligible / live within Skokie mailing address boundaries. Once the card is created, access to various ebook / audiobook and music services is available.).
https://www.gutenberg.org/ (Students / teachers can access 60,000 free ebooks and no registration to the website required. The website has a fully searchable catalog. One caveat: most of the titles are older works published before 1924. There is a lot here to peruse).
MackinVia offers access to many grade level fiction and nonfiction ebooks. This is a free trial that runs through the end of September. Please use the following login information:
School / Library Name: Evanston Township High School
User ID: central200
Password: east201
Please contact a librarian if you have further questions.