If you have already set up a netLibrary account, click here.

• Web-based collection of over 20,000 titles that can be read online using a web browser
• Checkout period - 24 hours.
• Available 24 hours a day/7 days a week.
• Covers subject areas such as computers, business, reference, health, careers, and more.
• Contains public domain eBooks, including literary classics and historical documents.
• Made available through TexShare – a program of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in partnership with the Texas Telecommunication Infrastructure Fund Board.

To checkout a netLibrary eBook, you must first set up a account on a library computer or through the SAPL website

• On Library computers:
  1. Click on the database button
  2. Click on Books and Reader’s Advisory button
  3. Click on netLibrary button
  4. On netLibrary home page, click on Create an Account (located on the right side of the screen). Follow the screen instructions. The account is free and once you have set up your account, you can access netLibrary from any Internet-accessible computer.
• From SAPL’s website
  1. Click on Articles and Databases link
  2. Scroll down to Books and Reader’s Advisory and click on netLibrary eBooks
     OR
  3. Click on ‘N” in the Alphabetical List and click on netLibrary eBooks
  4. On netLibrary home page, click on Create an Account (located on the right side of the screen). Follow the screen instructions. The account is free and once you have set up your account, you can access netLibrary from any Internet-accessible computer.
• The account is free and once you have set up your account, you can access netLibrary from any Internet-accessible computer.
• You can also locate netLibrary ebooks in the SAPL online catalog by doing a keyword or author search for "netLibrary." The catalog records contain a hyperlink to the ebook.
• To learn more about netLibrary go to their help page.

For more information about the San Antonio Public Library’s Ebooks Program and netLibrary, call 207-2500.