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cloudLibrary »
Download popular eBooks for free to your phone or tablet from cloudLibrary. This service is offered in partnership with other Maine libraries, with some additional content purchased by Portland Public Library and available to Portland Public Library cardholders exclusively.
Comics Plus »
Comics Plus is a digital platform offering thousands of digital comics, graphic novels and manga to PPL card holders. You can access titles using a smartphone, tablet, or web browser. Every Comics Plus title is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on your computer, tablet, or phone. Sign in as "Portland Public Library, ME” and use your library card number (the entire number with no spaces) as your Library ID.
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Digital Maine Library »
The Digital Maine Library provides every resident of Maine with access to online resources that include a collection of full text articles and abstracts from magazines, newspapers, journals and reference. It also provides students, business people, public library patrons, and higher education students and educators the ability to use online learning tools.Thousands of magazines, newspapers, and reference books are available anywhere in the State.
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Internet Archive »
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
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Literary Reference Plus »
A literary database containing thousands of poems, short stories, classic novels, plot summaries, critical essays, and more, plus lesson plans and study guides. (Provided by the Maine State Library)
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Mango Languages »
Available from home—set up an account with your email address, and library barcode and create a password.
Mango Languages is a fun, fast, and interactive online language-learning system to learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian, or English.
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Newspaper Source Plus »
A full-text collection of millions of articles from popular newspapers, including The New York Times and its supplements. Also includes transcripts from shows on NPR, CNN, PBS, and much more. (Provided by the Maine State Library)
Novelist Plus »
A database for reading recommendations to help readers of all ages find information on books. This is a must for book lovers! (Provided by the Maine State Library)
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Portland Contemporary Archive »
Portland Contemporary Archive, originally Isolating Together, is Portland Public Library’s digital archive where we collect stories from you, our community members, about how COVID-19 is impacting your life. Browse the collection and learn about how YOU can submit!
