Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction Resources

NetLibrary eBook of the Month     Link to NetLibrary
The library staff will help you set up your NetLibrary eBook account.  Then, log in with your username and password.
 

Link to MyLibraryDVDownload hundreds of hours of DVD-quality programming such as cooking, travel, health programs, classic movies and more! Brought to you by the library for FREE!  Using a high speed Internet connection, patrons having a BMPL card and a Personal Identification Number (PIN) can download DVD-quality video to their home computers through MyLibrarydv.
NOTE: You must be a registered BMPL borrower, with a 14-digit BMPL bar code and a 4-digit PIN to access this service.  If you do not have a PIN, contact the library to obtain one.


Join our FREE Online Book Clubs. Every day, Monday through Friday, you will receive in your email a five-minute selection from a chapter of a book. By the end of the week, you’ll have read 2-3 chapters. Every Monday we start a new book. Click on a book below to see what we're reading this week and sign up.


BMPL's Online Book Clubs

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Nonfiction

Business

Fiction

Good News

Horror

Mystery

Prepublication

Romance

Teen

Science Fiction

Audio Book

Book Forum

 



Link to BookNewsMonthly book newsletters can be read online or delivered to your email.  Select from over 20 genres and age groups, plus award winners and best sellers.
Read a current newsletter now or sign up to receive a copy each month in your email.


BookPage.comBookPage is a monthly book review publication distributed to more than 400,000 readers through subscribing bookstores and public libraries. BookPage serves as a broad-based selection guide to the best new books published every month. The tone is upbeat and literate, focusing on bestsellers as well as new discoveries. All of the content from the print edition of BookPage is also posted online each month at bookpage.com.
Free book news in your e-mail inbox!  Click on the BookPageXTRA link to sign up for FREE book news delivered to your e-mail inbox!


One Book One CommunityOne Book One Community -- We invite you to join us in this community-wide reading program.  A different title is selected each year from the various fiction and non-fiction nominations made by community members.  Click on the link to the left to find out what the current selection is, and for more information on the accompanying programs that the library will offer.


eAudiobooksLog in with your BMPL barcode, then select eAudiobooks.  Create an account, then transfer titles to your MP3 player for 21 days.


Links to poetry sites

Here you can find links to Web sites that will guide you in writing and reading poetry.




Link to Books and Reading Resources on the web
Books and Reading Resources on the web




Search our catalogSearch our catalog for books, CDs, DVDs, audio and videotapes, periodicals and other materials.
You can search by Title, Author, Subject, Series Title and more.

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Databases

 World Book - Log in with your BMPL bar code World Book - Access from the libraryReferenceUSA Business InfoINSPIRE - Indiana Virtual Library             Career Cruising online guidance resources
                                                                  Learning Express Library                          

Testing & Education Reference Center     ThomsonGale LegalForms     Price It! Antiques & Collectibles     ChiltonLibrary.com

         
TumbleTalkingBooks    Tumble Books : e-books for e-kids                         More databases »
 

Note: INSPIRE is available to all Indiana residents.  Other databases may require a Batesville Memorial Public Library bar code and perhaps a password or PIN to access.  If you have a valid BMPL borrower's card and do not have a PIN, please contact the library and we will assign one to you.