Media Center

• Search for a book in the online catalog and click on "Hold It" after you've logged in with your school login ID and password. You'll get an email at your school email account to let you know it's ready for pickup in the SCHS Media Center.
• Not finding what you are looking for?  Fill out this form to suggest a title, author, or subject that you would like to see in the media center.

You can check out a book from the Rochester Hills Public Library. Search their catalog online before you go at rhpl.org and place a hold online or by phone. 

1. Check out the eBooks and audiobooks available through the RCS eBook subscription app, Sora. Use it at soraapp.com or download Sora from the App Store for your mobile device. Instructions are available for using Sora here.
2. Browse through the several free eBook services offered by the Rochester Hills Public Library: Overdrive, Hoopla, and CloudLibrary at rhpl.org/use-the-library/online-resources.

 Find Classic Literature:

• Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
• Bartleby's Fiction section and Verse section
• Bibliomania  over 2,000 classic works: fiction, poetry, drama, and study resources
• Bookshare.org  requires signup; free for all U.S. students with qualifying disabilities
• International Children's Digital Library 
• The Literature Network
• The Literature Page
• Open Culture  available online or download in various formats
• Planet eBook 
• Project Gutenberg both classic literature and non-fiction

Sites with Non-Fiction Books:

• Bartleby's Reference section and Nonfiction section
• Bibliomania  non-fiction, reference books, biographies 
• Google Books
• Hypertexts: Electronic Texts for the Study of American Culture
• Internet History Sourcebooks Project  ancient, medieval, and modern history
• Internet Archive: eBook and Text Archive  search from this page or browse by keyword 
• Making of America Books  over 10,000 materials on American History; use the search box or click on "subject browsing"
• Open Library over one million free ebooks
• UPenn's Online Books Page

 Sites Offering Free Audio Books:

• Audiobooks.org some are fee-based, many are free
• Free Classic Audiobooks.com 
• LearnOutLoud.com over 3000 free audio books, lectures, speeches, sermons, interviews, and more.
• LibriVox  audio recorded of books in the public domain
• Digital Book list both audio books and eBooks; click on Free in the top menu bar
• Lit2Go  free online collection of stories and poems in .mp3
• LoudLit  small audio collection of classic lit and poetry
• Loyal Books audio version of public domain books
• Project Gutenberg audio book list: books read by a person
• Project Gutenberg audio book list: books read by a computer voice
• ThoughtAudio.com classic literature audio books 

Search Engines for Online Books:

• Digital Book Index free registration required
• Google Books Advanced Book Search