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25 awesome library apps for your ipad
25 Awesome Library Apps For Your iPad
By Vidya
@vidyav (1)
Hyderabad, India
August 1, 2013 12:22pm CST
In the digital age where millions of books can be read online, library apps can be a very handy tool. Here is a list of 25 awesome library apps that we would like to recommend to you.
My Library
A nice app for your own library management. You can arrange and view you collection of media that ranges from books, movies and other stuff. It costs just four dollars!
Library Books
If you’re the sort who spends a lot of time in the library borrowing books this is very useful app. It takes a note of all your book withdrawals and even gives you reminders about the due dates.
Good Reader
One of the better apps to come out for iPads. Good Reader is a good bet and accepts most popular file types and also has supports PDF and Txt files.
Book Crawler
Has bar code scanner with which you can scan books to list on your database. A very useful tool for serious book lovers, as it will prevent you from buying the same book again.
iBooks
A super app from which you can download books online from iTunes which has a very substantive collection of books. It’s also free for its users.
Stanza
This app will give you the option of buying thousands of books from partner stores. In case you’re looking for free books, you can try Project Gutenberg where again it has a huge collection of eBooks.
Kobo
Apart from getting to choose from a big list of paid and free eBooks you can also read excerpts from others readers who give their book reviews.
Free Books
Unlike its name it’s going to cost you two dollars to buy it. But once you do that you can access more than 23,000 books ranging between a variety of subjects and fields, for which you don’t need to pay anything.
IOP Science Express
A useful app that will help you browse through IOP magazines.
Mobile Abstracts
Very useful for students of medicine where you gets access to thousands of medical journals. It costs you just a dollar.
iResearch
An app that gives you access to articles on Physics from the American Institute of Physics.
Book Buddy Lite
A useful app that will help you locate eBooks on your database and can also be used to store information on your book borrowings from public libraries.
Overdrive Media Console
An app required for a virtual kind of library where you can borrow ebooks from thousands of libraries worldwide. Upon the expiry date the books expire.
Meegenius
A good tool for parents who want to introduce their children to the habit of reading. With over 300 illustrated books this is a good initiation for children in to the world of books.
Kindle
An app through which you can access over 1 million books from Amazon.
ICDL Free Books for Children
An app for children where they can read a lot of famous stories and fairy tales that are popular around the World.
iSSRN
An app for Social Science and humanities will give you access to the works of many scholars.
Local Books
An app that will give you info about book stores in your area and also news on upcoming events concerning the world of books.
British Library 19 Century Books
Like its name you get access to historic 19th century books for a small fee.
Access My Library
A useful app that will provide you access to your libraries online resources.
DCPL
The app gives you online access to the prestigious District of Columbia Public Library.
World Cat Mobile
In case you need a hardcopy of a certain book, this app will give you the details of the nearest book shop which has a copy of the book.
ACS Mobile
A free app to browse through the research content of American Chemical Society.
arXiv
A free app that gives you access to e-prints on a variety of subjects.
NYPL Biblion: World’s Fair
An app to browse through the media files from 1930-40 NYPL World Fair.
1 response
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
2 Aug 13
Welcome to mylot. That is great information. more people are reading digital books now a days than actual paper books.
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I hope you enjoy your mylot!!! Happy posting!