Audiobooks Guide 

Just before every midterm break and end of semester, the library receives a lot of questions about audiobooks from students preparing to travel who want something to listen to on long drives or flights. Unfortunately, as a research library, we don't have many in the collection.

This guide will not only help you find audiobooks in the library, but free ones online that you can load onto your portable media player.

What did we miss?

If you find a free online audio book resource not listed here, please let me know!  Contact me via any of the methods under my picture at right, or there's a box on the next page where you can recommend links.

There's a small selection of audiobooks on CD in the browsing collection to the left of the Library North entrance as you walk into the building, near the coffee shop.

The easiest way to search GIL for audiobooks is just to type the word "audiobooks" into the quick search box:

Check the location, but most audiobooks are in the browsing collection.

The Dekalb and Fulton County Public Libraries offer collections of downloadable audiobooks. You must have a public library card in order to download them, available from any Dekalb or Fulton County library branch.

• Dekalb Public Library e-audiobooks
• Fulton Public Library e-audiobooks

Be advised that the public libraries offer NetLibrary audiobooks that come in multiple formats, and may not work with all portable media players. They offer a list of compatible portable players.  (See also this CNet review of Library-worthy MP3 players.)

Other Georgia Public Libraries may offer audiobooks online. Check with your local public library system.

This guide is created by Jason Puckett and licensed by Georgia State University Library under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

You may reproduce any part of it for noncommercial purposes as long as credit is included.  I encourage you to license your derivative works under Creative Commons as well to encourage sharing and reuse of educational materials.