About The Library

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Our Mission

To provide Yuba County residents, in all walks of life and at each stage of their lives, with access to education, information, programs and services, and to teach and nurture the love of reading and the habit of life-long learning.

Our Vision

An inspiring beacon of lifelong learning, bringing knowledge alive, sparking imagination and creating possibility for a vibrant and creative Yuba County.

Adults

ThePalaceProject_PrimaryLogo_Color_RGBKey Features of The Palace Project app:

  • A Universe of Books: Dive into a vast collection of ebooks, ranging from classic novels to the latest bestsellers. Whether you’re into romance, mystery, science fiction or nonfiction, we have something for everyone.
  • Audiobook Immersion: Listen to favorites, old and new, through professionally narrated audiobooks.
  • Seamless Access: Borrow and read books on your preferred device, be it a smartphone or tablet. The Palace Project app ensures you never leave your library behind.
  • Personalized Reading Experience: Read comfortably day or night with adjustable fonts, reading modes and bookmarks.
  • Offline Reading: Download ebooks and audiobooks to enjoy even when you’re not connected to the internet.

The Palace Project app is available for download on both iOS and Android devices.  You can access the app with your Yuba County Library card & PIN, which allows for a seamless borrowing and reading experience.

Driving Tests

Practice for your California DMV driving test with online practice tests.

Library Services for People with Print Disabilities

Children

TumbleBooks is an online library of picture books.  TumbleBooks are created by taking existing picture books and adding animation, sound, music, and narration to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you anytime and anywhere.  TumbleBook of the Day 

KidsLibby

ThePalaceProject_PrimaryLogo_Color_RGBKey Features of The Palace Project app:

  • A Universe of Books: Dive into a vast collection of ebooks, ranging from classic novels to the latest bestsellers. Whether you’re into romance, mystery, science fiction or nonfiction, we have something for everyone.
  • Audiobook Immersion: Listen to favorites, old and new, through professionally narrated audiobooks.
  • Seamless Access: Borrow and read books on your preferred device, be it a smartphone or tablet. The Palace Project app ensures you never leave your library behind.
  • Personalized Reading Experience: Read comfortably day or night with adjustable fonts, reading modes and bookmarks.
  • Offline Reading: Download ebooks and audiobooks to enjoy even when you’re not connected to the internet.

The Palace Project app is available for download on both iOS and Android devices.  You can access the app with your Yuba County Library card & PIN, which allows for a seamless borrowing and reading experience.

Enki-Logo_RGB_Web_Small_Contained-TRANSIn response to COVID-19 and library closures, Califa, in partnership with Bibliolabs, has made a digital library available to every person in California - no library card required. This collection uses geolocation to provide access to anyone physically located in the state of California.  The library includes several thousand simultaneous use ebooks from leading publishers as well as the Indie Author Project Select collection, which features over 400 award-winning indie-published ebooks, some of which are right here in California!

CultureGrams

Learn about countries from all over the world and the U.S. states. For students grades 2-12.

eLibrary Research eBooks & Magazines  

A multidisciplinary database, designed for students and educators at high schools, community colleges, and four-year universities. Editorially created pages provide valuable context for both common and obscure research topics. The full text content, includes books, magazines, journals, newspapers, photographs, transcripts, and videos. (Grades 6+)

Proquest Research Companion

Information literacy tools and tutorials to help develop critical thinking. (Grades 8+)

SIRS Discoverer

Selected research content for novice researchers, especially elementary and middle school students and educators. (Grades 3-9)

SIRS Issues Researcher

Curriculum-aligned database of content organized by complex issues, ideally for middle and high school students and educators. (Grades 6+)