In addition, the collection contains 3,500 titles that are currently in the public domain. Most of the books are those that are generally thought of as reference and research materials. Students working on assignments will find the search capabilities to be especially helpful. It is possible to type a keyword and request a search of every page of each of the 5,000 books owned by the consortium. A dictionary is built into the program for immediate definitions of terms.
Most books have a table of contents and an index.
Electronic books can be read in the library or downloaded to a personal computer and read offline. To access the books from outside the library, the customer must have a user account. The account must be created at a public library. David Weinhold, director of the Eastern Shores Library System serves on the steering committee that is bringing electronic books to libraries. According to him Electronic books are easily accessible by everyone.