Accessibility and Dyslexia Support

Reading Accessibility Support

Some readers may benefit from additional supports to aid their reading journey. Our digital collection is here to help! Our digital collection is configurable to meet the font (including dyslexia friendly fonts), text size, and page color needs of all readers. Many items are also available in audio format. 

Keep reading to learn more about the accessibility tools in some of our most popular online resources for young readers:

Libby

Access E-Books, E-Audiobooks, and magazines!

Accessibility Features: Once you’ve opened a book, tap the center of the screen, then the A button. 

From here, you can set the text size, brightness, and color. You can also select a font (open-dyslexic available).

LOTE4Kids

LOTE4Kids is home to digital picture books in World Languages. Enjoy the magic of books and learn languages through storytelling. There are 800+ books in 100+ World Languages, all with English translations. Check in monthly as new titles are added regularly!

Accessibility Features: Click the blue button with a human figure that appears on the right of the page to access site accessibility features. All books feature recorded audio and plain text.

Gale in Context: Elementary

This research tool is home to age-appropriate non-fiction resources for school-aged researchers and curious readers. You can access encyclopedia entries, articles, magazines, and even full books with no wait. Articles include citations.

Accessibility Features: Open a topic and select “read more”. Accessibility tools appear in the top right. You can use the icons to change the text size, color, font (open dyslexic available), and spacing. Options are available to translate the text into another language and to learn more about the intended reading level. Some articles and resources have a speaker button that will read the text aloud, highlighting the spoken words as it reads them.