If you have a valid Seattle Public Library card, you can get free online access to books from O’Reilly, Peachpit, AdobePress, Macromedia Press, New Riders, Microsoft Press, and many more.

Just go to http://webpac.spl.org/rpa/webauth.exe?rs=stb and log in.

The King County Library System also offers a similar service.

Online books / eBooks: http://catalog.kcls.org/search/dElectronic+book+collection./
delectronic+book+collection/-2%2C-1%2C0%2CB/
exact&FF=delectronic+book+collection&1%2C3855%2C

Databases: http://search3.webfeat.org/kclsmain.html