Library - E-Books

  • ABC-CLIO eBook Collection - diverse collection of electronic books on a variety of topics.  7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Bartleby.com - provides access to well-known, mostly older works.  Categories include reference, verse, fiction, and non-fiction.  Traditional Western emphasis.  Includes the Harvard classics.
  • ebrary -  a collection of more than 45,000 electronic books covering a wide variety of subject areas.  7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library  - database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.  7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • Internet Public Library Online Texts - links to collections of electronic books as well as individual works.  Includes short stories, poetry, complete works of Shakespeare, and more.
  • The Online Books Page - housed at the University of Pennsylvania, this site provides links to over 35,000 online books.  Searchable by author, title, and Library of Congress subject classes.
  • Open CRS - a project of the Center for Democracy and Technology which is dedicated to providing public access to the tax-funded research reports that the Congressional Research Service provides to the U. S. Congress.  Many of these are on topics of current political and national interest.
  • Project Gutenberg  - access to over 30,000 free electronic books. Most are older literary works.
  • STAT!Ref Online Electronic Medical Library  - full-text searching of medical books for healthcare professionals.  7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.
  • STAT!Ref Nursing Collection Supplement - full-text searching of professional nursing books.  7 digit College ID number needed for remote access.