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Library Catalog: Electronic Books

The electronic books section of the Library Catalog links to thousands of books accessible online,
including library subscriptions and selected free titles.

OCLC Electronic Books

Index to hundreds of thousands of online and electronic books cataloged by libraries around the country.

Library Book Collections Online

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Searchable full-text of over 90 encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference works in the arts, biography, business, education, history, law, literature, medicine, religion, science and social science.

History E-Book Project

Full-text of over 500 books of interest to scholars and advanced students in the field of history. Areas covered include U.S., European and Middle Eastern history from ancient times to the present.

Net Library

Electronic books in business and economics, computer science, education, psychology, science, social science and general reference. Also provides access to approximately 3400 publicly accessible titles.

Safari Tech Books Online

Full text of over 300 computer reference guides published by O'Reilly. The titles cover a wide range of IT topics, including networking, operating Systems (Windows, Linus, Unix, Macintosh), programming, and Internet topics (Web, Java, XML, etc.).
(Alternate interface that is ADA Compliant)

Key Titles Available Online

Britannica Online

Contemporary Authors

Contemporary Literary Criticism Select

Dictionary of Literary Biography

Encyclopedia of American Government

Grove Dictionary of Art Online

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

Oxford English Dictionary Online

Free Online Book Collections

Online Books Page

Links to the text of over 25,000 books available online .

Project Gutenberg

A library of over 18,000 free ebooks whose copyright has expired in the USA (e.g. classic books published before the 1920's).

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Electronic Journals

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