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Books and E-Books
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More than 1,700 electronic books in history and the arts. All books are chosen by scholars. (Full-text).
Spanish-langauge database with biographies, maps, literary texts, and dictionaries. (Full-text).
Electronic books with full-text searching, bookmarks, and personal notes. (Full-text).
Free software is required: download
ebrary Reader™
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Basic information from specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks. (Full-text).
McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering
Reference handbooks in engineering, industrial chemistry, and related fields. (Full-text).
Electronic books from academic, professional, and popular publishers. (Full-text).
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Editorials, news, statistics, multimedia, and web sites on controversial topics. (Full-text).
English and bilingual dictionaries, quotation dictionaries, and specialized subject dictionaries. (Full-text).
More than 2,500 electronic books from Oxford University Press. (Full-text).
Books in computer science, web development, programming, desktop applications, security, etc. (Full-text).
Electronic textbooks and reference books in medicine and psychology. (Full-text).
Teatro Español del Siglo de Oro
Complete plays by Spanish dramatists of the 16th and 17th centuries. (Full-text).
Twentieth Century American Poetry
Thousands of full-text poems by prominent American poets. (Full-text).
Twentieth Century English Poetry
Thousands of full-text poems by prominent English poets. (Full-text).
Search library collections for books and e-books. (Some full-text).
A catalog of books, dissertations, sound recordings, and videos in libraries around the world. (Citations only).
More E-Book Collections
Classic fiction and poetry, plus dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works. (Full-text)
Documenting the American South
Books, memoirs, diaries, and pamphlets on Southern history, literature, and culture. (Full-text).
Search current and out-of-print books. (Some full-text).
Search audio, video, images, e-books, and other texts. (Full-text).
Books and articles published in the United States from 1850 to 1877. (Full-text).
National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf
Current books in biomedicine, cell biology, genetics, and related fields. (Full-text).
Online Medieval and Classical Library
Important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization. (Full-text).
Find free books on the Web by author, title, or subject. (Full-text).
Greek, Roman, and Egyptian classics; classics of the English Renaissance; and more. (Full-text).
Famous and important books of fiction and nonfiction. (Full-text).
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