Ebooks

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OhioLINK Electronic Book Center (EBC)

Multi-disciplinary e-book collection of scholarly and reference books.

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EBSCO E-Books

The collection includes thousands of titles purchased by OhioLINK, plus thousands of public-domain e-books.

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MIT Press Direct

MIT Press Direct includes an extensive collection of e-books in art, business, design, game studies, linguistics, neuroscience, philosophy, social sciences, and technology.

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ACLS Humanities E-Books

Provides full-text and full-page-image access to titles in most humanities disciplines.

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We have over 30 searchable databases that contain e-books. Some highlighted below are dedicated e-book collections, while others contain e-books, articles, and other content. If you choose a database that has multiple kinds of content, you can typically limit to just e-books or e-book chapters in your search.

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Quick Reference – Literature

Visit our Quick Reference for links to websites with free collections of online literary works.

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Quick Reference – Theology

Visit our Quick Reference for links to websites with free collections of online theology resources.

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Project Gutenberg

Choose among free eBooks to download or read online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and proofread the eBooks, for you to enjoy.

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Open Textbook Library

Free, open educational e-textbooks. 

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OpenStax

Free, open educational resources, peer-reviewed e-textbooks, and digital tools. 

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