Looking for electronic access to a specific book while the library is online only? Complete our e-book search request form. We will search for an electronic copy of the requested book and let you know as soon as we have completed a thorough search. We try to respond within a few business days. Please note, however, that not every print book has an electronic equivalent.
Open Access Ebook Projects
The following are just a small sampling of open access ebook projects available on the web:
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English Short Title CatalogueThe British Library provides free access to records of over 460,000 items published in English between 1473 and 1800.
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HathiTrust Digital LibraryMillions of books digitized by a variety of major research institutions. The Graduate Center is a HathiTrust partner, which provides our community the ability to download full text searchable PDFs of items in the public domain, and the ability to create collections of items in Hathi. To enable these features, please log in on the Hathi site using CUNY Graduate School and University Center. Click more for additional login instructions.
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Internet ArchiveThe Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
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Making of America BooksDigital library of primary sources in American social history primarily from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection of approximately 10,000 titles is particularly strong in American history, education, psychology, religion. science and technology, and sociology.
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Online Books PageLinks to sources of free electronic books.
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Perseus Digital LibraryComprehensive, open-source E-book database covering a wide variety of disciplines.
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Open LibraryBooks published prior to 1923 are available for download, and hundreds of thousands of modern books can be borrowed via controlled digital lending. Some digitized books are only available to the print disabled.
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Project GutenbergProject Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 eBooks, mostly items in the public domain. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. An open access crowdsourced project.
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Universal LibraryOver 106,000 books can be browsed by author and title.
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University of Michigan Digital Library Text CollectionsMore than 136,000 titles, including some protected by copyright.
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University of Oxford Text ArchiveResearch texts in more than twenty-five languages.
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Wright American Fiction, 1851-1875Nearly 3,000 volumes by 1,500 writers.