Library: Ebooks: Free eBooks

Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg contains more than 30,000 titles - all free, all downloadible to your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device.

Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free universal access to more than a million books - as well as movies & music. In addition ther are 150 billion archived web pages.

Open Library

Contains over a milllion free books in a variety of formats. Those marked with a Book (Read) Icon can be read online by clicking on the pages.

Freely Available eBook Collections

Google Book Search
The largest collection of electronic books. It includes both free e-books as well as snippets of books not available for free.
Internet Archive Text Archive
This collection features over 20 million freely available books and texts and "a collection of 2.3 million modern eBooks that may be borrowed by anyone with a free archive.org account"--website.
Digital Book Index
This site provides access to electronic books from many of the most important web e-book collections. The great value in this smaller selective site is that it includes texts from a wide range of digitization projects. Access is free but very brief registration is required.
Project Gutenberg
A collection of some 36,000+ electronic books in the public domain.
The Online Books Page
A collection of some 1+ million electronic books.
HathiTrust Digital Library
HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository that provides long-term access for public domain and in copyright content from a variety of sources, including Google, the Internet Archive, Microsoft, and in-house partner institution initiatives.

About Google Book Search

Google Book Search is by far the biggest and best way to find online books.

Books may be Full View or Limited View - Free or Fee Based.
In the advanced search mode you can limit the results in a wide variety of ways.

eBook Providers

Proquest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
A large book collection which is available to Shippensburg University students, faculty, & staff. You will need to log in with your S.U. username and password to access Ebook Central. This interface now also contains ebooks formerly accessible through the ebrary interface.
Available on campus or off-campus with your Ship ID
eBooks on EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
Covers a wide spectrum of of subject areas. Contains full text from all Ebsco eBook collections.
Access from on campus or off campus with Ship ID.
Gale E-Books (Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new window
Search across 1,000+ Gale reference books and encyclopedias by keyword or subject.
Access from on campus or off campus with Ship ID.
ScienceDirect eBooks This link opens in a new window
Over 5,000 eBook titles from 26 Subject areas within Science & Technology and Health Sciences

Oxford English Dictionary
The definitive record of the English language. Search for the meanings and etymology of the words you use today.
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Access form on-campus or off-campus with your ShipID.

Oxford Music Online This link opens in a new window
This database includes several music encyclopedias, including the monumental Grove Dictionary of Music. Articles from Grove cover all types of music worldwide, from ancient times to the present, and typically include extensive bibliographies. It is the best starting point for most music-related research.
Access from on-campus or off-campus with your ShipID.
Oxford Reference Online: Premium This link opens in a new window
Search across an extensive collection of authoritative Oxford reference books and encyclopedias by keyword or subject.

Access from on or off campus with Ship ID.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Covers literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, etc. Contains current full text scholarly journals which cover these fields and a significant collection of recent scholarly books.
Access from on campus or off campus with Ship ID.
eBook Business Collection This link opens in a new window
EBooks are selected for this collection to assist students and scholars with various business research, special project and entrepreneurial needs, and to help students understand general business concepts. The eBook Business Collection encompasses a variety of business topics, such as marketing, finance, supply chain management and entrepreneurship, with additional focus on career growth, personal development, communication and networking.

Cambridge Histories Online
This database provides access to the full text of all volumes in the authoritative Cambridge Histories series. Volumes are grouped into topics, making it easy to search and browse through an array of historical subject areas. The extensive bibiographies and footnotes throughout enhance the value of this source.

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