Electronic resources

E-Books

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  1. Lexis Nexis e-Books

    The LexisNexis e-book collection is a comprehensive digital library carefully selected to support legal and commercial research, teaching, and learning. It provides a broad range of authoritative titles covering legal, accounting, and…

    research.ebsco.com
  2. Library of Congress Open Access Books

    This is a growing collection of contemporary open access e-books. The books in this collection cover a wide range of subjects, including history, music, poetry, technology, and works of fiction. Most of…

    loc.gov Open access
  3. Literature Project

    Literature Project is a collection of free classic books, poems, speeches, and plays.

    literatureproject.com Open access
  4. Liverpool University Press

    Liverpool University Press (LUP) is the UK’s third oldest university press with a history dating back to 1899. LUP has rapidly expanded in recent years to become an award-winning academic publisher that…

    online.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
  5. LWW Health Library

    LWW Health Library - a single portal that provides foundational and clinical content, as well as rich multimedia ancillaries, for teaching and learning in the subjects of medicine and pharmacy. Subject coverage…

    lwwhealthlibrary.com
  6. Many Books

    This is a database of freely available e-books that cover different disciplines such as the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities.

    manybooks.net Open access
  7. MEDBOX

    MEDBOX is an innovative online library aimed at improving the quality of healthcare in humanitarian action, worldwide. MEDBOX provides access to professional guidelines, textbooks and practical documents on health action available online…

    medbox.org
  8. Million Books Project

    A collection of e-books covering different subject fields.

    archive.org Open access
  9. MIT Press Direct OA

    Key subject areas covered in this collection include art and architecture, biomedical sciences, business and finance, computer science, cognitive science, design, education, environment, game studies, humanities, information science, linguistics, neuroscience, new media,…

    direct.mit.edu Open access
  10. MLA International Bibliography with Full Text

    Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s. The database contains millions of citations as well as full text for thousands of…

    search.ebscohost.com
  11. MSRI Books

    Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications is a book series published by Cambridge University Press. It publishes books covering all branches of Mathematics.

    msri.org Open access
  12. National Academies Press

    The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in Science, Engineering, and Health, capturing the most authoritative views on important issues in Science and Health…

    nap.edu Open access
  13. OAPEN: Online library and publication platform

    OAPEN promotes and supports the transition to open access for academic books by providing open infrastructure services to stakeholders in scholarly communication. The objective is to build a quality-controlled collection of open…

    oapen.org Open access
  14. OER Commons

    OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.

    oercommons.org Open access
  15. Online Books

    This is a collection of more than a million e-book title that are freely accessed over the internet. It covers all major academic disciplines such as Social Sciences and Humanities, Science and…

    onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu Open access
  16. Open Book Project

    The Open Book Project seeks to encourage and coordinate collaboration among students and teachers for the development of high quality, freely distributable textbooks and educational materials on a wide range of topics.

    openbookproject.net Open access
  17. Open Book Publishers

    Open Book Publishers is an independent academic publisher, run by scholars who are committed to making high-quality research available to readers around the world. They publish monographs in the Humanities and Social…

    openbookpublishers.com Open access
  18. Open Edition Books

    OpenEdition Books is a web platform for books in the humanities and social sciences. More than half of them are available in Open Access. Additional services are available through subscribing libraries and…

    books.openedition.org Open access
  19. Open Humanities Press

    Provides access to e-Books covering the Humanities subject field.

    openhumanitiespress.org Open access
  20. Open Library

    Contains over a million book titles specializing in the Classics and rare books.

    openlibrary.org Open access
  21. Open Research Library

    This platform brings together open access books from different publishers on one place. The Open Research Library provides access to books covering many disciplines such as Business and Management, Accounting and Finance,…

    openresearchlibrary.org Open access
  22. Open Textbook Library

    The Open Textbook Library provides access to Open Access books covering disciplines such as Business Sciences, Computer Science, Education, Humanities, Law, Journalism and Media Studies, Law, Medicine and Social Sciences.

    open.umn.edu Open access
  23. Openstax

    Openstax provides access to e-books covering disciplines such as Social Sciences, Commerce and Sciences. All books are fully downloadable.

    openstax.org Open access
  24. OVID ONLINE BOOKS

    Ovid Books is a leading electronic book collection specialising in medical health sciences research. It provides access to a comprehensive range of essential clinical and biomedical textbooks, evidence-based resources, and drug monographs,…

    ovidsp.ovid.com
  25. PLAAS

    PLAAS is the Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies and it has international reputation for high quality applied research and critical scholarship in areas of Agriculture, Development Studies and Environmental Science.

    plaas.org.za Open access
  26. Project Gutenberg

    This is a collection of electronic books that are freely accessed over the internet.

    gutenberg.org Open access
  27. Project Muse e-Books

    Project MUSE provides fast, seamless access to an extensive collection of scholarly e-books across the Arts and Humanities, Built Environment, Education, Medicine and Health Sciences, Science and Technology, and the Social Sciences.…

    muse.jhu.edu
  28. ProQuest Arts and Humanities

    This database features e-books covering Art, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Music, Literature, Theatre and Film Studies, Theology, Geography and Cultural Studies.

    search.proquest.com
  29. PROQUEST CENTRAL

    This database serves as the central resource for researchers at all levels. Covering more than 160 subject areas, ProQuest Central is the largest aggregated database of periodical and book content. This online…

    search.proquest.com
  30. Proquest Ebook Central

    This is a multidisciplinary ebook collection covering a wide range of disciplines such as Law, Social Sciences, Religion, Arts, Life Sciences, Computer Science, Business and Economics and Education.

    ebookcentral.proquest.com
  31. Proquest O’Reilly

    This database delivers instant, reliable answers to important topical Business, Science, Technology and Engineering questions and research needs. It provides access to some of the best e-Book titles from reputable publishers covering…

    oreilly.com
  32. Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP)

    Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP) is a digital archive of many of the major works of Psychoanalysis.

    p-e-p.org Open access
  33. Read Print

    Read Print hosts thousands of e-books covering subjects such as Literature and Linguistics, History, Philosophy and Classics.

    readprint.com Open access
  34. Research4Life Portal

    The Research for Life Portal brings to you journals and e-books published by some of the world's reputable publishers. The portal provides access to all subjects and disciplines such as Social Sciences,…

    login.research4life.org
  35. Routledge Handbooks Online

    Routledge Handbooks Online brings together the world’s leading scholars to provide a cutting-edge overview of classic and current research and future trends in the Social Sciences and Humanities, while at the same…

    taylorfrancis.com
  36. ScholarLed

    ScholarLed is a consortium of five academic-led, not-for-profit, Open Access book publishers. Individually we comprise Mattering Press, meson press, Open Book Publishers, Open Humanities Press, and punctum books, and collectively we are…

    oapen.org Open access
  37. Science Books Online

    Science Books Online lists free science e-books, textbooks, lecture notes, monographs, and other science related documents. All texts are available for free reading online, or for downloading in various formats.

    sciencebooksonline.info Open access
  38. SocialWorkersToolbox

    The collection offers a range of free social work books and resources that integrate psychological theories, social work practice with specific populations, and trauma healing approaches. These texts emphasize applying theoretical knowledge…

    socialworkerstoolbox.com Open access
  39. Springer Nature Link e - Books

    Springerlink is a leading publisher of e - books in many academic disciplines such as Architecture and DesignBehavioral ScienceBiomedical and Life SciencesBusiness and EconomicsChemistry and Materials ScienceComputer ScienceEarth and Environmental ScienceEngineeringHumanities, Social…

    link.springer.com
  40. Springer Open

    Springer Open publishes e-Books covering many areas in Science and Technology.

    springeropen.com Open access
  41. Sustainable Tourism Bookshop

    STCRC BOOKSHOP holds over 400 research reports conducted by leading researchers in the tourism industry.

    crctourism.com.au Open access
  42. Taylor & Francis OA Books

    This is a collection of Open Access books published by Taylor and Francis as well as Routledge Publishers. The collection covers disciplines such as Humanities, Social Sciences, Business Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering,…

    taylorfrancis.com Open access
  43. Taylor and Francis e-Books

    The MSU Taylor & Francis eBook collection offers access to a selection of titles across various disciplines, including the Arts and Humanities, Business Sciences, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Science and Technology, and…

    taylorfrancis.com
  44. The ACLS Humanities Ebook Collection

    The ACLS Humanities Ebook Collection contains fully open-access e-book titles covering several humanities subjects such as Language and Linguistics, History, Folklore, Music and Musicology, Race Relations and Religion.

    fulcrum.org Open access
  45. The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.)

    Collaborative, online space designed to support the sharing and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER). Through M.O.S.T. Commons, there is opportunity to access openly licensed content. Subjects covered include Applied Sciences, Arts…

    most.oercommons.org Open access
  46. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR)

    The OKR is a central hub for authoritative research on international development. It contains thousands of peer-reviewed publications, including the World Development Reports, books published by the World Bank, and various working…

    openknowledge.worldbank.org Open access
  47. The World Factbook

    The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

    cia.gov Open access
  48. TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)

    This is a portal initiated by The Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, and Association of University Presses to increase access to humanities and social sciences scholarship.

    books.openmonographs.org Open access
  49. UCT Libraries - Open Access Monographs

    Hosted by the University of Cape Town Libraries, this is a growing platform of freely available textboks covering several disciplines such as the Arts, Sciences, Medicine, Law and Education.

    openbooks.uct.ac.za Open access
  50. UJ Press

    UJ Press publish titles in all disciplines related to Pan-African Decolonisation and issues surrounding 4IR. The Press also publish co-publications with international publishers, translated titles, digital scholarship including video and audio scholarly…

    ujonlinepress.uj.ac.za Open access