Gerald R. Sherratt Library
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Electronic Books



The following is a list of websites and databases that provide books electronically:

Website/Database

Description

4Literature

Several thousand books including religious and historical documents, children's fairy tales, and books by famous 19th-Century American authors.

Baen Books

Science fiction and fantasy titles

Books on the Internet

Links to major online book sites, book information, publishers, classics and poetry from the University of Texas at Austin.

  Google Book Search

Search the latest index of the world's books.  Find millions of great books you can preview or read for free.

  Great Books & Classics
  Classic works of religion, philosophy, science, history, and literature.
  Internet Classics Archive
  Online books from MIT's Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies
  Internet Public Library Online
  Books and other texts that are freely available online.  Browse and search by author, title, or subject.
  LibrarySpot
  A free virtual library resource center for anyone exploring the web for valuable research information.

Making of America

Access to monographs and journals with 19th century imprints of American social history.

National Academy Press

National Academy Press, the publisher for The National Academy of Sciences, The National Academy of Engineering, The Institute of Medicine, The National Research Council, has made more than 1,000 full-text books available to the public.

  Online Books Page

More than 13,000 online books, mostly in the public domain from the University of Pennsylvania.

  Project Gutenberg
  Offers over 38,000 free ebooks:  Choose among free epub and Kindle books, download them or read them online.
  Safari Books Online

Safari Books is the premier on-demand digital library providing over 19275 technology, digital media, business books, and videos online.

  University of California Press
  Almost 2000 books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, history, music, religion, and fiction.