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Databases by Subject:
E-books



Best Starting Points
Database
NETLIBRARY E-BOOKS
About 3,000 e-books for the CSU system. Each book may have only one user at a time.
SAFARI TECH BOOKS ONLINE
Online versions of computer-related books from publishers such as O'Reilly, Que, Addison-Wesley, Sam's, and more.

Related Research Tools
Database
NETLIBRARY REFERENCE CENTER
Search and browse reference resources including enyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, handbooks, thesauri and more.
GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
Search and browse reference resources including enyclopedias and dictionaries.


Web Sites: Books
Bartleby.com
Digitized classic works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and reference.
Google Book Search
Includes both free and commercial e-books. Commercial books often have a free partial preview.
National Academies Press
Large variety of academic books; almost all can be read free online (the pay option is to download and save a PDF).
Online Books Page
Best directory of free e-books on the web.
Project Gutenberg
Free, online versions of classic, public-domain books.

Web Sites: Other texts
American Verse Project
Archive of American poetry, prior to 1920.
Etext Center at University of Virginia
Classic works of literature in a variety of languages; a few are limited to UVa users only.
Representative Poetry Online
More than 3,000 English poems from 500 major poets.

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