Department of Library Services - e-Book Collections

Information about e- Book Collections
	African Digital Library
	Free access to anyone living in Africa. IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content The collection includes books on a wide variety of subjects ranging from arts & crafts, astronomy, mathematics, technology and engineering, medicine & health and education. Description Basic and advanced search options available. Dictionary available. Access full text books. Create your own notes. Reader support Extensive help menu. E-book demo.
	African Portal Library
	This online library collection holding over 2,500 books, journals, and digital documents related to African policy issues. The entire online repository is open access and available for free full-text download Content The collection includes books related to African policy issues.
	Bartleby.com
	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content A comprehensive free full text reference site with links to reference works like encyclopedias, fiction, non-fiction, English usage, poems and quotations. The web pages are categorized by subject, and indexed by author, title and other unique criteria. Description E-books available for download in 3 formats: MsReader, Adobe Acrobat Reader and AportisDoc Mobile. Option to search Amason.com. Selections are full text searchable. Reader support Hyperlinked cross-references from biographies to quotations to full text primary and secondary sources. Text formatting makes the collection easy to navigate.


	Books-on-Line
	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content Provides a directory of all known books available online over the Internet. Subjects covered are from the classics to some of the latest fiction and non-fiction titles. Not all titles are free. Description Books are in HTML format, pdf, text files or word processing files. Search options by author/title, subject, keyword and all titles. Can search with Boolean operators and wildcards. E-mail alerting notices available. Reader support Opportunity for authors to publish new books free on the database.

	Dawsonera
	Register free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Users need to register on Dawson if they want to copy, print. or make notes. They make the book their own when they use these features. Use the same username and passwords for Ebrary and Dawson. Content The emphasis is on providing academic titles with the European higher education market in mind. These are just some of the publishers who have licensed ebooks to dawsonera: Blackwell Publishing Brill CABI Cambridge University Press Emerald CRC Press Elsevier Imperial College Press Kogan Page Marcel Dekker McGraw Hill Multilingual Matters Oxford University Press Psychology Press Routledge Sage Publications Taylor & Francis Wiley World Scientific Description Presented as PDFs Using Adobe Reader. We recommend Version 9.0 but Versions 8.0 and 7.0 are fine. A reader may print 5% of the book and copy 5% of the text Reader support User guide available
	Digital Book Index
	Register free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content Records cover literature and language, history, social sciences, medicine and health, mathematics and sciences, philosophy and religion, law, the arts, agriculture, business and childrens' ebooks. The reference books includes more than 2000 dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, glossaries, bibliographies, chronologies, biographies, writing & style guides and student study aids. Most books, texts and documents are available free of charge while many others are available at very modest cost. Subjects range from the highly scholarly to the contemporary and popular. Description Search by author, title, keywords and author and title. Browse by authors, publishers list and NetLibrary by Dewey numbers. Links to foreign language sites. Reference desk with reference sources sorted by title. Reader support Getting started file. Main help page. Download page for eBook readers.

	eBook Directory
	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content E-book information portal with a comprehensive listing of free e-books and texts online. Wide variety of subjects. Description Easy to search. Links to e-book publishing resources. Reader support Articles on publishing your own e-books. Option to subscribe to "The eBook Directory Update" newsletter. FAQ.
	EBrary
	IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Users need to register on EBrary if they want to copy, print. or make notes. They make the book their own when they use these features. Use the same username and passwords for Ebrary and Dawson. Content Agriculture Auxiliary Sciences of History Bibliography, Library Science, Information Resources (General) Education Fine Arts General Works Geography, Anthropology, Recreation History (General) and History of Europe History: America Language and Literature Law Military Science Music and Books on Music Philosophy, Psychology, Religion Political Science Science Social Sciences Description Conduct a search – Use simple or advanced. Open a document – Click on the title name or jacket. Explore the document – Navigate to search terms, search the document for key words, jump to relevant chapters, flip through pages. Highlight text and take notes – Create a bookshelf (if needed) to save and organize your research. Use InfoTools – Link out to other online resources to expand your research. Print pages, and copy and paste text – ebrary provides automatic citations with a URL hyperlink back to the source. Manage, archive and share research – Organize your bookshelf and email folders to peers. Reader support Quick guide available Online training site.

	FreeBooks4Doctors
	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content Access to medical books over the Internet. Description Books sorted by speciality and title. Book titles other than in English also listed. Reader support Book alert. "Submit free book" option.

	FreeTechBooks

	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content Free full text online computer books, lecture notes, documentation and references. Description Sorted according to the following subjects: programming languages, scripting languages, operating systems, computer science and miscellaneous. Option to view detail of the book. View or download option. Reader support Link to free tools to download. FAQ. E-mail contact option.
	Human Sciences Research Council Publications
	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content HSRC Press is South Africa's open access publisher committed to the dissemination of high quality social science research based publications, in print and electronic form. The Press publishes the research output of the Human Science Research Council and externally authored works - HSRC webpage. Subject areas covers arts, culture and heritage, democracy and governance development, education and training, health, history, regional studies, science and technology, youth and family development. Description Can be browsed by titles or subject areas. Reader support List of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). E-mail help available.
	Internet Archive
	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content The Internet Archive is a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, they provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public

	Internet Public Library
	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content The Internet Public Library is an educational initiative of the University of Michigan School of Information. Contains classical texts of William Shakespeare, Arthur Conan Doyle and Jane Austin to more recent works available from publishers such as the National Academies Press, iUniverse and Baen Books. Subject collections covers arts and humanities, business, computers, health, education, science and technology, social sciences, government and entertainment. Description Can be browsed by title, author or subject. Pathfinder guides written by IPL staff which are intended to help the user get started doing research both online and at the local library. Guide to the best search engines and catalogs on/for the Web, with tips on how to use them effectively. Reader support Handy list of Frequently Asked Reference Questions (FARQ). Searching tips and examples available.

	IVIS
	Free access but requires registration as a veterinary health professional. Content Website of The International Veterinary Information Service. The library contains full-text veterinary books, manuals and collections of state-of-the art reviews within specific areas of veterinary medicine, proceedings of veterinary meetings and symposia and a tutorial and continuing education websites, lecture notes and proceedings of short courses, short communications and web-based professional manuals, etc. Description Search according to species. Boolean operators can also be used. Links to useful websites related to veterinary medicine. Search or post employment and educational opportunities. List of veterinary meetings and short courses. Reader support IVIS website tips. Navigation help available. Option to purchase veterinary books online.

	Knovel Library
	Four titles free of charge . IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content Four titles offered at no cost to all academic institutions: Knovel critical tables. International critical tables of numerical data, physics, chemistry and technology. Smithsonian physical tables (9th rev. ed.). Handbook of mathematical functions with formulas, graphs, and mathematical tables. Knovel offers (collectively known as the Knovel Interactive Library): Engineering (over 240 titles) Life Science & Chemistry (over 250 titles) Materials (over 240 titles) Description References deeply searchable with advanced fielded searching. Searching across multiple sources to find specific data. Users can also perform basic keyword searches. Customize searches by combining keyword searches with advanced fielded searches. Search technology is designed to meet research needs at all levels. Reader support Searh tips. Help Center. Demo pages.

	Library4Science
	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content Chrom-Ed series on chromatography by Dr. R.P.W. Scott. Library4Science has been established to bring technical reference and educational resources for the sciences to the internet. Aim to provide a comprehensive set of books for the sciences that can be read in whole for free on the Internet. Description Searchable by word, phrase, etc. Reader support Book ordering facilities through Amazon. E-mail help available.

	National Academies Press
	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content Covers a wide range of topics in science, biology, computer science, engineering, health, space science and animal nutrition, etc. Description Search with "Discovery engine". Search according to topics. Related links. Full text is OpenBook searchable. Reader support Email updates. Deskcopy requests. Book ordering facilities. Extensive help page on how to search, order a book or request.

	OIE Publications
	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content Office international des épizooties main objective is to be the coordinator of guidelines on animal welfare world wide. Full text manuals and codes on world animal health, official animal health status, animal diseases data and animal health standards. Description Search engine available to search the website. Boolean operators can be used. Full text books listed underneath "On-line publications". Reader support Option to purchase books online. Help page available.

	Project Gutenberg
	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content Most of the Project Gutenberg eBooks are older literary works that are in the public domain in the United States. The collection consists mainly of 3 parts: light literature such as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Aesop's Fables, etc., heavy literature such as the Bible or other religious documents, Shakespeare, Moby Dick and references such as Roget's Thesaurus, almanacs and encyclopedias and dictionaries. Description Browse by author, title or language. Database search available. Advanced search option. Reader support FAQ. HowTo's. Weekly and monthly newsletters.

	Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP)
	Subscription, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content The PEP Archive is an electronic library stack which includes the full text of the eight premier psychoanalytic journals from 1920 to 2000. Contains also the full text of twenty-three classic psychoanalytic books. This is the beginning of a long-term project to include all significant English language literature on the PEP Archive. This represents a vast amount of information - over 31,000 articles and over 3,000 figures and illustrations that originally resided on more than 200,000 journal pages and over 325 volumes. (Homepage). Description Browse by author, title, journal and year, but also by indicating any word or phrase that occurs in the article. Database search engine Folio Views available. Advanced search option. Thesaurus available. Study tools such as notes, highlights, and bookmarking. Reader support Specialized PEP-Help online manual. 45-minute tutorial.


	Safari Tech Books Online
	Subscription, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content Safari is the premier electronic reference library for programmers and IT professionals. Electronic versions of a broad range of technical books. Description Conduct searches across all the technical books in the Safari bookshelf. Zero in on answers. Read books from cover to cover. Or, simply flip to the page you need. Browse books by category. Reader support Help file. Submit a problem submission form available.
	ScienceDirect Bookseries
	Subscription, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content Access to 71 book series titles (fulll text). A collection of science, technology and medicine. Description Browse documents by title or subject, link to favorite journals or books, add quick links, view recent actions, perform a quick search, open and close home page sections, etc. Reader support Tutorials, Online help, Live chat, Frequently Asked Questions, Contacting Us,

	University of Toronto Libraries Books Online
	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content "Books Online are books that have been digitized, from the University of Toronto Libraries. They are freely available online and out-of-copyright. The collection currently contains 852 titles. The full text of these books can be searched, and they are also listed in our catalogue."--Homepage. Contains 852 titles. Description Searchable by word, phrase, title, author or subject. Reader support Comments and questions submission form available.

	University of Virginia Electronic Text Center Collection
	Free of charge, IP authenticated access, via proxy server. Content The Electronic Text Center's holdings include approximately 70,000 on- and off-line humanities texts in thirteen languages, with more than 350,000 related images (book illustrations, covers, manuscripts, newspaper pages, page images of Special Collections books, museum objects, etc.). Collection consists of history, literature, philosophy, religion and history of science. Languages include Latin, Apache, Japanese and Chinese. Description Browse by subject and author. The texts can be accessed in HTML (web version) for online viewing and can be downloaded as both a MS Reader E-book for the Microsoft Reader and a Palm-readable text for the Palm Reader. Reader support Online help sheets.

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