eBook Management
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CaibreOpen source ( free from web) for eBook conversion and other features. Available for Mac, PC, and mobile devices.
Subject Expert
eBook Collections at EWU Libraries
Features current, copyrighted materials purchased by EWU or Summit Libraries.
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Cambridge STEMEbooks on STEM topics from Cambridge University Press. Includes journal articles on all subjects. ~10,000 titles now available; 1919-present.
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eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)Access thousands of recent electronic books, as well as thousands of classics in the public domain.
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iG Library PlusPractical, concise eBooks covering specific areas of business, including supply and operations management, international business, social media, finance, accounting, public relations, and marketing strategy.
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MIT Press eBooks (IEEE Xplore)Access eBooks published by MIT Press, 1974-2013. You may keyword search within the books or browse by topic. Please note: the 2013-current books are not available.
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Taylor & Francis / CRC Press eBooksOver 400 DRM-free titles representing humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields. NOTE: Filter results by "Show content I have access to" to see titles available to EWU users. Available through the Orbis Cascade Alliance.
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University Press Scholarship Online eBooksOxford University Press (OUP) titles, and University of California Press (UC) titles published in the current year with permanent access rights for EWU users. New publishers added this year include University of Chicago Press, Princeton University Press, and MIT Press. An additional 16,000 back listed titles also accessible. All titles DRM-free. Subjects cover the humanities, social sciences, science, and medicine. Available through the Orbis Cascade Alliance.
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Wiley Online eBooksOver 19,000 DRM-free titles (recent and past publication dates) in humanities, social sciences, and STEM at a variety of audience levels. From the Wiley platform – filter your search to “Books” on the right side of the results page. Available through the Orbis Cascade Alliance.
eReference
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Gale eBooksScholarly encyclopedias and reference works on a wide variety of topics: business, ASCD publications in education, environment, history, law, literature, medicine, sciences, and the social sciences. Formerly named Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL).
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SAGE KnowledgeSAGE Knowledge offers subject encyclopedias and reference works, mainly in the social sciences and business management.
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eBook Collection - Reference (EBSCOhost)Entries from scholarly bibliographies, handbooks, and specialized reference works. Keyword search the entire collection in the advanced search mode.
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eEncyclopedias available at EWUList of over 900 eEncyclopedias using the EWU Library Catalog. Add your search terms to the second search box to narrow the list.
Open Access eBooks
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DOAB Directory of Open Access eBooks27601 academic peer-reviewed books from 377 publishers
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JSTOR Open Access eBooksOver 6,000 Open Access ebooks from 75+ publishers, including Brill, Cornell University Press, De Gruyter, and University of California Press. No DRM restrictions.
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Project Muse Open Access eBooks1,141 titles are available at this time thanks to "MUSE Open, an initiative supported by a grant from the Mellon Foundation, enables Project MUSE to distribute selected OA books in browser-native HTML5 format, with enhanced functionality. Many other books are available OA as PDF files."
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SpringerLink Open Access eBooks443 titles from areas within science, technology and medicine, and within the humanities and social sciences can be downloaded free of charge from SpringerLink (HTML, PDF, ePub) or Amazon (MOBI).
eBooks on the Web
Free, open-access materials, mostly historical. Display and download requirements and capacities will vary.
Many open access projects have the same public domain (free, usually prior to 1923 items).