Research Guides: eBooks at EWU Libraries: Collections

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eBook Management

Caibre
Open source ( free from web) for eBook conversion and other features. Available for Mac, PC, and mobile devices.

eBook collections at EWU Libraries

Features current, copyrighted materials purchased by EWU or Summit Libraries.

eBooks Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Access thousands of recent electronic books, as well as thousands of classics in the public domain.
ProQuest Ebook Central
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Access to over 130,000 academic titles, and an additional 10,000+ university press titles from a variety of academic publishers. Subject areas include arts, business, education, health sciences, social sciences, humanities, and science. Most titles are published 1995-current, with a smaller number going back to the early 20th century.

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iG Library Plus
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Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: formerly Business Expert Press
Over 550 practical, concise eBooks covering specific areas of business, including supply and operations management, international business, social media, finance, accounting, public relations, and marketing strategy.

You may read the entire book online by clicking the Read link, or download the entire book as a PDF by clicking the Download link. If you decide to download the book after looking at the text online, you will need to back up to the Book Information screen by clicking the Back to Library link at the top.

MIT Press eBooks (IEEE Xplore)
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Access approximately 500 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.

Taylor & Francis / CRC Press ebooks
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Over 25,000 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. Ebooks available through Orbis Cascade Alliance program.
University Press Scholarship Online ebooks
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Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: Oxford University Press, University of California Press
1200 Oxford University Press (OUP) titles, and 140 University of California Press (UC) titles published in the current year with permanent access rights for EWU users. An additional 16,000 titles made accessible. All titles DRM-free. Subjects cover the humanities, social sciences, science, and medicine. Note: filter your results on the left side of screen to view accessible, unlocked, titles; OUP and UC press books are accessible to EWU users through this service. Ebooks available through Orbis Cascade Alliance program.
Wiley Online ebooks
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Over 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. Ebooks available through Orbis Cascade Alliance program.

eReference

Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Scholarly encyclopedias and reference works on a wide variety of topics: business, education, environment, history, law, literature, medicine, sciences, and the social sciences.
SAGE Knowledge
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SAGE Knowledge offers full-text entries from 57 subject encyclopedias and reference works, mainly in the social sciences.
eBook Collection - Reference (EBSCOhost)
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Entries from scholarly bibliographies, handbooks, and specialized reference works. Keyword search the entire collection in the advanced search mode.

eEncyclopedias available at EWU
List of over 900 eEncyclopedias using the EWU Library Catalog. Add your search terms to the second search box to narrow the list.

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).

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