Electronic Books

Electronic Books

The following link to sources for the full text of books. Most e-books are classics or other materials not covered by copyright laws. They may be in any number formats, including ASCII text, HTML, SGML, or PDF. Access is free except where noted. Note that this list links only to collections of texts, not to individual titles.

	ALEX - Digital documents in English and American literature and Western philosophy.
	Bartleby Library - "Great books online."
	Books on the Internet (University of Texas) - Huge collection of annotated links to ebooks, arranged in broad categories. Some resources restricted to UT users.
	Cribsheet on electronic Books (Ramapo Catskill Library System) - Links to suppliers of e-books in various forms, as well as a very brief look at benefits and drawbacks of full text books online for readers and libraries.
	Electronic Literature Directory - Links to works in all genres using multimedia tools to create literature. Search or browse by author, by genre or by technique.
	Electronic Reading Room: Full Text Books (St. Ambrose University) - Link to a variety of sources of material, including fiction, non-fiction, children's literature, short stories, etc.
	Electronic Text Centre (University of New Brunswick Libraries) - Links to a variety of collections, with focus on Atlantic Canada. Some collections are restricted to UNB users.
	Electronic Text Center (University of Virginia) - SGML encoded texts.
	The English Server (Carnegie Mellon University) - Books and plays.
	Humanities Text Initiative (University of Michigan) - Reference and humanities resources, primarily in SGML.
	Internet Classics Library - Classical literature, primarily Greco-Roman, in 19th Century English translations.
	National Academy Press Reading Room - Full text of over 1,000 current books published by NAP. Listed by subject, with keyword or concept search option.
	netLibrary - An online library that expands typical library services beyond what is possible with physical books. You must create your own user account to access free e-books. Others, including recently published works, are available with a credit card.
	The On-Line Books Page (University of Pennsylvania) - Over 10,000 titles.
	The Online Medieval and Classical Library (Berkeley Digital Library) - Full text of some of the most important literary works of the period. Some in English translations. Search or browse. Also links to additional text sources.
	Online Texts Collection (Internet Public Library) - Links to texts stored on servers all over the world.
	Project Gutenberg - FTP or HTTP access to texts. Created and maintained by volunteers.
	SearcheBooks.com - Seach the full text of thousands of online books. Results link to both the text and the provider.
	The Universal Library (hosted by Carnegie Mellon University) - Links to art, books, journals, etc.
	Yahoo: Electronic Literature: Collections - Links to a number of sources. Some may charge.

The CAST etext Spider
http://www.cast.org/udl/index.cfm?i=1300
CAST’s etext source listing
http://www.cast.org/udl/ObtainingDigitalMaterials181.cfm.

Alex: A Catalog of Electronic Texts
http://www.infomotions.com/alex/
This site contains a catalog with roughly 2,000 entries of e-texts, mostly on gopher servers. Last update of site was in 1996.

Electronic Text, Journals, Newsletter, Magazines, and Collections
Organization: North Carolina State University Libraries
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu:80/stacks/
A collection of on-line listings of places to go to download e-text of collected works, magazines, newsletters, and scholarly journals.

Elibrary
http://www.elibrary.com/
Subscription site - enormous selection of resources.

Institute for Learning Technologies (Columbia University) http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/academic/digitexts/index.html
|E-text source for academic text and links to other projects. At this particular location, there are links to E-text sources for Dewey, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Socrates, Emerson and more.

Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
Links to picture books, short stories, poetry, myths, fables, magazines and info about authors.

Library Spot
http://libraryspot.com/
One stop shopping for library resources. Listing of online libraries, reference desk (acronyms, bios, calculators, calendars, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, phone books, quotations, statistics), Reading Room (books, journals, newspapers, magazines), special features, listing of must-see sites, Librarian tools.

Literature Online from Chadwyck
http://lion.chadwyck.com/
A fully searchable library of over 250,000 works of English and American literature.

NetLibrary
http://www.netlibrary.com
Both etexts and short-run, publish-on-demand custom textbooks.

Project Gutenberg
http://www.promo.net/pg/
Light literature (such as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, or Aesop's Fables), heavy literature (such as Moby Dick or Paradise Lost), and references (such as almanacs, encyclopedias, or dictionaries) in downloadable formats

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
http://www.rfbd.org/
RFB&D is a national nonprofit organization that serves people who cannot read standard print because of a visual, perceptual or other physical disability. The web site provides information on how to be involved with RFB&D, an online catalog of RFB&D's collection of books, and technology updates.

Texas Text Exchange
http://tte.tamu.edu/
The Texas Text Exchange (TTE) is consortium of disability service providers who share electronic texts (e-texts) with each other. These e-texts are used to accommodate students with disabilities. The TTE also provides information on the creation and use of e-texts. The TTE maintains an online digital library of e-texts. The library is administered by Adaptive Technology Services at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Holdings are accessible only by TTE consortium members.

The Electronic Text Center
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/english.html
Extensive listing of prose and poetry e-text available for downloading.

The Etext Archive
http://www.etext.org/
This site has a listing of eclectic subject matter to download as e-text.

The On-Line Books Page
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books
The On-Line Books Page is a directory of books that can be freely read right on the Internet. It includes: An index of thousands of on-line books on the Internet, pointers to significant directories and archives of on-line texts and special programs.

WebABLE!
http://www.webable.com/
Web directory for disability-related internet resources.

Web Academic Resources: Digitexts
Organization: Institute for Learning Technologies (Columbia University)
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/academic/digitexts/index.html
E-text source for academic text and links to other projects. At this particular location, there are links to E-text sources for Dewey, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Socrates, Emerson and more.