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Resources For Online Students: Finding Ebooks

This guide will help students find the resources they need to succeed in online classes.

Finding eBooks on the Web

Project Gutenberg - free web
Founded in 1971, Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer and distributor of free ebooks.

Google Books - free web
Search, preview and download books for free PDF copy of a book if it is in a public domain, creative commons platform, out of copyright, or the publisher has given permission.

Hathi Trust Digital - free web
A collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world

Internet Archive - free web
A non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more

Open Library - free web
A non-profit library bringing millions of free books to billions of people.

Open Access Books from Cornell University Press - free web
Project MUSE, in collaboration with Cornell University Press, offers the digital, fully-open-access  classic titles.