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Books on the Internet
Some publishers, organizations, and universities have placed open-access books on the internet. They may be older editions, out of copyright, and in some cases, pirated versions.
Google Books is one means to discover these works.
- Lacks subject headings to find similar materials
- Does not always have the complete book due to copyright restrictions
- Text navigation features are limited in comparison to the standard e-book
- Cannot download content
- It may be easier to request through our Digitization on Demand service
Other collections are found in the following:
- HathiTrust
- Internet Archive (AKA) archive.org and its subset, Open Library
- Project Gutenberg
- Library of Congress' Book/Printed material collection
- Digital Library of America
- Digital theses and dissertation collections at various universities (although these are not recommended for your research, the bibliographies can be useful to find published works)