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- Digital Public Library of America This link opens in a new windowDigitized collection of historical books, photographs, maps, posters, and more representing American society’s cultural heritage
- Ebook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowEbooks on a wide range of subjects, primarily academic in focus, and mostly in English; also includes some works of fiction
- Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowEbooks in business, economics, computer science, humanities, life and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, technology, and more; formerly called Ebrary
- Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new window
Gale’s eBook platform provides comprehensive support from many of today’s top publishers.
- Google Book Search This link opens in a new windowUsually provides snippets or previews of content and includes full text if a book is not under copyright; check Library Catalog to see if UHCL owns a desired book
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new windowProvides full text for books in the public domain and "find in a library" links for those still under copyright
- National Academies Press This link opens in a new windowEbooks on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and medicine; free account registration required
- Project Gutenberg This link opens in a new windowEbooks that are public domain in the U.S.; download formats include EPUB, Kindle, HTML, and more
- APA PsycBOOKS This link opens in a new windowFull text chapters from books published by APA and other scholarly publishers
- BookshareAccessible books and periodicals for readers with print disabilities. Free for students. Requires proof of disability for registration.
- Digital Book IndexSearch or browse by author/title, subject, and publisher.
- Library of Congress- BooksDigitized material from their Rare Book & Special Collections Division
- Online Books PageUniv. of Pennsylvania Libraries. Includes free full texts of over 25,000 books by well-known (and other) authors and an extensive collection of complete early periodicals. The site has a subset...: “A Celebration of Women Writers”. This is the most comprehensive source of free online books to-date. However, there are important book collections not cataloged here, including those found at the HEARTH site. (WB)
- Alex Catalog of Electronic TextsFocuses on American and English literature, as well as Western philosophy
- Classics in the History of PsychologyOver 25 books and 200 articles and chapters from the scholarly literature of psychology and allied disciplines, edited by Christopher Green, an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at York University (Toronto).
- Comic Book +Public domain comic book archive
- Folger Digital TextsSearchable collection from the Folger Shakespeare Library.
- FolkTextsFolklore and mythology texts from the University of Pittsburgh.
- FreeBooks4DoctorsEbooks on a variety of medical topics in English, Spanish, and other languages.
- Government Comics CollectionOver 200 USA government issued comics available for free download in PDF without registration.
- Internet Archive- ComicsCollection of comic books and graphic novels
- Aesop's FablesOffers 655+ of the Aesop fables for free online reading as well as 127 fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen and the fable of Jean Fontaine.
- CBeebiesFrom the BBC, Spanish language ebooks and videos for children.
- Children's Books ForeverEbooks in English, Spanish, and several other languages. Requires Adobe Acrobat.
- Children's Books Online: the Rosetta ProjectLarge collection of ebook versions of antique children's books, indexed by reading level and language.
- Library of Congress- Children's LiteratureDigitized material from their Rare Book & Special Collections Division
- Oxford OwlOver 100 free ebooks "developed for children aged 3–11, to teach them to read using phonics"