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eBooks
 
 
 

Overview 

Explore one of our three subscription collections of eBooks.  All FREE for our students, faculty and staff.  The Library subscribes for you! 

  • ebrary ebrary  - Over 37,000 current ebooks in the Academic Complete collection. 
    • Off-campus:  ID/PIN number. 
    • Free ebrary reader plug-in required and downloable from ebrary website for advanced features (i.e. highlighting, notes, favorites, InfoTools for citations, printing, etc.).
    • Create your own ebrary account to save pages, highlight book passages, and to retain notes.  Books can be viewed without an account.  No check-out required, allowing multiple readers to access the same title. 
  • netLibrary  netLibrary - 1,788 current ebooks; plus, over 3,400 additional titles in the public domain. Includes Cliff Notes for literature. 
    • Off-campus:  ID/PIN number. 
    • Check out period is for 7 days with a personal netLibrary account, or brief 15 minute viewing without check out/account needed.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale Virtual Reference Library – Small specialized collection of 50+ reference titles and encyclopedias covering biography, crime, education, economics, history, law, politics, religion, psychology, sociology and more. 
    • Off-campus:  ID/PIN number.

Note:  Look for ebook titles designated with special ebook icons within the Library Catalog.  Read ebooks from computers with Internet access using a Web browser.