Electronic Book Collections

This is a listing of major collections of electronic books to which Grasselli has access. Many of the electronic books can also be accessed by searching Carrolline and then clicking on the link to the electronic book.

ACLS Humanities E-Book
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Containing the full text of over 1500 titles, the History e-book project has expanded to include most humanities disciplines and area studies.

American & English Literature: Poetry, drama, and prose
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Full text of books and other sources originally published in print. Also includes 21 historical editions of the Bible in English.
Bible Editions

Electronic Book Center (OhioLINK)
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Contains thousands of scholarly and reference e-books covering the humanities, sciences and social sciences.
* ABC-CLIO: educational reference books – encyclopedias, handbooks, biographical collections, guides – on many specialized topics, primarily in the humanities and social sciences.
* Gale: reference books published by Thomson Gale; also includes a few reference books from Macmillan, Saur, and Scribner.
* Oxford University Press: important scholarly books, both classic and newly-published works, in the humanities and social sciences. Oxford imprints include OUP Oxford, OUP USA, and Clarendon Press.
* Sage: encyclopedias and reference handbooks from the Sage eReference catalog, mainly in the social sciences.
* Springer: high-quality scientific, technological and medical books. Springer imprints also include Apress, Birkhäuser, Physica-Verlag, Steinkopff, and others.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
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John Carroll's collection currently includes Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, 2004, Cities of the World, 6th ed., 4v, 2002; Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy, 2nd ed., 3v, 2002; Encyclopedia of Small Business, 2nd ed., 2v, 2002

NetLibrary
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NetLibrary is a library of over 20,000 electronic books (e-books) on many academic subjects. The collection includes thousands of titles purchased by OhioLINK, plus thousands of public-domain e-books. Users can preview an e-book online, peruse a page, read each page in depth, jump to specific chapters or pages, or use links in the Table of Content or Index to go directly to specific chapters of interest. Every word in every book is searchable. NetLibrary operates on the library check-out model, where readers check out e-books for a specified amount of time.

Oxford Digital Reference Shelf: title list & links
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An e-book interface from Oxford in which each title can be accessed as a stand-alone resource with its own URL, and each site offers a range of search and browse options. All titles are also fully cross-searchable with titles in the Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection.

Oxford Reference Online Premium
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A virtual reference room, Oxford Reference Online has more than 100 reference titles, including language, literature and subject dictionaries.

Oxford Scholarship Online
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A cross-searchable library containing the full text of important scholarly books from Oxford University Press, which includes both classic and newly-published works in the humanities and social sciences. Subject collections are available in Economics & Finance, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion. New books are added regularly.

Safari Tech Books Online
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Electronic books in computer science, information technology, and related fields.

Springer E-books
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Electronic books in scientific, technology, medical and business disciplines published in 2005, 2006, and 2007 by Springer. This site links to over 1200 electronic books.