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These websites have been picked by our reference librarians to assist you in gathering information. This is not meant to be a complete directory of web resources, but a collection of useful resources.
Ebooks
The Digital Book Index
A database of tens of thousands of fiction and nonfiction e-books from over 1,800 publishers. Many categories of books are listed. Titles are from commercial and noncommercial publishers and vendors and may be free, available by subscription, or for purchase.
Electronic Books
This directory offers annotated links for electronic book information. There are also tips for reading e-books online, searching for text in e-books and saving e-books. This link is maintained by the Stockton Library in San Joaquin County California.
Electronic Books
A comprehensive directory of links to full-text book collections. Categories include: What's New; Major Text Sites; Classics; Literature in English; World Literatures; and much more. Also, includes lists of bookstores and publishers. Maintained by the University of Texas at Austin.
eBook Locator
A database of thousands of eBooks. Browse top-selling electronic books.
Google Book Search
Download full copies of out-of-copyright books to read at your own pace. Choose from a diverse collection of public domain titles -- from well-known classics to obscure gems. Elect the "Full view" radio button when searching.
Henrico County Public Library eBooks and eAudiobooks
IPL Books Collection
Online texts that can be browsed or searched by author, title, or Dewey Decimal Classification.
The Online Books Page
Index to thousands of books available online in full text.
Project Gutenberg
Created in 1971 as a way to centralize and make freely available famous and important texts. Not recent bestsellers, but classic texts.
