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Search for eBooks within our licensed eBook collections or explore the links to other free eBooks on the Web.
Last update: May 7th, 2010 URL: http://libguides.gatewaycc.edu/ebookGuide  Print/Mobile Guide   RSS Updates ShareThis

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Free eBook Collections on the Web

 

Google Books Search

Search within the whole book.  Some of the titles offer the complete book online, others just snippets.

Google Book Search
 
 

Licensed eBook Collections

Access GateWay's eBook Collections  [Off-campus access: MEID + Library PIN number]

ebrary eBooks 

  • Access over 47,000+ current eBooks in the Academic Complete collection. 
  • Enhanced QuickView web-based reader now incorporates many of the advanced features, including printing, copying, highlighting, & notes, under the Infotools tab.   
  • Free ebrary reader plug-in required for advanced features (printing, copying, citing, highlighting, infotools and notes). The plug-in may be downloaded from the ebrary website.  No plug-in required for QuickView.
  • Create your own ebrary account to save pages, add notes, highlight book passages and create your own Bookshelf of favorites.  eBooks can be viewed and a limited number of pages printed, without an account.  No check-out required, allowing multiple readers to access the same title simultaneously. 

 

NetLibrary eBooks  

  • Interdisciplinary selection of over 1,000 eBooks chosen by the MCCCD Libraries
  • Access an additional 3,400 titles in the public domain. 
  • Includes Cliff Notes for literature. 
  • Check out period is for 7 days with a personal netLibrary account, or brief 15 minute viewing without check out (no personal account needed).
 

Licensed eBook Reference Collections

Access GateWay's Reference Ebook Collections [Off-campus access: MEID + Library PIN number]

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  • Thousands of entries from dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy, science to Shakespeare and law to literature.

 

  • An interdisciplinary selection of over 60 reference titles, specialized subject encyclopedias, handbooks and more
    • Encyclopedia of American Religions
    • Encyclopedia of Sociology
    • Encyclopedia of World Biography
    • Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
    • West's Encyclopedia of American Law
    • Encyclopedia of Education
    • Encyclopaedia Judaica
    • Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences and many more
  • Salem Health  
    • Cross searchable medical encyclopedias from Salem Pess,
      • Magill's Medical Guide
      • Salem: Cancer 
      • Psychology & Mental Health
  • Salem History
    • Cross searchable historical ebooks from Salem Press
      • The Decades Series
        • 1980s in America
        • 1990s in America 
      • Great Events in History Series
        • Ancient World
        • Middle Ages, 477-1453
        • The 20th Century
        • Modern Scandals

 

 

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