Open Access E Books

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The Library do not endorse, own or receive any promotional benefits from the list of Open Access Sites (OAS) included in this directory.
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"Open Access Resources are research and reference materials which are made available by the site owners/publishers/aggregators, etc., to the general readers, to use freely for teaching-learning, and research purposes with proper acknowledgements."

 

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Internet Archive

Over 20,000,000 mixed collection + a collection of 1.3 million modern eBooks that may be borrowed by anyone with a free archive.org account.

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Directory of Open Access Books

All subjects

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SpringerLink

Computer Science; Social Science; Education; Economics; Engineering and more.

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Brill Open E-Book Collection

Social Sciences & Humanities

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Jstor

Social Sciences & Humanities

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De Gruyter

Social Sciences & Humanities; Physical Science; Engineering; Law; Life Sciences; Cultural Studies and more.

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Project Muse

Social Science & Humanities; Media Studies; Law; Religion & Philosophy and more.

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Cambridge Univ. Press

Politics; History & Law.

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ICAR Publication

Agricultural Science

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ICAR Library

Agricultural Science

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Project Gutenberg

Mixed Collection

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HathiTrust

Millions of mixed titles digitized from libraries around the world

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PDF Drive

Environment; Science & Technology; Fiction; Children & Youth; Health & Fitness; Biography; Politics & Law and more.

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NCBI Bookshelf 

Biotechnology; Biochemistry; Agricultural Sciences and other life sciences.

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Rare Book Room

Art; Engineering; Botany; Chemistry; History; Law; Maths; Religion.

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eCampus Ontario

Computer Sc; Education; Management; Business; Education and more.

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Manitoba Open Textbook Initiative

Social Sciences & Humanities; Physical Science; Engineering; Law; Biological Sciences; Communication and more.

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Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN)

Social Sciences; Law; Media Studies; Education; Sociology; Economics and more.

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OER Commons Textbooks

Life Sciences; Physical Sciences; Arts & Humanities; History; Social Science and more.

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Open Book Publishers

Gender Studies; Philosophy; Media Studies, Social Sciences and more.

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Open Library ( Few for visually impaired readers)

Art; Fantasy; Biographies; Science Fiction; Social Sciences; Medicine; History and more.

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Open SUNY Textbooks

Mixed Collection

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FreeBookCentre

Computer Science; Maths; Electronic Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Civil Engineering; Law and more.

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Open Textbooks

Journalism & Media Studies; Natural Sciences; Maths; Engineering; Education and more.

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Openstax

Math; Science; Social Sciences; Humanities; Commerce and more.

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HarperCollins

Fictional collection

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PDX Open

Mixed open access textbooks from Portland State University

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UCL Press

Anthropology; Education; Media Studies; Geography; Law; History; Sociology; Urban Studies and more.

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Wikibooks

Computing; Engineering; Humanities; Language; Maths; Science & Social Sciences

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FreeBooks4Doctors

Medical Science

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Authorama

Fictional Collection

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Bookyard library

Art; Finanace; Computers; Language; Law; Philosophy; Science & Technology and more.

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CAB eBooks

Agriculture & Life Science

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BC campus OpenEd

Adult Education; Biological/Physical Sciences; Business; Communication; Computer Sc; Education; Humanities; Language; Law; Math/Stats and more.

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Open culture

Fictional collection on cultural & educational media

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Online Books

Psychology; History; Anthropology; Geography; Education; Law; Agriculture; Medicine; Technology and more.

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E-Books Directory

Arts & Photography; Graphic Novels; Computers & Internet; Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Literature & Fiction; Religion & Spirituality; Science Fiction and more.

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BookBoon

Sign-up required to download 1000+ free ebooks from various subjects

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Google Books

If the book is available on Google Books, click Read for free.

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Social Science Cyber Library

Social Science & Humanities

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ReadPrint

Popular Fiction & Non-Fiction ebooks and more.

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Public Book Database

Mixed Collection from various University Press

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Freebooknotes

Fictions & Mixed Collection

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Openstax CNX

Maths, Physics, Chemistry and more.

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MERLOT

Science & Tech, Social Science, Education, Business and more.

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Engineering LibreTexts

Chemical Engg, Civil Engg, Comp. Sc, Electrical Engg, Environment Engineering, Industrial Engg, Mechanical Engg, Materials Science.

47 IGNOU e-Books It covers almost all the materials related to the courses offered under IGNOU. Feel free to download relevant materials that cater to your information needs.
48 Books@Atlas The open access monograph publishing program was conceived in 2014 as a means of publishing open access books that were relevant to the study and practice of theological librarianship. Currently the mission of the program is publication of open access works on subjects at the intersection of librarianship and religious and theological studies that potentially impact libraries.
49 Early English Books The University of Michigan Library provides access to these keyboarded and encoded editions of the works for educational and research purposes. These transcriptions are believed to be in the public domain in the United States; however, if you decide to use any of these transcriptions, you are responsible for making your own legal assessment and securing any necessary permission.
50 18th Century Collection/ECCO-TCP In cooperation with Gale Cengage, these texts have been made freely available to the public though full access to images held by Gale is restricted to authorized users.
51 Firenze University Press Firenze University Press fully supports Open Access publishing as an exceptional tool to share ideas and knowledge in all disciplines with an open, collaborative and non-profit approach. Open Access books and book chapters allow the research community to achieve wide and rapid dissemination in all book formats, as well as a high impact of their research.
52 ACLS Humanities Ebooks ACLS HEB is a partnership between ACLS and Michigan Publishing
53 American Verse Project The project assembled an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.
54 Greek Inscriptions Searchable Greek Inscriptions is a scholarly tool in progress
55 TOME  
56 Michigan OA publishing The University of Michigan Press offers many titles as electronic books in EPUB, PDF, Kindle, and Audiobook formats.
57 UC Press Luminos Luminos is University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. With the same high standards for selection, peer review, production and marketing as our traditional program, Luminos is a transformative model, built as a partnership where costs and benefits are shared.