LibGuides: ebooks@cambridge: Find ebooks

Finding individual ebooks

Most ebooks are listed in iDiscover. Search iDiscover to find titles on your reading list or for your research. (Tip 1: select the ebooks filter to restrict your search to ebooks. Tip 2: you do not have to login to iDiscover to be able to access ebooks from outside of the university campus.)

The following publishers' titles will not yet show up in iDiscover. Search their websites for ebooks (note that these links are to external websites and open in a new tab/window):

Early English Books Online (EEBO) - ProQuest platform This link opens in a new window Will eventually contain digitized versions of all of the titles listed in the following reference sources. Pollard & Redgrave's A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad, 1475-1640 ("STC I") and Donald Wing's A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English Books Printed in Other Countries, 1641-1700 —("STC II")
Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window Eighteenth Century Collections Online, a comprehensive digital edition of The Eighteenth Century, the world's largest library on microfilm of the printed book available through its imprint Primary Source Microfilm.

ebook platforms

Our ebooks include titles from the following publishers and collections (note that these links are to external websites and open in a new tab/window), but please note that access is selective: not all books from all collections are available to the University.

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AAS-IOP Astronomy This link opens in a new window A collection of astronomy, astrophysics, solar physics and planetary science titles. Releases 1 and 2.
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ACLS Humanities ebooks This link opens in a new window Over 5,400 ebooks in the humanities and related social sciences. Titles have been recommended by the American Council of Learned Societies.
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ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication This link opens in a new window A guide to scholarly communication for students, researchers, educators, and librarians. The ACS (American Chemical Society) Guide to Scholarly Communication includes updated material from previous editions of The ACS Style Guide with additional new chapters on topics such as preprints, Open Access, machine-readable data, and more.
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Access subscribed content by clicking "Guest Access" in the top right corner of the screen. (Note: the "Guest Access" link may be obscured by a cookies notification.) Then click "All accessible titles" from the vertical menu bar to view available titles.
African Books Collective (ABC) is an African-owned mission-based distribution outlet for books published independently in Africa. Cambridge users have access to the Biography and Memoir collections plus a small selection of additional titles.
African Writers Series This link opens in a new window For over 40 years, Heinemann's African Writers Series published the key texts of modern African literature. It has a unique importance in the history of postcolonial writing. This online edition includes over 250 volumes of fiction, poetry, drama and non-fictional prose, including works by Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Steve Biko, Buchi Emecheta, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Doris Lessing, Nelson Mandela, Dambudzo Marechera, Christopher Okigbo, Okot p'Bitek and Tayeb Salih.
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Al Manhal eLibrary This link opens in a new window Access to selected, individual Arabic-language titles only.
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Amalivre ebooks This link opens in a new window Selected French title ebooks in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Archaeopress This link opens in a new window Access to all titles on the Archaeopress Archaeology tab as well as more recent issues of the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies.
Art & Architecture ePortal This link opens in a new window A collection of important works of scholarship in the history of art, architecture, decorative arts, photography, and design, published by the world’s finest academic and museum publishers.
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ASM Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window The industry's best known and most comprehensive source of information on ferrous and non-ferrous metals and materials technology

Beck eLibrary This link opens in a new window A small selection of individually purchased German ebook titles.
Ben Jonson Online This link opens in a new window Online version of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson.
BibliU textbooks This link opens in a new window Selected miscellaneous textbook titles.
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BiblioRossica This link opens in a new window Includes the Leading Russian Scholarly Presses collection, the Russian-language publications of Academic Studies Press, and classic works of literature.
Bloomsbury Collections (Archive Collections) This link opens in a new window Access to selected collections only: Ancient History 1983-2012; Ancient Philosophy 1984-2012; Classical Literature 1994-2012; Hart Publishing all archive collections except the practitioner collection. Zed Books Sexuality and Gender Studies Archive.
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Bloomsbury Collections (Law Collections) This link opens in a new window Access to selected collections only: Hart Publishing 2014-23; Hart Publishing all archive collections except the practitioner collection; C.H.Beck - Hart - Nomos 2014-17.
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Bloomsbury Collections (Special Collections) This link opens in a new window Access to selected collections only: Education Around the World; Zed Books Sex (Sexuality) and Gender Studies 2017-2020; Zed Books Sexuality and Gender Studies Archive
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Bloomsbury Collections (Subject Collections) This link opens in a new window Access to selected collections only: Africa, Asia and Latin American Studies 2022; Anthropology 2014-19; Art & Visual Culture 2022; Education 2020; Film & Media Studies 2014-22; History 2015-16; Literary Studies 2015; Middle East 2019-22; Philosophy 2015; Politics & International Relations 2019 and 2022; Religious Studies 2019 and 2022; Theology 2015-18.
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Bloomsbury Collections EBA This link opens in a new window Temporary access until July 2024 to all Bloomsbury 2022 and 2023 subject collections. Plus temporary access to the following Bloomsbury 2021 subject collections: Architecture, Classical Studies and Archaeology, Education, History, Politics and International Relations.
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Bloomsbury Cultural History This link opens in a new window A fully cross-searchable digital resource that engages with culture throughout the ages from antiquity to modernity.
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BookRail Korean Books This link opens in a new window Access to selected, individual Korean-language titles only.
Brepols Online This link opens in a new window Access to selected individual titles only
Brill.com This link opens in a new window 2014 - 2024: Asian Studies, Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East & Early Christianity, Classical Studies, History: Early Modern & Modern, History: Late Antiquity and Medieval, International Law, Language and Linguistics, Literature & Cultural Studies, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, Theology & Philosophy, Social Sciences. Plus access to: Companions in Classical Studies Online, Series 1.
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Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism Online This link opens in a new window A comprehensive academic reference work devoted to the plurality of Buddhist traditions across Asia, offering readers a detailed treatment of this complex phenomenon in six thematically arranged volumes: Literature and Languages (I, publ. 2015), Lives (II, publ. 2019), Thought (III, forthcoming 2022), History (IV, forthcoming 2023), Life and Practice (V, forthcoming 2025), Index and Remaining Issues (VI, forthcoming 2026).
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Brill's Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online This link opens in a new window The Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity focuses on the history of early Christian texts, authors, ideas. Its content is intended to bridge the gap between the fields of New Testament studies and patristics, covering the whole period of early Christianity up to 600 CE. The BEEC aims to provide a critical review of the methods used in Early Christian Studies and to update the historiography.
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Brill's Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism Online This link opens in a new window Provides a comprehensive overview of worldwide Pentecostalism from a range of disciplinary perspectives. It offers analysis at the level of specific countries and regions, historical figures, movements and organizations, and particular topics and themes.
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Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism This link opens in a new window This work presents the latest research on all the main aspects of the Hindu traditions. Its 438 essays are original work written by the world’s foremost scholars on Hinduism. The encyclopedia presents an even-handed view of Hinduism, recognizing the divergent perspectives and methods in the academic study of a religion that has ancient historical roots with many flourishing traditions today. Including all essays from the printed edition, Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism is now regularly updated with new articles and available in a fully searchable, dynamic digital format.
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Brill's Encylopedia of Jews in the Islamic World This link opens in a new window The publisher claims this is the first cohesive and discreet reference work which covers the Jews of Muslim lands particularly in the late medieval, early modern and modern periods. The Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World Online is updated with newly commissioned articles, illustrations, multimedia, and primary source material.
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Brill's Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles Online This link opens in a new window This single volume encyclopedia is a unique work that brings together hundreds of articles offering the latest research from across the range of disciplines which contribute to our knowledge of medieval dress and textiles. The volume contains over 100 plates and diagrams to illustrate and explain the text. The online version of the encyclopedia has been updated with new material in 2016, 2018, and 2021.
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Brill : Miras Maktoob e-book collection This link opens in a new window 241 volumes originally published by the Written Heritage Research Institute (Miras Maktoob), including works in both Persian and Arabic on Islamic history and culture in the broadest sense.
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Brill : Philosophy in the Islamic World Online: 8th - 10th Centuries This link opens in a new window A comprehensive and unprecedented reference work devoted to the history of philosophy in the realms of Islam in its formative period: from its beginnings in the eighth century up to the tenth century AD.
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Brill: Schöningh, Fink and mentis This link opens in a new window Schöningh and Fink History: Early Modern and Modern History (2020-2024); Schöningh and Fink Literature and Culture Studies (2020-2024); Schöningh, Fink and mentis Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy (2020-2024)
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Brill's Sezgin Online This link opens in a new window A bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition offers volumes 1-9 of Fuat Sezgin's renowned Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition, particularly for the history of science and technology in the Islamic world.
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British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) resources This link opens in a new window

CABI Digital Library This link opens in a new window Access to 130 titles published between 2020-22. CAB (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience) International is a non-profit organisation publishing works that focus primarily on agricultural and environmental issues in the developing world.
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CAIRN French Studies Collection This link opens in a new window We currently have access to a handful of ebook titles on this French language platform.
Cambridge Archive Editions Online This link opens in a new window Access only to volumes 1-4 of Vietnam under French rule.
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Cambridge Core This link opens in a new window Access to all CUP and publishing partner monographs, as well as including Cambridge Companions, Cambridge Histories, Cambridge Elements, Cambridge Shakespeare and Stahl Online.
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Cambridge University Press Textbooks This link opens in a new window The entire collection of textbooks published by Cambridge University Press, hosted on the Higher Education website.
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Cambridge Law Reports This link opens in a new window International Law Reports 1919-present, from Cambridge University Press. Covers all significant cases of public international law from 1919-present.
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Chicago manual of style This link opens in a new window Recommendations on editorial style and publishing practices, 17th and 16th editions available
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China Digital Library 中华数字书苑 This link opens in a new window
Access is on campus only
Cite Them Right This link opens in a new window The essential referencing resource. This site will help you to reference just about any source, and understand how to avoid plagiarism.
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ClinicalKey Student This link opens in a new window 250+ medical textbook titles published by Elsevier. Users are required to create a personal profile to access content on the site. A personal profile also enables users to use Bookshelf (with highlighting, note-making, and bookmarking functionality), share notes/highlighting, and export notes to OneNote.
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ClinicalKey Student Foundations is an innovative portfolio of eBooks, images and videos combined with interactive tools and analytics to support teaching and learning in UK medical programmes. In particular, the ability to create and share links to selected readings, videos and copyright cleared images allows academics to guide students through their required learning.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics This link opens in a new window Online version of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. Mirrors print edition + additional features such as data searching.
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CREDO Reference This link opens in a new window A selection of handbooks (e.g. Blackwell Handbooks), companions and other reference works in Arts and Humanities subjects.

For Droz Online see the individual collections: Calvin, Textes Litteraires Francais and Humanisme Renaissance.

Dawsonera The Dawsonera platform closed on July 31st 2020. Our owned Dawsonera ebooks have been transferred to other platforms (mostly VLeBooks). Please check iDiscover for individual titles.
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De Gruyter Online This link opens in a new window Selected titles in Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Technology & Medicine. All languages.
De Gruyter Online - Stanford University Press This link opens in a new window Permanent access to the 2022-24 collections; temporary access to backlist titles from 2000-2013.
De Gruyter Online - University of Chicago Press This link opens in a new window Access to full 2019 - 2024 ebook collections, plus selected titles.
Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet (DiVA) This link opens in a new window Sweden's most used system for registration and dissemination of scholarly publication data. Multi-disciplinary (check the box marked 'Only documents with full text in DiVA' to access material)
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Digitalia Hispánica This link opens in a new window Access to 25,000+ e-books and 3,600+ e-journals in Spanish from Spain and Spanish-speaking countries.
Directory of Open Access Books This link opens in a new window Directory of Open Access ebooks published by a wide range of OA publishers. All subjects, all languages.
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Duke University Press This link opens in a new window Permanent access to titles published from 2016 - 2024 in all subject collections (AMES, Anthropology, Education, English, History, Music, South Asian Studies and SPS). We also currently have access to the entire Duke backlist.
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Early English Books Online (EEBO) - ProQuest platform This link opens in a new window Contains page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473–1700. NB NO RECORDS IN IDISCOVER.
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Ebook Central/ProQuest Academic Complete This link opens in a new window Multi-disciplinary platform offering access to permanently owned ebooks as well as 180,000+ academic ebooks on subscription. Raven login needed on campus for printing, copying & downloading. Incorporates all content previously hosted on Ebrary and MyiLibrary.
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EBSCOHost eBook Collection This link opens in a new window Multi-disciplinary. This platform gives access to titles purchased outright as well as over 195,000 subscription titles from a wide range of subjects and publishers.
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Edward Elgar Books This link opens in a new window An academic publisher focusing on Business, Economics, Geography and Law. Selected titles.
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window Eighteenth Century Collections Online, a comprehensive digital edition of The Eighteenth Century, the world's largest library on microfilm of the printed book available through its imprint Primary Source Microfilm.
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English Historical Documents Online (EHD) This link opens in a new window Over 5,500 expertly indexed and fully searchable primary documents from 500-1914.
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Equinox ebooks This link opens in a new window An independent academic publisher based in Sheffield, specialises in archaeology, linguistics, cultural history, religious studies, theology, biblical studies and popular music. Availability: selected ebook titles
Exeter Medieval Online This link opens in a new window The printed book series Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies and Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe available online

Fabula / Colloques en ligne This link opens in a new window Fabula / Colloques en ligne hosts the online proceedings of academic literary conferences, symposia, study days and round tables, focusing especially on issues of literary theory and epistemology.

Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window A database of encyclopedias and reference sources from the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and STEMM. Includes collections in Literature, Biography, Environment, Religion, Multicultural Studies, History, Business and Law.
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GeoScienceWorld This link opens in a new window Earth Sciences 2015-16 ebook collections

Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (AccessMedicine) This link opens in a new window Access to Harrison's Principles of internal medicine
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History of Modern Russian and Ukrainian Art Online This link opens in a new window The collection documents the history of modern Russian and Ukrainian art. It encompasses critical literature, illustrated books, and art periodicals. It also offers a selection of early 20th century art-related serials. These historical sources of pre- and post-revolutionary art reflect the diversity of artistic thought in the first thirty years of the 20th century.
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ICE Virtual Library This link opens in a new window Civil engineering, construction
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IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window Provides access to IEEE-Wiley eBooks titles 1974-2011 and 2013; IEEE-Wiley Telecommunications titles 2015-16 and 2019 and Now Publishers Foundations and Trends® Computer Science eBooks Collection titles 2018-2020. Also Springer Synthesis ClS collection titles 4-9; please note that a more complete and up to date collection of Synthesis titles is available on SpringerLink. For details see My Settings > What can I access?
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IEEE XPlore: Princeton University Press eBooks Library This link opens in a new window Full text access to c.300 recent and classic Princeton University Press STEM eBooks (1945-2023).
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IGI Global This link opens in a new window Access to selected individual titles only
Instant Anatomy This link opens in a new window Diagrams, revision questions, lectures, podcasts, audio, oral examination preparation, interactive multiple choice questions on human anatomy.
InteLex Past Masters This link opens in a new window A growing collection of the works of past masters including: Augustine (works (4th release), Austen (letters), Austin (works), Boyle (correspondence and works), Bronte (Letters), Bruno (Werke - German and Italian), Chekhov (Complete works - Russian), Coleridge (collected letters), Dewey (collected works 2nd release), Dewey (correspondence I-IV), Dewey (lectures 2nd release), Dickens (letters (i-xii)), Eliot (notebooks and library), Hardy (collected letters), Hegel (OUP translations), Hume (complete works and correspondence), Luther (works), Montaigne (complete works), Nietzsche (werke), Pope (correspondence), Sidgwick: Complete Works, Select Correspondence, Swift (correspondence), Tennyson (letters), Wittgenstein (collected works), Wittgenstein (Gesamtbriefwechsel/ complete correspondence) and Wordsworth (collected letters).
International Anatomy Collection - LWW Health Library This link opens in a new window A small collection of key textbooks on core/fundamental topics, procedural videos, images, real-life case studies, and quiz banks in Anatomy for medical and health science students and practitioners.
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IOP Science ebooks This link opens in a new window The Institute of Physics publishes "high-quality research across the physical sciences. Their ebook collections have been created to meet the needs of students, early-career researchers and established leaders in the respective fields." Expanding Physics releases 1-6, Concise Physics releases 1-6, and the IOP 2020 collection.
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JapanKnowledge Plus This link opens in a new window Includes access to dictionaries and encyclopaedias, as well as over 900 ebooks.
John Benjamins e-Books This link opens in a new window Selected individual ebook titles on language and linguistics.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window Multidisciplinary. Access to individually purchased and open access ebooks only. Includes a collection of INSTAP titles.
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Karger This link opens in a new window Access to front and backlist ebook titles published by Karger, a scientific and medical publisher.
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KinoDen This link opens in a new window Selected Japanese ebook titles.
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Kotar This link opens in a new window
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Please note that off-campus access to Kotar requires VPN.
Please see this UIS webpage for information on how to obtain VPN access: https://help.uis.cam.ac.uk/service/network-services/remote-access/uis-vpn

Kotar is a digital library of Israeli-published academic books on topics including Israel studies, Judaic studies, Jewish history, humanities, social sciences and more.
Kotobarabia database This link opens in a new window Access to ebooks within the Arab Leaders, Historians and Philosophers Collection. Approximately 5,000 titles, mainly in Arabic, on Arab culture, religion, philosophy and political thought.
KU Open Research Library This link opens in a new window A range of Open Access works in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and STEMM. Books are available to read online or download as PDFs. Users can browse by subject or run an Advanced Search for titles by language, publisher, content type and more.
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An individual account is required to access the full-text content. If you are a Cambridge-registered student or staff member, please sign up on the Kyobo website and contact korean@lib.cam.ac.uk for approval.
Access to selected Korean language titles courtesy of the Korea Foundation.

Literature Online (LION) This link opens in a new window Literature Online (Lion) includes a collection of over 349,000 works of poetry, drama, and prose with complementary reference and critical resources. Literature Online's primary texts include English poetry from 600 to the present, American and African-American poetry from 1603 to the present, The Faber Poetry Library, English drama from 1280 to 1915, and English prose from 1500 to 1900, among others. Secondary sources include the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature from 1920 onward, with links to articles in JSTOR, LIFT, a literary journal index with full text of selected articles, the King James Bible, Webster's Dictionary, links to selected Web resources, and biographical information.
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Lived Places Publishing ebooks This link opens in a new window This ebook collection comprises 40 titles in the Humanities and Social Sciences which explore the intersection of social identity and place.
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Manchester Film & Media Studies This link opens in a new window A growing collection of books and one journal "Film Studies", published by Manchester University Press, covering all aspects of film and media studies. From volumes on a wide range of British, French, Spanish and Latin American filmmakers to debates and issues that are informing current practice in film and screen studies.
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Manchester Hive This link opens in a new window One year subscription to all ebooks (excluding digital textbooks) on the Manchester Hive platform, including the following subject collections: Gothic, History of Medicine, International Relations, Literature Studies, Political Studies, Religious Studies. Access also includes MUP ebooks that are not part of a collection. Perpetual access to selected ebooks, including ebooks in the following collections: Film Studies, Medieval Sources Online, Shakespeare and Studies in Imperialism.
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Manchester Medieval Sources Online This link opens in a new window From the terror of the Black Death to the drama of the Norman invasion, Manchester Medieval Sources Online brings alive the reality of life in the medieval world through these first hand accounts, many translated into English for the first time. The collection also provides extensive introductory and explanatory material which will enable a beginner in the area to understand the variety of interpretations the sources have had, and any linguistic problems that have been controversial.
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Manchester Shakespeare This link opens in a new window A growing collection of books published by Manchester University Press covering a wealth of historical, social and cultural critiques of Shakespeare's works, plus the works of his contemporaries.
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Manchester Studies in Imperialism This link opens in a new window A growing collection of books delivering scholarship on cultural encounters between the coloniser and colonised, the circulation of power through the production and organisation of colonial knowledge, and the construction of identity both at the heart and on the margins of empire.
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Manioc This link opens in a new window Digital library specializing in the Caribbean, the Amazon, the Guyana Plateau and the regions or centres of interest linked to these territories. Includes textual, audio, iconographic documents and references concerning the cultural, social, economic or political history of these countries.
Maruzen eBook Library This link opens in a new window Selective Japanese-language academic monographs.
McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering This link opens in a new window A reference and teaching platform that delivers interdisciplinary engineering content integrated with analytical teaching and learning tools. The content includes books, videos, spreadsheets, case studies, solution walkthroughs and tutorials.
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Milne Open Textbooks This link opens in a new window A catalog of open textbooks authored and peer-reviewed by SUNY faculty and staff. Previously called Open SUNY Textbooks
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Mohr Siebeck This link opens in a new window A Tübingen based independent publisher specializing in Theology and Law, but also publishing in a range of fields across the Humanities including Ancient Studies, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, History, Philosophy, Sociology and Economics. Availability: selective ebook titles only.

Nomos eLibrary This link opens in a new window We have purchased a handful of titles on this mostly German-language academic platform.
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Noor Digital Library This link opens in a new window A digital library for Arabic e-books that contains thousands of books in all fields.

O'Reilly Audiobooks This link opens in a new window
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Requires Raven on-campus.
Over 2000 audiobook titles covering a range of subject areas: Computer Science, STEM, Business & Management, Social Sciences and more.
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Requires Raven on-campus.
A collection of ebooks, audiobooks and other multimedia material on a wide range of subjects, with a particular strength in technology.
OAPEN This link opens in a new window A multidisciplinary Open Access library of 2600+ titles from European publishers freely available as PDF files, including titles in several languages. Includes 90 titles from UK publishers under the OAPEN-UK JISC ebooks project.
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Open Book Publishers This link opens in a new window Open Access works including monographs, edited collections, critical editions and textbooks across the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and STEM.
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Open Edition ebooks This link opens in a new window Ebooks in the humanities and social sciences, mostly in French and Spanish. More than half are available open access. We have purchased selected titles only from the remaining catalogue.
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Open SUNY Textbooks
See Milne Open Textbooks
Ovid This link opens in a new window 4 medical etextbooks
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Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
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Oxford Chemistry Primers Collection (via Science Trove) This link opens in a new window The books in the renowned Oxford Chemistry Primers series provide accessible accounts of a range of essential topics in chemistry and chemical engineering. Access to 100 Chemistry textbooks on the Oxford Science Trove platform.
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography This link opens in a new window 60,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the earliest times to the year 2012.
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Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window Archaeology, Business and Management, Classical Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Economics & Finance, History, Law, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, and Sociology.
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Oxford History of Western Music This link opens in a new window Online version of the five-volume Oxford History of Western Music by Richard Taruskin
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Oxford Law Trove This link opens in a new window A collection of about 200 law textbooks published by Oxford University Press.
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Oxford Legal Research Library This link opens in a new window Access to all four available modules; Financial & Banking Law (55 titles), International Commercial Arbitration (42 titles), International Commercial Law (27 titles),and Private International Law (22 titles).
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Oxford Medical Handbooks This link opens in a new window Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialities, Oxford Handbook of Opthalmology, Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry as well as further medical titles.
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Oxford Medical Textbooks This link opens in a new window Access to Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine (6th edition) and Oxford Textbook of Medicine (6th edition).
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Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window 2 million digitized entries across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.
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Oxford Research Encyclopedias This link opens in a new window Cambridge University now has access to all the OREs which currently comprise the following subjects: African history; American history; Anthropology; Asian history; Business & Management; Climate science; Communication; Criminology and Criminal justice; Economics and Finance; Education; Social work; Environmental science; Global public health; International studies; Latin American history; Linguistics; Literature; Natural hazard science; Neuroscience; Physics; Planetary science; Politics; Psychology; Religion.
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Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law This link opens in a new window OSAIL includes all of Oxford's leading general texts such as Oppenheim's International Law and Rosalyn Higgins' Problems and Process. It also includes all of the titles in the Oxford Commentaries on International Law such as the commentaries on UN Charter edited by Bruno Simma, on the Statute of the ICJ edited by Andreas Zimmermann, and on the Torture Convention by Manfred Nowak. In addition it includes all titles from the Oxford International Law Library series and other selected authoritative works by authors such as James Crawford, Christine Gray, William Schabas, and Dinah Shelton.
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ProQuest Academic Complete/Ebook Central This link opens in a new window Multi-disciplinary platform offering 180,000+ academic ebooks on subscription as well as access to permanently owned ebooks. Raven login needed on campus for printing, copying & downloading. Incorporates all content previously hosted on Ebrary and MyiLibrary.
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Routledge African Studies (via Knowledge Unlatched) This link opens in a new window A diverse range of books on all sub-disciplines of African, and African diaspora studies, published Open Access via Knowledge Unlatched. It is expected that authorship includes both international scholars, and scholars working within the continent.
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Salem Press Online This link opens in a new window Literature (English, MML) and History
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Springer Synthesis Collection of Technology ebooks This link opens in a new window Selective Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computing titles published from 2005 to 2023.
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Stahl Online (on Cambridge Core) This link opens in a new window Provides full access to the entire current portfolio of neuropsychopharmacology books by Dr Stephen M. Stahl.
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Translated Texts for Historians E-Library This link opens in a new window Historical sources from A.D. 300–800 translated into English. 62 volumes including important early medieval texts in translation, with scholarship from leading academics.

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Wiley AGU Geophysical Monograph Series This link opens in a new window This ebook collection comprises over 270 in-depth reference works in the Earth and space sciences, often with an interdisciplinary element. Works in the collection are usually edited compilations and include the latest developments in methods and techniques, literature reviews, recent advances, case studies and applications.
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