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NetLibrary - NetLibrary eBooks are digital full-text versions of books such as reference works, scholarly monographs, literature and fiction. The J. Robert Van Pelt Library provides access to over 12,600 individual titles. NetLibrary requires users to have a MTU IP address, an ISO password or to have established an individual user account through JRVP.

 

 

Springer English/International eBook Collection - The Springer English/International Complete eBook Collection consists of all Springer English/International eBooks that have the copyright years from 2005 through 2008.  These eBooks include Reference Works, Monographs and Book Series.  23 book series that are part of this Collection have access going back to 1997.

 

CliffsNotes - Study guides written by teachers and professors. CliffsNotes literature guides are now available for free online viewing. The guides include notes about the author, summaries and analysis or commentaries, plus critical essays, and online quizzes.

 

Making of America - "Making of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology. The collection currently contains approximately 9,500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints."

 

Michigan County Histories - The Michigan County Histories collection provides keyword searching and page-by-page access to digitized reproductions of Michigan county atlases and histories as a resource for historical and genealogical research. There are 202 volumes in 170 titles currently online.  When completed, the collection will provide access to 192 histories dating from 1866 to 1926.

 

National Academy Press  - NAP publishes books by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States. The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health, capturing the most authoritative views on important issues in science and health policy. More than 3,000 titles are available online for free. Check the JRVP Online catalog for print copies if the book you want is not available for free.

 

Project Gutenberg - Project Gutenberg is the Internet's oldest producer of free electronic books. The collection consists of books no longer covered by copyright, generally books published before 1923. This includes classic books from authors like Shakespeare, Poe, and Dante as well as favorites like the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Tarzan and Mars books of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as told by Lewis Carroll and thousands of others. The collection offers over 6,250 titles and adds titles yearly through a network of volunteers.

 

The Online Books Page - The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. Indexing provided to more than 20,000 free English language works available for personal, noncommercial use. The Online Books Page was founded, and is edited, by John Mark Ockerbloom. He is a digital library planner and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. He is solely responsible for the content of the site. The site is hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Library.

 

Wright American Fiction 1851-1875 - "This is a collection of 19th century American fiction, as listed in Lyle Wright's bibliography American Fiction, 1851-1875. There are currently 2,887 volumes included (1,763 unedited, 1,124 fully edited and encoded) by 1,456 authors."

 

 

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