Research Guides: Downloading MCC Library eBooks: Welcome

eBook Collection (EBSCO) sample book

JSTOR provides access to over 6,000 eBooks from 75+.publishers. To search the Book collection visit JSTOR.

Enter your search term in the box and click Search.

On the results page, narrow the results to eBooks by checking the box next to "Books" in under "Primary Source Content" on the left side of the page.

On the results page, click on the title of the book you want. This will open the record for the eBook. From here you can:

Choose Full Download when you find a book.
You will be prompted to Sign In with or Create a My EBSCOHost account (this is separate from your EasyLogin).
Check out (Choose 1 – 21 days).
Download chapter or book (PDF or EPUB) to laptop or mobile device.

Chapter and book download both require free Adobe Digital Editions software installed and authorized (first time only) with Adobe ID.
Mobile devices (iOS and Android) need to use the EBSCO Mobile app.

For more information about EBSCO ebooks, see this video (2:54).

Directory of Open Access Books
A directory of academic, peer reviewed open access books.
SpringerOpen eBooks
Open Library
An open-access digital library project run by the Internet Archive.
HathiTrust Digital Library
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Project Gutenberg
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National Academies Press Free eBooks
Created by the National Academy of Sciences to publish the reports of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine with more than 8,500 titles in PDF format.
NCBI Bookshef
Provides free online access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.
OAPEN Library
Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN) Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences.
World Digital Library
Project of the U.S. Library of Congress and UNESCO. Makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from all countries and cultures.