E-Books

Subscription based e-book collections are available in the Online Catalog / Discovery System as well as the Database page.  Additional public domain e-book collections are also listed here.  Public domain e-books are available to anyone to read.  Public domain e-books may also be used for research, however, these materials must still be cited in your work.

Popular Reading Public Domain E-book Collections

Project Gutenberg 
Many Books.net
Librivox (Public domain audiobooks)
International Children’s Digital Library

Academic Public Domain E-book Collections

National Academies Press
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Princeton Theological Commons
Loebolus – Loeb’s Classical library titles available in the public domain that are available as PDFs.
Wesleyan-Holiness Digital Library
Open Access Digital Theological Library

Information about our Electronic Books in our Online Catalog

Many of the electronic books available in our online catalog are available for download to your computer!  JSTOR ebooks can be downloaded by chapters and Netlibrary books can download specific pages.

Electronic books in our databases and catalogs are available for use by everyone on our library computers.  Students, faculty, and staff are also able to access e-books remotely.

Remember when you download an ebook from our catalog, it will download directly to the device you are using.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Young Library at 606-474-3240.