Databases by type: eBook Collections

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Collection of ebooks covering history and literary criticism. Includes large a collection of slave narratives. 

Ancient times-present
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Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains  virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere.

1473-1700
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Scholarly ebooks on all subjects, with over 250,000 titles available.

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The EBSCO eBook collection includes over 140,000 titles in a wide-variety of subjects, including Literature, Technology, Career & Self Help, how-to books, and much more.

2000-present
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(formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library)

Provides full text access to more than 250 reference sources, primarily encyclopedias.

2000-present
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Users must create a Hoopla account to access. Choose "Appalachian State University" as your library. For "Library Card" enter your email address, and then register with your App State email address.

Downloadable audio and ebooks on a variety of topics, including language learning, history, biography, classic literature, and more. Compatible with all popular e-readers that support apps.

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Core scholarly journals, ebooks, and images from a range of disciplines, with full-text searching and DRM-free downloads.

1800s-present (2-5 yr embargo)
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MackinVIA offers a  growing collection of eBooks for students from pre-kindergarten through middle grades.

2000-present
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Provides access to fiction and nonfiction content from North Carolina publishers.

1949-present
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From "Select your institution," choose "Institution not listed" and enter your App State e-mail, or log in with an existing account.

Online access to 30,000+ technical books, videos, interactive tutorials, case studies, learning paths, and audio books from O'Reilly & Associates and other publishers.

2004-present
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Find free, open textbooks for frequently taught courses at North Carolina’s colleges and universities.

Current
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Find ebooks from libraries across the country. Create a username and password to borrow up to five books at a time.

1500-present
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OverDrive eBooks allows faculty, students and staff to borrow eBooks and audiobooks and download them to computers and portable devices.

Current
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Oxford Scholarship Online offers access to about 18,000 Oxford eBooks in a wide range of subject areas. Downloadable chapters (pdf) for off-line viewing.

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Recent Researches in Music Online provides access to the complete content of the seven Recent Researches in Music series, scholarly performance editions of music.

2018-present
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Sage Knowledge provides full text access to more than 200 social science encyclopedias and over 100 handbooks.

1994-present
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Taylor & Francis eBooks provides full text access to approximately 36,000 ebooks in science, technology, engineering, medical, humanities, and social science.

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Featuring over 20,000 scholarly and professional books, handbooks, dictionaries, companions, and landmark book series.

2005-present
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