Over 140,000 recent e-books from university presses and other scholarly publishers. Individual titles are listed in Virgo.
Includes Every Voice: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion collection.
Time-limited full text downloads*
PDF, EPUB
*Some titles cannot be downloaded. Full text downloads require Adobe Digital Editions. See ProQuest's article How to download a book for offline reading for more information.
Most titles are unlimited multi-user access, but some are limited to single user or 3-users. To determine a book's status, once on Ebook Central, look under Availability for “Your institution has unlimited access to this book” or “Your institution has access to 1 copy (or 3 copies) of this book.”
Search the books, magazines, and journals Google has scanned from libraries and publishers.Choose "About this book" for abstract, table of contents, and books and articles related to the book.
Full text downloads for books in the public domain*
PDF, EPUB
The Google Play Books & Audiobooks app for iOS and Android allows users to download and read e-books in-app.†
*You can search books available for download using the Free books in Google Books search page.
†Use of the mobile app requires a Google account. There is no way to directly filter for free books in the mobile app.
HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository which provides long-term preservation and access services for public domain and in copyright content from a variety of sources, totaling nearly 11 million titles. All users can view the content online, but only UVa-affiliated researchers can download titles for offline use.
API available, more information here: APIs for Scholarly Research
Full text and individual page downloads available for items that have the "Full View" option*
*Not all items have the "Full View" option.