Large collection of e-books. Topics include history, archaeology, area studies, art, folklore, literature, music, philosophy, political science, religion, and women's studies. Individual titles are listed in Virgo.
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Each of the several hundred Cambridge Companions is a collection of introductory essays on aspects of a writer, artist, philosopher, religious thinker, cultural topic or period.
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Search for ebooks by title, author, keyword, subject, publisher, ISBN, DOI, or full text.
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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.
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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.”
Electronic books by university presses and other scholarly publishers, as well as a collection of older titles by major authors. Individual titles are listed in Virgo.
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Time-limited full text downloads*, print to PDF (100 page limit)
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Project MUSE hosts more than 800 journals and more than 90,000 books covering the humanities and social sciences from nearly 400 leading university presses, scholarly societies, and related publishers.
Full text downloads, chapter/content section downloads
PDF, Compressed PDF
Taylorfrancis.com is a single destination platform for all academic e-book content from Taylor & Francis, Routledge, and CRC Press.
Full text downloads and chapter/content section downloads available for some books*
PDF, EPUB
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Includes "Bulk Download" option for titles to which we have full access.
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These titles are just a few examples of books related to digital humanities topics. Look in Virgo for the latest titles purchased by the library.