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OneSearch - Books & Media (CSU Stanislaus)
On a search results page, limit to Full-text Online (under Available at CSU Stanislaus) and Books (under Resource Type)
Full-text of 100,000+ books (15th - 17th centuries)
Over 100,000 current books from scholarly publishers available for online viewing via the CSU Stanislaus Library. Entries that say "unlimited copies" are from the Academic Complete yearly subscription. Books limited to 1-3 simultaneous users are permanently owned by CSU Stanislaus.
Net Library electronic books in business and economics, computer science, education, psychology, science, social science and reference.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference works in the arts, biography, business, education, history, law, literature, medicine, religion, science and social science.
ACLS Humanities/History E-Books
Full-text of 2000+ scholarly books in history & related humanities
Full-text of 100,000+ books (15th - 17th centuries)
Titles in psychology, counseling, social services, and education (2005-2011, 2016).
Full-text of 4000+ guides on information technology topics, including networking, operating systems, and programming.
Directory of Open Access Books
Academic works published under the Open Access model.
Selected books available for free. Others allow a limited preview before a purchase is required.
Over 2 million public domain titles.
Historical (19th century) books and journal articles made available by Cornell (200 books and 100,000 journal articles) and the University of Michigan (10,000 books & 50,000 articles)
Links to the text of over 25,000 books available online.
A library of over 18,000 free ebooks whose copyright has expired in the USA (e.g. classic books published before the 1920's).
Over 700 scholarly works published by the University of California (1982-2004)
Scholarly encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks/manuals that provide overviews or introductions to academic topics compiled by experts in the field
Oxford Reference Online Premium
Reference Ebooks in the Library Catalog
(1000+ encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks)
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Encyclopedia of Political Science
Grove Dictionary of Art Online
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Campus Resources
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