E-Textbook Platforms
- RedShelfPlatform that distributes dynamic digital course materials and offers an end-to-end content delivery system to help publishing partners efficiently deliver those materials to faculty and students. Students must pay to access ebook titles, costs are less then print book purchases.
- VitalSourcePlatform providing students digital access to course materials and texts. Students must pay to access ebook titles, costs are less then print book purchases.
- LibreTextsAn easy-to-use online platform for the construction, customization, and dissemination of open educational resources (OER) in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Explore the libraries by subject area.
E-book Collections
- HathiTrust Digital LibraryHathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
- Open Library, Internet ArchiveBooks are available to one borrower at a time using controlled digital lending.
To access the books, you will need to Sign Up for a Free Account.
- See also the Internet Archives Book collection
- Project GutenbergLibrary of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online.
BPL Resources
- Sign up for a Boston Public Library ecard.
- Anyone who lives, works or goes to school in Massachusetts can apply for one.
- The BPL offers a number of online resources including ebooks, audiobooks, newspapers, journals and streaming media.
Library's Ebook Collections
Selected ebook collections (See complete list)
- Books at JSTOR This link opens in a new windowBooks at JSTOR offers more than 15,000 DRM-free, unlimited-user ebooks from renowned scholarly publishers, integrated with journalson the JSTOR platform.
Note: AND, OR, NOT must be entered in all uppercase. (See further details.) - Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowAll journal titles in Project MUSE are peer reviewed, scholarly titles. Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.
- ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowProQuest Ebook Central provides ebooks from scholarly sources, including University Presses and other top publishers. To create a personal bookshelf or to access off-campus, sign in using your Emmanuel username and password. For more details on using Ebook Central explore the Proquest LibGuide.