E-Books
There are many sources for free e-books on the Web. Most of these books are in the Public Domain, which means they are free of copyright, which essentially means no one is getting paid when you use them. However, even if something is in the Public Domain you must still cite your source if you use it.
ebrary "Open Access" Collections freely available collections of important materials
Audio
LibriVox MP3s and Podcasts of poems, plays and books in the public domain
Text
ebrary collection on Cyber Bullying
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts Western philosophy, American literature, and British literary works.
American Verse Project More than 170 volumes of American poetry written prior to 1920.
Bartelby.com Verse, fiction, nonfiction, quotations, and reference works.
The Internet Public Library Online Texts Collection - Books, stories, essays, poems, articles, dramas, letters, and speeches.
University of Virginia Electronic Text Center - Humanities texts in 12 languages, with more than 350,000 related images.
Botanicus 18th and 19th century botanical literature
The British Library Manuscripts, translated text transcriptions
eScholarship Editions Books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction.
Google Books Select "Full view only" to retrieve whole books online.
The Online Books Page Books and periodicals, selected for scholarly content.
Open Content Alliance Digitized text and multimedia content.
TEAMS Middle English Texts
Open Library
Universal Digital Library
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg Australia
The On-Line Books Page
ebrary "Open Access" Collections freely available collections of important materials
Audio
LibriVox MP3s and Podcasts of poems, plays and books in the public domain
Text
ebrary collection on Cyber Bullying
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts Western philosophy, American literature, and British literary works.
American Verse Project More than 170 volumes of American poetry written prior to 1920.
Bartelby.com Verse, fiction, nonfiction, quotations, and reference works.
The Internet Public Library Online Texts Collection - Books, stories, essays, poems, articles, dramas, letters, and speeches.
University of Virginia Electronic Text Center - Humanities texts in 12 languages, with more than 350,000 related images.
Botanicus 18th and 19th century botanical literature
The British Library Manuscripts, translated text transcriptions
eScholarship Editions Books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction.
Google Books Select "Full view only" to retrieve whole books online.
The Online Books Page Books and periodicals, selected for scholarly content.
Open Content Alliance Digitized text and multimedia content.
TEAMS Middle English Texts
Open Library
Universal Digital Library
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg Australia
The On-Line Books Page
