RPCC Library eBook Collections
RPCC Library subscribes to several ebook collections.
- Book Collection: Nonfiction (EBSCOhost)
- Credo Reference
- eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
- eBook Business Collection (EBSCOhost)
- eBook Community College Collection (EBSCOhost)
- eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) - Core Collection
- eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) - Core Collection - Special Topic: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Collection
- eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) - Core Collection - Special Topic: Health Sciences Collection
- eBook Nursing Collection (EBSCOhost)
- Duke University Press eBooks
- IEEE Xplore NOW Press eBooks
- JSTOR: Find ebooks as well as articles.
- LearningExpress PrepSTEP: Search each collection for relevant ebooks
- O'Reilly for Higher Education
- Oxford Academic: Very Short Introductions - Arts and Humanities
- Oxford Reference
- R2 Digital Library - Rittenhouse
- Salem Press - Full-text reference books in literature, history, science, & health
- Taylor & Francis Custom eBook Collection
Public eBook Collections
Most free ebooks in these collections are no longer under copyright and are very old. These are good sources for classical literature and historical works.
- eBooks and Texts from Internet Archive
- Hathi Trust (note that not all are free)
- Google Books (may include links to book sellers)
- Online Books Page from the University of Pennsylvania Library; find links to books and other materials publicly available online
- Open Library from Internet Archive
- Project Gutenberg
- Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Online Books
- Standard Ebooks - beautifully curated classical and early 20th century works
- Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)