Forbes Library Subject Guides

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A collection of children's books from around the world with a kid friendly interface.

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A collection of children's books from around the world with a kid friendly interface.

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International Children's Digital Library
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
A collection of children's books from around the world with a kid friendly interface.

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Book Yards
http://www.bookyards.com/index.html
A collection of free e-books. Contains many classic titles, but also lets users upload and distribute their own books.

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Many Books
http://manybooks.net/
A free e-book site. Many titles come from project Gutenberg.

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Need help with your e-reader? Sign up for a 1/2 hour tutorial with one of our librarians. (Please ignore the ads, it's a free calendar site)

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(:feature-box E-reader help available!:) Need help with your e-reader? Sign up for a 1/2 hour tutorial with one of our librarians. (Please ignore the ads, it's a free calendar site) (:feature-box-end:)

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Need help with your e-reader? Sign up for a 1/2 hour tutorial with one of our librarians: E-Reader Help. (Please ignore the ads, it's a free calendar site)

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Need help with your e-reader? Sign up for a 1/2 hour tutorial with one of our librarians: E-Reader Help. (Please ignore the ads, it's a free calendar site)

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Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library
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Neotake
A powerful search engine for finding e-books in a variety of formats. Search results may include free and non-free books. You can limit your results to free titles only if you want.

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Our Favorites

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Our Favorites Sources of E-books

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Additional Sources of E-Books

Flat World Knowledge
A provider free e-books for use as college texts. Books are written by expert authors, peer-reviewed, and professionally edited and developed.

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Additional Sources of E-books

Selected by Forbes Library staff. You may suggest an addition or change to this list.

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Flat World Knowledge
A provider free e-books for use as college texts. Books are written by expert authors, peer-reviewed, and professionally edited and developed.

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C/W Mars Digital Catalog (Overdrive)\\

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Our Favorites

C/W Mars Digital Catalog (Overdrive)\\

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C/W Mars Digital Catalog includes downloadable e-books, audiobooks, and video.

Google books \\

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C/W Mars Digital Catalog includes downloadable e-books, audiobooks, and video. Requires a library card from a C/W Mars library (like Forbes).

Google books \\

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A vast collection of books digitized by Google, many of which can be downloaded as a PDF or EPUB e-book

Project Gutenberg\\

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A vast collection of books digitized by Google, many of which can be downloaded as a PDF or EPUB e-book

Project Gutenberg\\

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Search this site to find and download over 20,000 free books!

BAEN Free Library\\

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Is a volunteer effort to transcribe public domain books and make them available as e-books in a variety of formats. Search this site to find and download over 20,000 free books!

Additional Sources of E-Books

Flat World Knowledge
A provider free e-books for use as college texts. Books are written by expert authors, peer-reviewed, and professionally edited and developed.
BAEN Free Library\\

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Free e-books from science fiction publisher Bean. These titles are available freely online and are downloadable in a number of formats, without restrictions.

Book Lending\\

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Free e-books from science fiction publisher Bean. These titles are available freely online and are downloadable in a number of formats, without restrictions.

Book Lending\\

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A website that matches lenders and borrows of Kindle e-books.

Digital Book Index\\

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A website that matches lenders and borrows of Kindle e-books.

Digital Book Index\\

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A site that provides links to more than 165,00 full-text digital books. Supports iPad, Kindle and Nook readers.

E-Discover the Classics\\

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A site that provides links to more than 165,00 full-text digital books. Supports iPad, Kindle and Nook readers.

E-Discover the Classics\\

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The Colorado Library Consortium and Douglas County (Colo.) collaborated to create this site which contains 500 classics by authors such as Twain, Austen and O. Henry.

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The Colorado Library Consortium and Douglas County (Colo.) collaborated to create this site which contains 500 classics by authors such as Twain, Austen and O. Henry.

epubBooks.com\\

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A site devoted to providing e-books in EPUB format.

Free-eBooks.net\\

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A site devoted to providing e-books in EPUB format.

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Unlimited access to e-books in HTML format and access to five e-books every month in PDF or TXT formats.

HathiTrust\\

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Unlimited access to e-books in HTML format and access to five e-books every month in PDF or TXT formats.

HathiTrust\\

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HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries. The HathiTrust Digital Library brings together the immense collections of partner institutions in digital form.

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HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries. The HathiTrust Digital Library brings together the immense collections of partner institutions in digital form.

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This search engine can find free e-books as well as compare prices for the Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader and other devices.

The Internet Archive\\

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This search engine can find free e-books as well as compare prices for the Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader and other devices.

The Internet Archive\\

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The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.

Munseys\\

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The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.

Munseys\\

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Offering 20,000 titles in twelves formats.

The Online Books Page\\

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Offering 20,000 titles in twelves formats.

The Online Books Page\\

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A website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet.

Open Library\\

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A website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet.

Open Library\\

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An online site of more than one million books.

Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library\\

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An online site of more than one million books.

Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library\\

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BAEN Free Library
http://www.baen.com/library/
Free e-books from science fiction publisher Bean. These titles are available freely online and are downloadable in a number of formats, without restrictions.

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epubBooks.com
http://www.epubbooks.com/
A site devoted to providing e-books in EPUB format.

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HathiTrust
http://www.hathitrust.org/
HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries. The HathiTrust Digital Library brings together the immense collections of partner institutions in digital form.

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The Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/
The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.

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The Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/
The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.

HathiTrust
http://www.hathitrust.org/
HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries. The HathiTrust Digital Library brings together the immense collections of partner institutions in digital form.

epubBooks.com
http://www.epubbooks.com/
A site devoted to providing e-books in EPUB format.

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The National Yiddish Book Center is a non-profit organization working to rescue Yiddish books and share their content with the world. More than 10,000 titles are now available free-of-charge through the Open Content Alliance.

BAEN Free Library
http://www.baen.com/library/
Free e-books from science fiction publisher Bean. These titles are available freely online and are downloadable in a number of formats, without restrictions.

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The National Yiddish Book Center is a non-profit organization working to rescue Yiddish books and share their content with the world. More than 10,000 titles are now available free-of-charge through the Open Content Alliance.

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Book Lending
http://www.booklending.com/
A website that matches lenders and borrows of Kindle e-books.

Digital Book Index
http://www.digitalbookindex.com/about.htm/
A site that provides links to more than 165,00 full-text digital books. Supports iPad, Kindle and Nook readers.

E-Discover the Classics
http://www.clicweb.org/e-discover-home/
The Colorado Library Consortium and Douglas County (Colo.) collaborated to create this site which contains 500 classics by authors such as Twain, Austen and O. Henry.

Free-eBooks.net
http://www.free-ebooks.net/
Unlimited access to e-books in HTML format and access to five e-books every month in PDF or TXT formats.

Inkmesh
http://inkmesh.com/
This search engine can find free e-books as well as compare prices for the Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader and other devices.

Munseys
http://www.munseys.com/
Offering 20,000 titles in twelves formats.

The Online Books Page
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
A website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet.

Open Library
http://openlibrary.org/
An online site of more than one million books.

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The National Yiddish Book Center is a non-profit organization working to rescue Yiddish books and share their content with the world. More than 10,000 titles are now available free-of-charge through the Open Content Alliance.

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The National Yiddish Book Center is a non-profit organization working to rescue Yiddish books and share their content with the world. More than 10,000 titles are now available free-of-charge through the Open Content Alliance.

BAEN Free Library
http://www.baen.com/library/
Free e-books from science fiction publisher Bean. These titles are available freely online and are downloadable in a number of formats, without restrictions.

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The Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/
The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public.

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HathiTrust
http://www.hathitrust.org/
HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries. The HathiTrust Digital Library brings together the immense collections of partner institutions in digital form.

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C/W Mars Digital Catalog (Overdrive)
http://digitalbooks.cwmars.org/
C/W Mars Digital Catalog includes downloadable e-books, audiobooks, and video.

Google books
http://books.google.com/
A vast collection of books digitized by Google, many of which can be downloaded as a PDF or EPUB e-book

Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/
Search this site to find and download over 20,000 free books!

epubBooks.com
http://www.epubbooks.com/
A site devoted to providing e-books in EPUB format.

Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library
http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/books/browse
The National Yiddish Book Center is a non-profit organization working to rescue Yiddish books and share their content with the world. More than 10,000 titles are now available free-of-charge through the Open Content Alliance.

E-books

Books.E-books History

Our Favorites

Our Favorites Sources of E-books

Additional Sources of E-Books

Additional Sources of E-books

Our Favorites

Additional Sources of E-Books