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Electronic Books

 

Contact

Debora Cheney
Head, Library Services to World Campus/PSU Online and the Foster Communications Librarian
814-863-1345

Additional help available:
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E-Books at Penn State

E-books from a variety of academic publishers are being added to the Libraries’ collections and are available for all campus locations; on and off-campus; and may require your PSU Access ID to use.

Search for electronic books throughout the University Libraries:

Free online e-books

Free online e-books
  Dates # of E-Books Downloadable Print & Copy Notes, Bookmarking, & Highlighting
Google Books Pre 1900 - Current unknown Yes for
Out of Copyright Books
(PDF, EPUB)
YES for
Out of Copyright Books (PDF, EPUB)
NO
Project Gutenberg Pre 1900 - Mid 1900s 33,000+ YES
(HTML, EPUB, Kindle)
YES NO
National Academies Press 1994 - Current 4,000+ YES
(PDF)
YES NO
Hathi Trust Pre 1500 - 2009 9,500,000+ Yes
PDF
YES NO

Local Public Libraries eBooks

Many public libraries are also offering growing collections of e-books and audiobooks — check with your local public library.

Some Pennsylvania local libraries offering additional downloadable e-books and audiobooks include: