The Colgate University Libraries e-book collection has been growing since 2001 and there are at least 355,919 titles in our collection. E-books are conveniently accessible “anytime and anywhere” (even when you are off campus) and in many cases are available to multiple users at the same time. Most of these titles are listed in our online catalog. After conducting a keyword search in the online catalog, look for an option on the left to refine your search by a collection called “online resources”.
This guide focuses on collections of ebooks rather than individual titles.
General collections accessible only to Colgate
ebrary Academic Complete
The Academic Complete collection from ebrary consists of over 70,000 full text scholarly ebooks. Records will be added to the online catalog over then next few months making discovery easier. There are no limits on simultaneous use which will allow faculty to link to the titles for course reserves. Users can download many of the books on to ereaders including Ipads, Iphones and other devices supporting Adobe Digital Editions for up to 14 days.
Netlibrary
Provides access to a variety of eBooks accessible to Colgate. These titles are shared with users at other libraries and only one user at a time may use a title. If you encounter a title which indicates it is in use, you can request a hold and be notified when the title is available.
MyiLibrary - Selected 2009 and 2010 imprints from Cambridge, Oxford, Routledge, and Palgrave. To find what titles are in the collection search "MyiLIbrary" in our online catalog.
General collections available freely on the internet
Google Books
Coverage: varies. Search the full text of books to find ones that interest you and learn where to buy or borrow them. Many of the works have only selective content, however, with no links back to library owned content.
Digital Scholarship has released version 7 of the Google
Books Bibliography, which presents over 325 selected
English-language articles and other works that are useful in
understanding Google Books. It primarily focuses on the
evolution of Google Books and the legal, library, and social
issues associated with it, especially the Google Book
Settlement.
Hathi Trust Digital Library HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. As of April 2011, HathiTrust has digitized over 8.5 million volumes, only 26% of which are public domain (published prior to 1923). 48% of the total collection is in the English language and the rest come from a wide variety of foreign languages.
Internet Archive Texts - more info about the Archive.
Project Gutenberg - As of November 2010[update], Project Gutenberg claimed over 34,000 items in its collection. Most are in the public domain
European LIbrary 
Search the content of European national libraries.
Manuscriptorium: Bulding Virtual Research Environment for the Phere of Historical resources -The Manuscriptorium project is creating a virtual research environment providing access to all existing digital documents in the sphere of historic book resources (manuscripts, incunabula, early printed books, maps, charters and other types of documents).
ebrary Academic Complete
The Academic Complete collection from ebrary consists of over 70,000 full text scholarly ebooks. Records will be added to the online catalog over then next few months making discovery easier. There are no limits on simultaneous use which will allow faculty to link to the titles for course reserves. Users can download many of the books on to ereaders including Ipads, Iphones and other devices supporting Adobe Digital Editions for up to 14 days.
Netlibrary
Provides access to a variety of eBooks accessible to Colgate. These titles are shared with users at other libraries and only one user at a time may use a title. If you encounter a title which indicates it is in use, you can request a hold and be notified when the title is available.
MyiLibrary - Selected 2009 and 2010 imprints from Cambridge, Oxford, Routledge, and Palgrave. To find what titles are in the collection search "MyiLIbrary" in our online catalog.
General collections available freely on the internet
Google Books
Coverage: varies. Search the full text of books to find ones that interest you and learn where to buy or borrow them. Many of the works have only selective content, however, with no links back to library owned content.
Digital Scholarship has released version 7 of the Google
Books Bibliography, which presents over 325 selected
English-language articles and other works that are useful in
understanding Google Books. It primarily focuses on the
evolution of Google Books and the legal, library, and social
issues associated with it, especially the Google Book
Settlement.
Hathi Trust Digital Library HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. As of April 2011, HathiTrust has digitized over 8.5 million volumes, only 26% of which are public domain (published prior to 1923). 48% of the total collection is in the English language and the rest come from a wide variety of foreign languages.
Internet Archive Texts - more info about the Archive.
Project Gutenberg - As of November 2010[update], Project Gutenberg claimed over 34,000 items in its collection. Most are in the public domain
European LIbrary
Search the content of European national libraries.
Manuscriptorium: Bulding Virtual Research Environment for the Phere of Historical resources -The Manuscriptorium project is creating a virtual research environment providing access to all existing digital documents in the sphere of historic book resources (manuscripts, incunabula, early printed books, maps, charters and other types of documents).
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
covers: 1478-1700. Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Use Eighteenth Century Collections Online to access the digital images of every page of books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of millions of pages, the product allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more. . It delivers every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in Great Britain during the eighteenth century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
Americas Historical Imprints. Series I, Evans 1639-1800
Coverage: 1639-1800. Digitized from one of the most important collections ever produced on microform, this has been hailed as a definitive resource for researching every aspect of 17th- and 18th-century America.
Americas Historical Imprints. Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker 1801-1819
Provides a comprehensive set of American imprints published in the early part of the 19th century, including many state papers and early government materials which chronicle the political and geographic growth of the developing American nation.
Rotunda`s American Founding Era
These digital editions of the papers of many of the major figures of the early republic are presented in a fully searchable and interoperable online environment. Also included is the Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution
covers: 1478-1700. Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700 - from the first book printed in English by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Use Eighteenth Century Collections Online to access the digital images of every page of books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of millions of pages, the product allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more. . It delivers every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in Great Britain during the eighteenth century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
Americas Historical Imprints. Series I, Evans 1639-1800
Coverage: 1639-1800. Digitized from one of the most important collections ever produced on microform, this has been hailed as a definitive resource for researching every aspect of 17th- and 18th-century America.
Americas Historical Imprints. Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker 1801-1819
Provides a comprehensive set of American imprints published in the early part of the 19th century, including many state papers and early government materials which chronicle the political and geographic growth of the developing American nation.
Rotunda`s American Founding Era
These digital editions of the papers of many of the major figures of the early republic are presented in a fully searchable and interoperable online environment. Also included is the Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution
Humanities eBook Project
Coverage: varies. A digital collection of full-text titles offered by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). Previously was titled History eBook Project and all materials in that collection are in the Humanites eBook collection.
Literature Online [LION]
Coverage: 1920-present. A library of works of English and American poetry, drama and prose; literature journals and other criticism and reference sources.
Shakespeare Collection: Featuring The Arden Shakespeare Complete Works
Coverage: 16th century-present. A collection of authoritative materials including the most recent Arden Shakespeare editions of the complete works, as well as editions and adaptations of Shakespeare's works, other works published during Shakespeare's time, prompt books, the Gordon Crosse Theatrical Diaries, criticism, reviews, images, and reference.
Women Writers Project
Women Writers Online is a full-text collection of early women’s writing in English, published by the Brown University Women Writers Project. It includes full transcriptions of texts published between 1526 and 1850, focusing on materials that are rare or inaccessible. It includes Renaissance Women Online which is comprised of over 100 texts.
Coverage: varies. A digital collection of full-text titles offered by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). Previously was titled History eBook Project and all materials in that collection are in the Humanites eBook collection.
Literature Online [LION]
Coverage: 1920-present. A library of works of English and American poetry, drama and prose; literature journals and other criticism and reference sources.
Shakespeare Collection: Featuring The Arden Shakespeare Complete Works
Coverage: 16th century-present. A collection of authoritative materials including the most recent Arden Shakespeare editions of the complete works, as well as editions and adaptations of Shakespeare's works, other works published during Shakespeare's time, prompt books, the Gordon Crosse Theatrical Diaries, criticism, reviews, images, and reference.
Women Writers Project
Women Writers Online is a full-text collection of early women’s writing in English, published by the Brown University Women Writers Project. It includes full transcriptions of texts published between 1526 and 1850, focusing on materials that are rare or inaccessible. It includes Renaissance Women Online which is comprised of over 100 texts.
Gale Virtual Reference Center (Gale Group)
Coverage: varies. A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Sage eReference books
ABC-Clio eReference books
Oxford African American Studies Center 
Provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 8,000 articles by top scholars in the field. The core content includes: Africana, an account of the African and African American experience in five volumes, new Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 which documents the full range of the African American experience, the African American National Biography, and Black Women in America as well as primary source materials.
Oxford Art Online
Coverage: current. Grove Art Online has been relaunched as Oxford Art Online. Provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, also offering thumbnail art images, line drawings, and extensive image links.
Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Brings together the best current scholarship in the field and promotes accurate and informed understanding of the Islamic world. Encompassing over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Quranic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines, Oxford Islamic Studies Online offers a multi-layered reference experience.
Oxford Music Online
Coverage: current. Includes the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Grove's), the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music. Also contains musical examples available in sound and notated examples, links to sound examples via Classical Music Library and DRAM, and links to music bibliographies in the RILM database.
Coverage: varies. A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Sage eReference books
ABC-Clio eReference books
Oxford African American Studies Center
Provides students, scholars and librarians with more than 8,000 articles by top scholars in the field. The core content includes: Africana, an account of the African and African American experience in five volumes, new Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 which documents the full range of the African American experience, the African American National Biography, and Black Women in America as well as primary source materials.
Oxford Art Online
Coverage: current. Grove Art Online has been relaunched as Oxford Art Online. Provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, and the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, also offering thumbnail art images, line drawings, and extensive image links.
Oxford Islamic Studies Online
Brings together the best current scholarship in the field and promotes accurate and informed understanding of the Islamic world. Encompassing over 3,000 A-Z reference entries, chapters from scholarly and introductory works, Quranic materials, primary sources, images, and timelines, Oxford Islamic Studies Online offers a multi-layered reference experience.
Oxford Music Online
Coverage: current. Includes the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Grove's), the New Grove Dictionary of Opera, the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, the Oxford Dictionary of Music, and the Oxford Companion to Music. Also contains musical examples available in sound and notated examples, links to sound examples via Classical Music Library and DRAM, and links to music bibliographies in the RILM database.
Books24x7 (ITPRO)
Full text ebooks on networking, programming languages, desktop and office applications, the Web, computer hardware and software, databases and other information technology topics. To access these books you are required to register for a free account. Click here for a virtual tour.
Full text ebooks on networking, programming languages, desktop and office applications, the Web, computer hardware and software, databases and other information technology topics. To access these books you are required to register for a free account. Click here for a virtual tour.
Cambridge Histories Online
Currently the collection contains more than 258 digitized volumes from the esteemed Cambridge Histories series covering 15 subject areas. Useful for locating background information in almost any subject in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences.
OECD iLibrary Books Papers and Statistics
1998+ The OECD iLibrary contains books, articles, and statistics on international economics. In addition to the data, it contains analysis. Users can browse by theme or country. One can perfom searches across all the content or restrict searches to specific content - e.g. just statistical data. The resource also provides a number of tools to allow users to reformat the data and create charts.
Currently the collection contains more than 258 digitized volumes from the esteemed Cambridge Histories series covering 15 subject areas. Useful for locating background information in almost any subject in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences.
OECD iLibrary Books Papers and Statistics
1998+ The OECD iLibrary contains books, articles, and statistics on international economics. In addition to the data, it contains analysis. Users can browse by theme or country. One can perfom searches across all the content or restrict searches to specific content - e.g. just statistical data. The resource also provides a number of tools to allow users to reformat the data and create charts.
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