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E-Book Collections: Collections by Subject
Information on searching, accessing, and using e-books at the UW Libraries
Multidisciplinary Collections - good for multiple subjects
- ABC-Clio eBook Collection This link opens in a new windowIntroductory books covering history, popular culture and more
- ACLS Humanities E-books This link opens in a new windowMajor academic books in fields ranging from area studies to sociology
- EBSCOhost ebook collection This link opens in a new windowBooks on all subjects from a wide range of academic publishers.
- eDuke books scholarly collection This link opens in a new windowBooks on all subjects published by Duke University Press.
- Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new windowIntroductions to topics and critical surveys of the current state of scholarship in a particular field of study.
- Project Muse BooksBooks on all subjects from a wide range of academic publishers
- ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowBooks on all subjects from a wide range of academic publishers.
Historic Collections - Old Books
Collections of early books published primarily before 1924; most in English.
- Early American Imprints, 1639-1800 This link opens in a new windowBooks published in colonial and early America
- Early English Books Online (EEBO) This link opens in a new windowBooks published in England between the years 1470 and 1700
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowBooks published in England between 1701 and 1800
- Hathi Trust This link opens in a new windowDigital library of books and journals scanned by a partnership of major research institutions and libraries. See our HathiTrust Guide
World Languages Collections
- Digitalia HispanicaOver 160 Spanish language ebooks on history, literature, literary criticism, and poetry.
- Patrologia Latina"The Patrologia Latina covers the works of the Latin Fathers from Tertullian around 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216."
- Scripta Sinica (Academia Sinica) 中央研究院漢籍電子文獻資料庫 This link opens in a new windowFull-text traditional Chinese classics especially Chinese history
- SuperStar Chinamaxx Digital Library Collection 超星中文电子书集献 This link opens in a new windowMassive collection of Chinese books, mostly 1949 to present. See User Guide
- Thesaurus Linguae Graecae This link opens in a new windowCollection of Greek texts covering from Homer to the fall of Byzantium. Requires creation of individual account for complete access.
- Torrossa: Edición Española Online150 Spanish language ebooks on language and lliterature.
Encyclopedia Collections
- Grove Music Online This link opens in a new windowIncludes The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera and more
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowArt reference works, biographies, and encyclopedias, including Grove Art Online and Benezit Dictionary of Artists.
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new windowFull text dictionaries, encyclopedias, and subject reference works from Oxford University Press.
Engineering & Technology
- IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new windowIEEE publications and standards in engineering, computer science, and related fields.
- O'Reilly This link opens in a new windowCurrent (latest 3 years only) online computer & technical manuals
- Synthesis Collection of Technology This link opens in a new windowEngineering & computer science works.
Health & Medicine
- AccessMedicine This link opens in a new windowTextbooks, images and illustrations, self-assessment, case files, and diagnostic tools.
- AccessPharmacy This link opens in a new windowSelect a core curriculum topic, browse by organ system, review textbooks, or search pharmacy references.
- AccessSurgery This link opens in a new windowTextbooks, multimedia, images, drug information, quick answers sources.
- ClinicalKey This link opens in a new windowSelected medical texts, medical journals, practice guidelines, drug information, patient handouts & CME materials
- Science Direct eBooksFull-text scientific, technical and health books
- Springer Protocols This link opens in a new windowDatabase of reproducible laboratory protocols in the life and biomedical sciences.
- STAT!Ref This link opens in a new windowMedical and drug texts, including Stedman's medical dictionary. User limits vary
History, Economics, Politics & Society
- Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new windowRenowned book series on history, language, literature and more.
- Elgaronline This link opens in a new windowBooks in law, economics, and social and political sciences, including reference works and handbooks.
- OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new windowPublications and datasets by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development & affiliated agencies.
- Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new windowIntroductions to topics and critical surveys of the current state of scholarship in a particular field of study.
Literature, Language, Arts & Humanities
- Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new windowIntroductions to topics and critical surveys of the current state of scholarship in a particular field of study.
Mathematics & Science
- SIAM e-books This link opens in a new windowBooks published by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
- Springer Link This link opens in a new window
Scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works published by Springer.