Research Guides
Music Guide: eBooks
Finding eBooks in the Library Catalog
To locate materials available online in the UW Libraries Search, filter by "Available Online."
You can also limit by Resource Type and select "eBooks"
Free eBook Collections
- Hathi Trust This link opens in a new window
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Digital library of books and journals scanned by a partnership of major research institutions and libraries. See our HathiTrust Guide
- Google BooksIf the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given Google books permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text.
- Open Access eBooks on JSTORMore than 6,000 Open Access ebooks from 75+ publishers, including Brill, Cornell University Press, De Gruyter, and University of California Press, are now available at no cost to libraries or users.
- Project GutenbergOver 60,000 free eBooks, mostly published before 1924.
- Digital Public Library of America6,300 ebook titles available on DPLA’s Open Bookshelf. Choose from classic novels, children’s books, textbooks and non-English titles, all for free, with no login or library card needed.