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Locating and using the ebook collections at OU

E-book Collections

The American Council of Learned Societies Humanities Ebook Collection is a collection of over 5,700 scholarly books, from over 125 publishers. This collection is curated by scholars for scholars; members of ACLS learned societies nominate books for inclusion.

File Types Available:

  • PDF

A growing collection of Cambridge science, social science, and humanities e-books. Most are from the 2000s to present.

File Types Available:

  • PDF

EBSCO’s collection of e-books cover books from a variety of academic disciplines including business and economics, computers, technology and engineering, humanities, life and physical science, and social and behavioral sciences.

EBSCO E-BOOK Libguide

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  • EPUB
  • PDF​​​​​​

E-books from a variety of academic disciplines including literature, business and economics, history, humanities and social sciences, language, mathematics, religious studies, political science, and fine arts. Representative titles include Contemporary Theatre, Film & Television; American Men & Women of Science; Business Plans Handbook; Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics & Philosophy; Acronyms, Initialisms & Abbreviations; Contemporary Authors; Writers Directory; Cities of the United States.

File Types Available:

  • PDF
  • HTML

Provides centralized access to e-books from Oxford University Press in biology, philosophy, public health, law, religion, political science, social work, economics, finance, psychology, and sociology.

File Types Available:

  • PDF
  • HTML

ProQuest E-Book Central covers books from a variety of academic disciplines including business and economics, computers, technology and engineering, humanities, life and physical science, and social and behavioral sciences.

ProQuest E-Book Central Libguide

File Types Available:

  • PDF

Taylor & Francis offer access to humanities, social sciences, behavioral sciences, and STEM content from renowned imprints such as Routledge, Psychology Press, and Focal Press. 

File Types Available:

  • PDF

Titles in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. 

File Types Available:

  • PDF
  • HTML 

ACS e-books consist of the ACS Symposium Series and the Advances in Chemistry series.

File types available:

  • PDF
  • PDF w/Links
  • HTML

The AMS provides access to Contemporary Mathematics, Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics, Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics, Mathematical Surveys and Monographs, Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, and more. 

File Types Available:

  • PDF

CHEMnetBASE is a collection of nine cutting edge interactive chemistry databases and major reference works.

File Types Available:

  • PDF
  • Comma-separated text file (.csv)
  • Microsoft Excel formatted text (.xls)
  • Microsoft Excel unformatted text (.xls)
  • HTML file

Covers areas of biology, biomedicine, health, earth & planetary, environmental sciences, pharmaceutical and physical sciences, engineering, chemistry, finance, math, and psychology. 

File Types Available:

  • PDF
  • VST
  • EPUB
  • Mobi

ICE books include multi-author reference works, state-of-the-art reports, technical books, conference proceedings, and contract documents.

File Types Available:

  • PDF
  • EPUB

IEEE spans numerous content areas, including bioengineering, power and energy, and communication technologies, among other growing areas of research. 

File Types Available:

  • PDF

Provides access to ebooks on electrical engineering, radar equipment, signal processing, electromagnetics, control and power systems, and more.

File Types Available:

  • PDF

Provides reference books, data sets, and information in the fields of chemistry, the life sciences, materials science, and engineering. 

File Types Available:

  • PDF

RSC titles in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical biology, materials science, and related fields. Books may be searched by keyword or browsed by title, series, subject, book collection, or copyright year.)  Individual chapters may be downloaded as PDF files.

File Types Available:

  • PDF
  • HTML
  • EPUB

Springer e-books cover subjects in the sciences and social sciences, most from 2007 to date, with earlier coverage for some series.

Includes access to Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science, an information service for the research, development, and educational community in engineering and computer science. Includes self-contained electronic documents/lectures, which are organized into a hierarchical structure of disciplines and series. Each is authored by a prominent contributor to the field.

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  • PDF
  • HTML