Electronic Books

E-book: a book composed in or converted to digital format for display on a computer screen or handheld device (Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary)

Public Domain: the realm embracing property rights that belong to the community at large, are unprotected by copyright or patent, and are subject to appropriation by anyone (Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary)

Copyright: the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, and sell the matter and form (as of a literary, musical, or artistic work)

Project Gutenberg Online Catalog - There are 20,000 free books (the classics) available to you in this catalog of e-books. You can search by author or title and read the text of a book, or you can use MP-3 technology to download the audio. All available books are now in the public domain.

Classic Literature Library - Scroll through the larger, left-hand column and click on the author you would like to read. Clicking will get you a brief biography of the author and a listing (a clickable listing) of his/her works. Some authors featured at this site are: Shakespeare, Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Darwin and many more. These books are in the public domain.

Gale Virtual Reference Library - This collection of current, high-quality reference resources are searchable by keyword and are licensed to Granite State College through a grant from USNH grant. These materials are accessible by students and faculty of Granite State College. They are not public domain materials.

Online Literature Library - Scroll down and click on the authors' index to find a list of authors whose works are available full-text and unabridged. You will find works by: Jack London, Stephen Crane, the Bronte sisters and much more.

Harvard Classics & Shelf of Fiction - Selected by Charles W. Eliot, LLD, this collection provides access to a comprehensive and well-researched anthology which comprises both the 50-volume "5-foot shelf of books" and the 20-volume Shelf of Fiction. Together they cover every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject through the twentieth century. (from the site).

NetLibrary - This product is available in computer labs located at Granite State College centers statewide. Provides access to the full-text of over 4,400 e-books on current topics. Find books of resumes, interviews, time management and much more.