UC Library Guides: E-Books at UC Library: Finding E-Books

Finding E-Books in the UC Catalogue

All UC Library e-books are listed in Library Search. (Log in to your UC account to see more results):

In Library Search, enter your search words. Press Enter or click on the search button.
When your search results appear, choose these options from the left pane:
- Availability: select Available Online
- Resource Type: select Books.
Click on one of the results for a link to the ebook.

E-Book Collections

CCH IntelliConnect (Wolters Kluwer) This link opens in a new window
Collection of formerly loose-leaf publications in corporations law, credit, family, tax, trade practices, OH&S, sales, torts...
DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books) This link opens in a new window
Free academic peer-reviewed ebooks. Wide range of subjects are available.
Ovid This link opens in a new window
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Full text journals and ebooks in the field of Health. Also includes the JBI EBP database.
Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Over 300 dictionaries, language reference and subject reference ebooks published by Oxford University Press.
Oxford Scholarship Online: Business and Management This link opens in a new window
Collection of ebooks in Business and Management published by Oxford University Press. 15 simultaneous users.
Oxford Scholarship Online: Economics and Finance This link opens in a new window
Collection of ebooks in Economics and Finance published by Oxford University Press. 15 simultaneous users.
Oxford Scholarship Online: Political Science This link opens in a new window
Collection of ebooks in the Political Sciences published by Oxford University Press. 15 simultaneous users.
ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
More than 17,000 ebooks in many disciplines. Read online or download to your device for a short term loan. These books are also listed in the Library catalogue.
SpringerLink This link opens in a new window
Partial full text to e-books from 2005-2007

Free & Open Access E-Book Collections

DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books) This link opens in a new window
Collection of over 10,000 academic peer-reviewed ebooks. These books can also be found in the Library Catalogue.
Feedbooks - Public Domain subset This link opens in a new window
The public domain ebooks are free to download from this site. There are thousands of public domain ebooks in many subject areas.
FreeBooks4Doctors This link opens in a new window
Site compiles links to free online medical books.
Google Book Search This link opens in a new window
Search the world's most comprehensive index to the content of books. Some books have chapters available to view.
Project Gutenberg This link opens in a new window
Over 53,000 out of copyright ebooks available for download or online reading. Good source of classic literature and historic information.
Project Gutenberg Australia This link opens in a new window
The ebooks on this site are in the public domain in Australia (not subject to copyright in Australia) and may be read and downloaded without charge.