Books
Web Sites | e-Books | Buy New, Used & Out-of-Print OnlineDatabases
- Book Review Digest Plus
- Fiction Connection
- Select books by: topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe.
- Patron Books in Print
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (online ebooks)
- World Cat
- Search for book information: author, title, publisher, copyrightdate. The book doesn't have to be currently in print. Will also display which libraries own the item so it can be requested via Inter-Library Loan.
- Search for book information: author, title, publisher, copyrightdate. The book doesn't have to be currently in print. Will also display which libraries own the item so it can be requested via Inter-Library Loan.
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Web Sites
- Which Book?
- Select books by: mood, character, plot, setting and more! Includes brief reviews and some excerpts.
- AllReaders.com: Search by Plots, Themes, Characters...
- Chapter One: Search
- First chapters of over 1,000 books - fiction and nonfiction. Includes some reviews.
- Fiction Database: Books, reviews, author info...
- Literary Marketplace
- Overbooked
- With a focus on fiction, this site provides links to book reviews, upcoming new titles, and publishers. The book review section lists all fiction and many nonfictino boks taht have received starred review in Library Journal, Booklist, Publishers Weekly or Kirkus.
- Finding a Book to Read
- If You Like: Links to Similar Books
- Author Biographical Information: How to Find
- Author Interviews You Can Listen To
- Texas Authors
e-Books
- Internet Archive
- Online library of over one million books. Also includes images, audio and software!
- American Fiction, 1851-1875
- Online collection of novels, short stories that is searchable by author or unique words within text. Includes books by Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott and Herman Melville. Over 2900 titles included.
- American Verse Project
- Searchable database of American poetry from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century.
- Bartleby Library: Great Books Online
- Extensive collection of books - searchable by author, title, subject for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and reference books.
- Early American Texts
- Links to full-text for Edgar Allen Poe, Salem Witch Trials, American Civil War, Native American writings, early 20th century bestsellers, Walt Whitman, and Mark Twain...
- E-books: Links (from UT/Austin)
- Classic Bookshelf: Free E-books
- Classic Reader: Free E-books
- Links to fiction, nonfiction, children's stories, short stories, drama, and poetry.
- Classics at the Online Literature Library
- Digital Books Online
- Reguires a login. Searches multiple online sources of ebooks, including Gutenberg, Bartleby's, and university presses. Search options include author, title, or author and title. Browse options include subjects, author's list (authors are broken out more or less geographically), publishers, and Dewey.
- Electronic Text Collections
- Electronic texts in non-English languages. Includes ancient texts, French, English, Greek, Irish, Latin, Italian, Spanish... Also includes poetry.
- Online Books Collection
- On-line Books Page
- Searchable by author, title, or subject heading. Includes Chekhov, Mark Twain, and Edith Wharton.
- Online Literature Classics
- Page by Page: Free Online Classics
- Perseus Digital Library
- Online texts from the ancient world, including Egyptian papyri to the Renaissance. Also includes links to the more recent texts included in the American Memory Project books.
- Project Gutenberg E-texts
- SunSITE Digital Texts
Buy New, Used, & Out-of-Print Online Materials
- Where Can I Get Them? Charts on eBooks, Used Books, Other Sources of Textbooks
- Chegg (Rent, Buy, Sell)
- Campus Book Swap
- Flat World Knowledge: Online Textbooks
- Open Source Textbooks
- AddAll: Search Multiple Book Sources*
- Searches Alibris, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Half, Book Central, Powells, Walmart and 30 more online new & used bookstores.
- Best Book Deal: Comparison Shopping
- Searches 63 online bookstores and calculates the total price.
- Chambal: Comparison Shopping for New and Used Books
- Includes links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Abebooks, Alibris, Overstock, Ebay Store...
- Abebooks: Rare, Used and Out-of-Print
- All Bookstores: Search*
- All Direct
- Antiquarian Booksellers
- Bibliofind: Out-of-Print Books and Magazines
- BookFinder
- Bookpool (technical books)
- Book Sale Finder
- Books & Book Collecting
- Direct Textbook
- Overstock: New & Used Books, CD's, and DVD's
- SoftPro: Computer Books
- Super Book Deals
- TextbookX (and technical books)
- Textbooks For Less
- Textbook Exchange
- Varsity Books Online
The best guide to resources is a librarian who can help you in using the catalog, databases and the Web. A librarian can also assist you in selecting materials appropriate for your needs. Please ask at any service desk for information or assistance!
The El Centro College Library does not guarantee the currency or accuracy of these websites. Links to these sites do not represent an endorsement of the site or of information contained within the site.
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