El Centro College Library: Books

Books

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Databases

Fiction Connection

Select books by: topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe.
Patron Books in Print

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General Information

Which Book?
Select books by: mood, character, plot, setting and more! Includes brief reviews and some excerpts.
Book Crossings - Sharing Your Books with Others
Black Images Book Bazaar (Dallas)
Books in Print - free access
Browse by subject, keyword/topic, fiction, childrens... Provides a listing of books, with author, title, publisher, copyright date, ISBN, pages, price, and often a brief description.
World Cat (Access Restricted to DCCCD Valid Users)

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.
AllReaders.com: Search by Plots, Themes, Characters...
Book Browser (from Barnes & Nobles)

Includes author interviews, calendar of signings, booklists, readings lists, some book reviews, and forthcoming titles.
Book Reporter (excerpts, author quotes, reviews & interviews)
Book Wire: Author Interviews, Review Links, Book Professional Associations
Bookspot

Tips on What to Read, genre award winners, links to first chapters, readings lists by grade level, book reviews, genre recomendations, online book discussion groups, links to author interviews, publishing/book events...
Book Sense Search Engine

Book search engine, links to award winners, author interviews, and book reviews.
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.
Malaspina Great Books Search
Webrary's Web Sites for Book Information

Links to ebooks, genre websites, book guides, discussion gudes, book lists, book reviews, online book clubs, publishers, awards, book reviews on TV/radio, online literary magazines, professional journals...
Finding a Book to Read
If You Like: Links to Similar Books
Banned Books: Links to Information (American Library Assn.)
Author Biographical Information: How to Find
Author Interviews You Can Listen To
Wired for Books: Author Interviews & Readings
American Library Association Recommended Books for Children & Teens
Includes recommendations by: books awards, recommended books, tips on raising a reader, recommended websites, summer reading, spanish...
Books to Read to Your Children

Recommended books to read to your children or to have your children read on a variety of topics, including: emotions, fantasy, behavior, health, school, work, seasonal books...
Children's Book Sources
Children's Book Council
BookHive: Books for Children
Book Safari

Specializes in children's books.
Texas Authors
Texas Authors

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E-books

Free Audio Books on the Web
Many Books for PDAs

Over 10,000 eBooks formatted for reading on Palm, PocketPC, Zaurus, Rocketbook, or Symbian cellphones.
E-book Search Engine
E-Books

E-book search engine, book reviews, and news related to e-books.
E-Book Locator Search Engine

Reviews, excerpts, author biographical information, and purchase sources.
African-American Online Texts
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.
Bibliomania

Novels, poetry, plays, and short stories - searchable by author, title, or text phrase. Includes Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, and William Shakespeare..
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.
E-Text Archives
Electronic Text Collections

Electronic texts in non-English languages. Includes ancient texts, French, English, Greek, Irish, Latin, Italian, Spanish... Also includes poetry.
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
Internet Classics Archives

Over 400 Greek, Roman, Chinese, and Persian classics (translated into English).
Library of Southern Literature

Texts and samplings from 100 of the most important works of Southern literature.
National Academies

Links to the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and the National REsearch Council. E-books are searchable under: agriculture, social sciences, biology, business, chemistry, computers, earth sciences, education, engineering, medicine, math, physics, space, and transportation.
National Academy Press

Searchable listing by topic. Includes sciences, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, engineering, energy, food and nutrition, math, medicine, space, transportation, and urban studies.
Online Books Collection
On-line Books Page

Searchable by author, title, or subject heading. Includes Chekhov, Mark Twain, and Edith Wharton.
Online Literature Classics
Outline of American Literature

Online textbook of American literature.
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.
Perspectives in American Literature

Online textbook of American literature
Poetry Archives

Search 4,000 classic poems from 150 authors.
Project Gutenberg E-texts
Short Stories at East of the Web

Complete text of older short stories and unpublished new short stories.
SunSITE Digital Texts
Stories, Folklore and Fairy Tales
WikiBooks
World Literature: Europe
Creating and Documenting Electronic Texts

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Last Updated: May 15, 2008

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