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Books, Texts and Periodicals. Quotes, Poems, Novels, Classics and hundreds more. Online Textbooks for Free. ShareText: The Underground Grammarian. Authorama - Public Domain Books. Assassination Archives and Research Center. NameBase Book Index. ResearchGate. Laboratory of Computer and Information Science. Free Books : Download & Streaming : Ebook and Texts Archive : Internet Archive. Additional collections of scanned books, articles, and other texts (usually organized by topic) are presented here.

Free Books : Download & Streaming : Ebook and Texts Archive : Internet Archive

The American Libraries collection includes material contributed from across the United States. Institutions range from the Library of Congress to many local public libraries. As a whole, this collection of material brings holdings that cover many facets of American life and scholarship into the public domain. Significant portions of this collection have been generously sponsored by Microsoft , Yahoo! , The Sloan Foundation , and others. United States Patent and Trademark Office documents contributed by Think Computer Foundation. This library of books, audio, video, and other materials from and about India is curated and maintained by Public Resource. Uploads from the general users of ARCHIVE.ORG related to Islamic culture, studies and related subjects. Free books for the  people with disabilities that impact reading. Books contributed by the Internet Archive.

TechXtra: Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing. Free Computer, Programming, Mathematics, Technical Books, Lecture Notes and Tutorials. The Literature Network: Online classic literature, poems, and quotes. Essays & Summaries. ManyBooks.net. The WWW Virtual Library. JSTOR. OAIster. Access to OAIster A freely-accessible site for searching only OAIster records is available at Additionally, OAIster records are fully accessible through WorldCat.org, and will be included in WorldCat.org search results along with records from thousands of libraries worldwide.

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They will also continue to be available on the OCLC FirstSearch service to Base Package subscribers, providing another valuable access point for this rich database and a complement to other FirstSearch databases. Contributing to OAIster OAIster continues to grow and expand. In order to support ongoing expansion, OCLC has transitioned the OAIster database to being included in WorldCat and we are transitioning metadata harvesting to the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway beginning in July 2010.

Additionally, building on the foundation of its success, OCLC is beginning to integrate OAIster with other open access digital resources. A worldwide repository providing integrated access and increased visibility. DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals. Integrated Index/List. Appropriate Use of Licensed Electronic Resources. Most use of digital products including electronic journals, databases, and proprietary Web sites is governed by federal copyright law, state contract law, or licensing agreements.

Appropriate Use of Licensed Electronic Resources

Licensing agreements are generally more restrictive than federal copyright law regarding downloading and fair use. Vendors and publishers of electronic resources have the technological means to monitor, count, control, and deny access if they suspect inappropriate use. Due to licensing restrictions, remote access to licensed electronic resources is limited to students, faculty, and staff at UCLA. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that his or her use of these products is for non-commercial purposes only. In general, authorized users may access such products for noncommercial educational, scholarly, and research purposes.

Prohibited actions generally include: Such activities jeopardize the entire UCLA community’s continued access to and use of any licensed electronic resources. The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal. Virtual Library. Internet Archive. LibriVox - Audio Books. National Archives and Records Administration. Historical military records. Maritime Knowledge Centre. LibrarySpot.com: Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, dictionaries & more. Download free Fiction, Health, Romance and many more ebooks. Free books index. World Public Library - eBooks.

Free ebooks. Yale University Library: Digital Collections. The George Washington University. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Digital Images & Collections Online. University: Library Services.