Welcome to GBC Virtual Library!

General Resources

ALEX: A Catalog of Electronic Texts

A collection of public domain documents in English literature, American literature, and Western philosophy.

Bartleby Library

Great Books Online. Search full text of collection by keyword.

E-Editions

University of California Press. Subjects: African studies, Classics, European history, literature, Middle Eastern
studies, and South ASian studies. Text of online books is fully searchable. Some books are available to the public;
others restricted to University of California affiliates.

International Children's Digital Library

Free access to children's books from around the world.

National Academy Press

Over 1,500 scholarly books. Search for a specific title, author, or subject.

Page By Page Books

Hundreds of classic books and documents can be viewed for free from this site. You may browse the contents by author or
title. Content is formatted for viewing on your computer and downloads quickly "page by page."

Project Gutenberg

The granddaddy of all ebook pages, Project Gutenberg has volunteers adding pre-1923 books (novels,
plays, poetry, works of nonfiction) to its collection continually.

The On-Line Books Page

More than 17,000 listings of books and historic magazines in English and many foreign languages. You
may search by author, title, subject, or language or browse periodical titles.

Environment

International Development Research Center (Canada)

Results of research on global and regional issues related to sustainable and equitable development. Topic
areas: economics, environment & biodiversity, food & agriculture, health, information & communication,
natural resources, science & technology, social & political sciences, development, general.

History

Making of America

Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
The collection is strong in education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science & technology.
Contains 8.500 books and 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.

Working Women: 1800-1930: Books & Pamphlets

Harvard University Open Collections Project

Working Women: 1800-1930: Diaries

Harvard University Open Collections Project

Literature

Literature Collection

Currently has 70+ books and 600 short stories by famous authors. All works are in the public domain. Search by author or book.

Project Gutenberg

Thousands of literary works in the public domain are available for download from this volunteer organization.

Read Print

Public domain classics. Search by author or title. Has a special Shakespeare section, "Search within the Book"
option, and a selection of articles for literature majors.

Technology

FreeTechBooks.com

Free online computer science books and lecture notes on C and C++, Java, programming, algorithms, and other topics
of interest to computer science students.

Free Computer Books

Topical organization. Some of the links do go to online books, but some go to excerpts, web-based tutorials
or other pages based on books, and some links go to marketing sites. This is a large site that's worth exploring
if you pay attention to what is freely available and what is not.