Ebooks - Hawaiʻi CC
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Ebook Central
The largest ebook collection we have, with thousands of titles covering agriculture, education, history, law, psychology, science, social sciences, and much more. No account is needed to use, but to save and download titles, click on "Sign In" at the upper left, then "Need to create a new bookshelf?" Your username and password can be anything.
- Ebook Central (Hawaiʻi CC access)
A comprehensive, multidisciplinary database of over 240,000 academic ebooks. Features include easily searching within the text of the book and downloading chapter(s) or the whole book for offline access. Create an optional account for more user tools, like saving ebook titles to your virtual bookshelf.
EBSCO Ebook Collections
EBSCO has collections of ebooks that are searchable using the same familiar search interface as other EBSCO databases, such as Academic Search Complete. While these collections contain books meant to be used by K-12 school and public library users (not specifically college students), they may be useful for some college assignments or for personal interest.
- EBSCO Ebook Collection (Hawaiʻi CC access)
Thousands of available fiction and nonfiction titles for adults and juveniles, including over 300 titles from the University of Hawaii Press and other leading publishers. - Book Collection: Nonfiction (EBSCO) (Hawaiʻi CC access)
A database providing abstracts and searchable full text for over 4,000 of popular (non-academic) nonfiction books. Designed for public libraries, it covers core subject areas as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills and more. - Book Collection Nonfiction: Elementary School Edition (EBSCO) (Hawaiʻi CC access)
Designed for elementary-aged students, containing abstracts and searchable full text for over 1,200 popular nonfiction books. The database includes content on animals, weather, holidays, adventure, sports and more. - Book Collection Nonfiction: Middle School Edition (EBSCO) (Hawaiʻi CC access)
Designed for middle school students, containing informative abstracts and searchable full text for over 2,800 popular nonfiction books. The database includes titles on careers, health, technology, science, history, civics and more. - Book Collection Nonfiction: High School Edition (EBSCO) (Hawaiʻi CC access)
Designed for high school students and contains abstracts and searchable full text for over 2,400 popular nonfiction books. It includes entries on core subject areas, including careers, health, technology, science, history, civics and more.
Online Encyclopedias
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (Hawaiʻi CC access)
A digital reference platform to encyclopedic articles, videos, audios, with related Web links, magazines, newspapers/news feeds, primary source documents, atlas, statistics & biographical information. Alternate name: Britannica Academic - Encyclopedia of Associations (Hawaiʻi CC access)
A trio of reference ebook directories from the Encyclopedia of Associations. Content from the following titles can be searched individually or across all:- International Organizations
- National Organizations of the U.S.
- Regional, State, and Local Organizations
Project Gutenberg Free Ebooks
Over 42,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books to download or read online.
- Project Gutenberg (Free access for all users)
Free ebooks in the public domain, most with copyright dates before 1930.