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MAJOR EBOOK DATABASES
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EBOOK CENTRAL This link opens in a new windowScholarly titles supporting student and faculty research, and general nonfiction.
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EBSCO E-BOOKS This link opens in a new windowAccess to the full text of over 65,000 electronic books, including recent reference, scholarly and professional titles. Click here for detailed directions on how to download e-books to your personal computer. All titles are included in the MHU catalog, but going directly to the ebook collection allows you to search the full text of the book.
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JSTOR EBOOKS This link opens in a new windowIn addition to scholarly articles, JSTOR now includes e-books in the arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences, published by university and other academic presses. To limit your search to books, click on Advanced Search and then check only Books under Item Type.
MORE EBOOK DATABASES
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ABC-CLIO E-BOOK COLLECTION This link opens in a new windowAccess to the full text of over 3,400 electronic books covering a wide range of subject areas.
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EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS SERIES I: EVANS, 1639-1800 This link opens in a new windowDigital editions of "virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America over 160 year period." Subjects include government, history, economics and trade, literature, philosophy, religion, theology, science, society. (Readex)
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HOME GROWN E-BOOK COLLECTION This link opens in a new windowA collection of more than 1,000 eBooks from a variety of North Carolina publishers. Includes popular and scholarly nonfiction, novels by well-known NC authors, and award-winning short fiction and poetry.
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OPEN LIBRARY This link opens in a new windowA downloadable eBook collection with books contributed from libraries across the country. Create a username and password to borrow up to five books at a time.
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MOUNTAIN PEOPLE: LIFE AND CULTURE IN APPALACHIA This link opens in a new windowDiaries, journals, and narratives of explorers, emigrants, military men, Native Americans, and travelers... accounts on the development of farming and mining communities, family histories, and folklore.
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SALEM PRESS This link opens in a new windowDescription of this database.
