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Search Tools, Lists, and Guides
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OneSearch Advanced Search Searches the book catalog and multiple (but not all) databases for print books, ebooks, book chapters, articles, CDs, videos, etc. that are available for LaGuardia students, staff, and faculty.
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DOAB - Directory of Open Access Books The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books.
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The Online Books Page An index of over two million online books freely readable on the Internet.
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OpenEd CUNY OpenEd CUNY is a curated digital library of open educational resources containing high quality, openly-licensed educational resources.
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Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) A search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 117 different sources and contains 388,707 records. OASIS is being developed at SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library.
LaGuardia Library's eBook Collections
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Ebook Central A collection of approximately 30,000 e-books in disciplines, including science, technology, medicine, and life sciences, with over 80,000 Spanish e-books from the elibro Premium collection. Link to a quick guide and a training video from the Ebook Central home page. For access to EBookCentral on mobile devices, download the BlueFire reader for iOS and Android. Users will need to create a free Adobe ID and log into to BlueFire before downloading any e-book content. For laptops, use Adobe Digital Editions.
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EBSCO eBook Collection A collection of hundreds of electronic books with titles from all academic disciplines. These books can be searched as a collection or accessed as individual titles through our library's online catalog. There is also a collection of titles in the public domain available as well. (100% Full-Text)
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Gale Ebooks Full text of a variety of reference books covering health, history, business, education, literature, etc. Includes every title in the collection.
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Project MUSE Project MUSE has over 700 journals from 125 publishers and offers over 60,000 books from more than 100 presses. All books are fully integrated with Project MUSE's scholarly journal content.
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SpringerLink Providing researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols, reference works and proceedings.
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Very Short Introductions Discover a new topic or subject with these intelligent and serious introductions written by authors who are experts in their field.
Public Libraries
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New York Public Library - eBooks and Digital Resources New York Public Library gives you access to over 148,00 mainly literature and non-fiction eBook titles. However, very few will be textbooks. A New York Public Library card is required. New York residents can get a card online by using the Simply E app available through the Google Play or iTunes stores. Not a LaGuardia CC resource.
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Queens Public Library - eBooks Provides access to over 70,000 eBooks and other digital content. Apply online for a ECard if you do not already have a Queens Public Library card. Not a LaGuardia CC Library resource
Non-LaGuardia eBook Collections
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BCcampus Open Education Textbook Collection Part of the Canada Open Educational Resource Group's initiative to help create a cohesive effort, specifically for open education, across Canada.
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eCampus Ontario Part of the Canada Open Educational Resource Group's initiative to help create a cohesive effort, specifically for open education, across Canada.
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Global Textbook Project This site lists free online computer science, engineering and programming books, textbooks and lecture notes, all of which are legally and freely available over the Internet. Throughout this site, other terms are used to refer to a book, such as ebook, text, document, monogram or notes.
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Internet Archive Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
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National Center for Biotechnology Information- NCBI - Bookshelf Bookshelf provides free online access to books and documents in life science and healthcare. Search, read, and discover.
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Open Ed Manitoba Part of the Canada Open Educational Resource Group's initiative to help create a cohesive effort, specifically for open education, across Canada.
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OpenStax Freely available, peer-reviewed textbooks in STEM, social sciences, humanities and AP subjects.
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Open Textbook Library Open textbooks are textbooks that have been funded, published, and licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed. These books have been reviewed by faculty from a variety of colleges and universities to assess their quality. These books can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization.
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SUNY Open Textbooks SUNY Open Textbooks is an open textbook publishing initiative established by State University of New York libraries and supported by SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grants and SUNY Geneseo.
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