Electronic books

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Browse through the alphabetical collection of electronic books below.

Please also consult the LibGuide for e-books on finding and using e-books in Stellenbosch University Library.

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African MindsA collection of open access books on social sciences related to Africa 
Openily accessible content
   
African Writers Series Key works from the Heinemann African Writers Series which comprises seminal works from the canon of African literature of the twentieth century, covering such authors as Steve Biko, Ama Ata Aidoo, Nadine Gordimer, and Buchi Emecheta. Novels, short stories, drama, poetry and author biographies are included.     
American Psychological Association (APA)A collection of APA handbooks     
AOSISExplore our AOSIS Scholarly Books open access book catalogue by scholarly domain. Discover the latest published books and stay updated on upcoming book releases. 
Openily accessible content
   
Baen free libraryBaen Books is making available for free a number of its titles in electronic format. Anyone may read these titles online or, alternatively, the books can be downloaded in one of several formats     
BartlebyThis pre-eminent internet publisher of literature, reference and verse provides unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge     
Bloomsbury Open Access CollectionBloomsbury open access books are free to download and share, funded by a collective model, and most are available immediately on publication. 
Openily accessible content
   
Brill E-booksA collection of academic e-books that focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law and selected areas in the Sciences.     
Brill Open AccessA collection of academic e-books that focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law and selected areas in the Sciences. 
Openily accessible content
   
CABI Digital Books  
Openily accessible content
   
California Digital LibraryScholary materials, databases of journal article abstracts and citations, electronic journals, publishing tools, and reference databases. 
Openily accessible content
   
Cambridge Books OnlineA large collection of books in all subject areas, published by Cambridge University Press.     
Cambridge CoreSee Cambridge Books online     
       
De GruyterA collection of academic e-books on a variety of subjects     
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)A large collection of open-access peer-reviewed books 
Openily accessible content
   
Ebook CentralTwo ProQuest e-book platforms, Ebrary and EBL, have merged to form Ebook Central.   
Guide available
Youtube guide available
Ebook Central (Proquest Business Ebooks)Ebook access to the ProQuest Business Ebook subscription available via the native Ebook Central platform.     
Ebook Central (Proquest Economics Ebooks)Ebook access to the ProQuest Economics Ebook subscription available via the native Ebook Central platform     
EBSCO E-booksA collection of academic e-books on a variety of subjects.     
Free Books for DoctorsOver 300 free medical books and book-like websites. Daily presentations of new books     
Gale eBooksOver 1 900 e-book editions (4,000 volumes) available     
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)More than 260 e-reference works and ebooks on a variety of subjects     
GoogleGoogle website 
Openily accessible content
   
Google BooksFind the book that you want. If the book is no longer copyrighted, or if Google has the publisher's permission, preview the book, and in some cases the entire text will be available. If the book is in the public domain, downloading of a PDF copy is free of charge.     
Hart E-bookssee IG Library     
Human Sciences Research Council PublicationsThese are OA electronic books available upon registration emanating from the HSRC website 
Openily accessible content
   
ICE Virtual LibraryICE Virtual Library from ICE Publishing, the most comprehensive online civil engineering resource in the world     
IET BooksA collection of approximately 400 electronic books on engineering, published by The Institution of Engineering and Technology between 1979 and 2014. The focus is on electrical and electronic engineering.   
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IG LibraryA few hundred electronic books on private law, public law and human rights. 
Openily accessible content
   
Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Eurocodes CollectionICE's Eurocode collection. Eurocodes is a set of pan-European model-building codes, developed by the European Committee for Standardisation. The Eurocodes form a common European set of structural design codes for civil engineering work.     
Intech OpenA collection of more than 420 freely accessible electronic books in science and related subjects.     
International Development Resource CentreA collection of more than 200 books, freely available, on global and regional issues related to sustainable and equitable development.     
Intersentia E-bookssee IG Library     
JSTORA collection of academic e-books on a variety of subjects.     
JSTOR Open Access E-booksA collection of open access e-books published by JSTOR 
Openily accessible content
   
Karger Fast Facts HandbooksKarger offers clinicians and patients unlimited free access to the Fast Facts series, a collection of more than 100 resources spanning multiple topics across the field of medicine.     
KnovelScientific and engineering handbooks from various publishers     
Knowledge UnlatchedA few hundred open access academic books from a variety of university presses and other academic publishers. 
Openily accessible content
   
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins E-booksA collection of electronic books in medicine, housed on Stellenbosch University's existing OVID platform.   
Guide available
 
Maak sin van verwysingsThe Harvard, APA and Vancouver methods and the footnote system. Published by the Stellenbosch University Language Centre.     
Make sense of referencingThe Harvard, APA and Vancouver methods and the footnote system. Published by the Stellenbosch University Language Centre.     
Many booksBrowse through the most popular titles, recommendations, or recent reviews from visitors. More than 29 000 e-books are accessible free of charge. 
Openily accessible content
   
Million Books ProjectAn early collection of books from the Indian scanning centres of the Universal Library Project, sometimes called the Million Books Project.     
MIT Press (Open Access eBooks)A new, collective action Open Access business model for Scholarly Books 
Openily accessible content
   
MyiLibraryMyiLibrary has merged with Ebook Central and you will be redirected to this new platform. All our MyiLibrary titles are now available from Ebook Central.     
National Academies PressA collection of more than 9 000 freely accessible electronic books on a wide range of topics in science, biology, computer science, engineering, health, space science, animal nutrition, etc.     
OAPEN LibraryThe OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of Humanities and Social Sciences. OAPEN works with publishers to build a quality controlled collection of Open Access books, and provides services for publishers, libraries and research funders in the areas of dissemination, quality assurance and digital preservation. 
Openily accessible content
   
Open Research LibraryA hosting platform that makes scientific book publications, and other high-quality academic OA content, freely available to anyone, anywhere in the world. 
Openily accessible content
   
OpenBook PublishersA few dozen books on social sciences and humanities published by OpenBook Publishers. Complete digital versions of all their books are made freely available on their website. You can find the link on each book's main page. These versions can be read on any computer or mobile device that is connected to the Internet. 
Openily accessible content
   
OUP's Open Access eBooksMore than 50 Open Access books currently available without paywall restriction on OUP. A free PDF version of each title is available to read and share according to the terms of the Creative Commons publication licence, provided that the author is properly cited. Please note that third party materials included in the publication may be subject to copyright restrictions; proper permission to reuse this material should be sought from the rights holder. 
Openily accessible content
   
Palgrave Business and Management E-booksA collection of a few hundred electronic books published by Palgrave.     
Palgrave Economics and Finance E-booksA collection of a few hundred electronic books published by Palgrave.     
Palgrave Language & Linguistics E-booksA collection of about 25 electronic books published by Palgrave.     
Palgrave Media & Culture E-booksA collection of about 80 electronic books published by Palgrave.     
PLAASPublications of the Institute of Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, a leading research and teaching centre with an international reputation for high quality applied research and critical scholarship. 
Openily accessible content
   
Project GutenbergProject Gutenberg offers over 36 000 free e-books to download to your PC, Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Android or other portable device. Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats.    
Referex (Engineering Village platform)see ScienceDirect E-Books     
Sage E-booksA collection of  more than 150 handbooks and reference works, published by Sage.     
SALDRUPublications of SALDRU, a research-based social responsiveness initiative housed in the School of Economics, University of Cape Town.    
Science Direct E-BooksMore than 3000 electronic books and reference works, published by Elsevier, housed on SU’s existing Science Direct platform.     
Springer E-BooksA collection of e-books on Biomedical and life sciences, published in 2009, as well as a few Springer reference works, housed on Stellenbosch University's existing SpringerLink platform.     
Taylor & Francis E-booksBooks in the humanities and social sciences subject fields.     
Taylor & Francis Healthcare E-booksElectronic books on medicine, healthcare and related subject areas.     
Wiley-Blackwell E-booksElectronic books in the subject areas of science, engineering, medicine and education, housed on Stellenbosch University's Wiley-Blackwell platform.     
World ScientificA collection of academic e-books on a variety of subjects.