UNCG currently has access to over 400,000 electronic books from various sources.
ABC-CLIO eBook Collection
Full text books in the subject areas of history and english. More info
Early American Imprints, Series I
Full text of American books printed between 1639 and 1800. More info
Early American Imprints, Series II
Full text of American books printed between 1801 and 1819. More info
Early English Books Online
Full text of many English books published from 1475-1700. More info
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Full text of 150,000 Eighteenth century books. More info
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Full text of reference books covering many types of information. More info
Google Books
Collection of digitized books from all subject areas. More info
Hathi Trust Digital Library
As a digital repository for the nation’s great research libraries. More info
Learning Express Library
Provides practice tests and tutorials for GRE, LSAT, MCAT, TOEFL, Praxis, Nursing Assistant, and other tests. More info
My iLibrary
Full text online books in all subject areas. More info
Oxford Reference Online
Full text of over 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works covering a variety of subjects. More info
NetLibrary
Full text of tens of thousands of scholarly, reference, and professional books in an online library. More info
R2 Digital Library
Full text electronic books for Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health. More info
Safari Tech Books Online
Over 2,000 programming, computer science, and IT e-books. More info
Sage eReference
Collection of 22 plus full text online encyclopedias in all subjects. More info
All of our e-books are in the library catalog. Try doing a search in the catalog and adding the words "and electronic book" to your search to get results of any ebooks.
Printing varies by vendor/platform but many allow you to print up to one chapter. It is illegal to print out the entire e-book.
You do not download our e-books; they are available to view online only. Some vendors do allow you to download up to 10 pages but never the entire ebook.
Depending on the vendor/platform and our license agreement, there may be a limited number of concurrent users or we may not own that particular ebook. If you have question or problems or wish to suggest an ebook purchase, contact the ERIT Dept at 336-334-4238 or fill out this online form.
Generally ebooks are PDF files, that are suppose to open inside their specific vender platform. One known problem is when the ebook, page by page, opens up in a pop up Adode Acrobat window.This problem most likely can be remedied by opening your Adobe Acrobat program, got to EDIT and choose PREFERENCES and check the box that says Open in browers window.
If you have question or problems or wish to suggest an ebook purchase, contact the ERIT Dept at 336-334-4238 or fill out this online form.
Comments or questions? Call ERIT at 336-334-4238.
