Jung-Kellogg Learning Center: Open Access Resources: Books

What are Open Access resources?

Open Access resources are those items that are free, immediate, and available online that anyone can access. The copyright for these items is still owned by the creator however.

Open Access is different than Open Source in that Open Access materials are free for viewing and reading whereas Open Source is free to modify the underlying information.

Audio Books

LibriVox
LibriVox provides free audiobooks from the public domain.
Loyal Books
You'll always find the best collection of completely free public domain audiobooks and ebooks at Loyal Books. They also offer best sellers for those who want the newest books but mostly you'll find an overwhelming selection of free books to enjoy.
Open Culture
This site offers more than just free eBooks. It also has free audiobooks (mostly classics), online courses, language lessons, and movies (classics).

General Collections

HathiTrust
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
National Academies Press
The National Academies Press (NAP) publishes the reports of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The NAP offers over 8,500 titles in PDF format.
Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN)
The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences.
Online Books Page
The Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet.
Open Access eBooks on JSTOR
More than 5,000 Open Access ebooks are now available at no cost to libraries or users.
Open Library
Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
Planet eBooks
The home of free classic literature.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg offers over 59,000 free eBooks. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired.

Children's Books

Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature
Over 6000 historical, out of copyright children's books, organized by language (mostly English), date, genre, and topic.
International Children's Digital Library
A collection of books that represents outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.
Literature for Children
a collection of children's books published in the U.S. and Great Britain roughly between 1850 and 1950.