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Ebook Collections

  • There are many ebooks freely available for students and staff to read online and download using the library website. 
  • Ebooks are instantly available online, on or off campus 24/7 and can be viewed on any device with an internet connection.
  • Ebook Central, EbscoHost ebooks and ClinicalKey Student Nursing require your SETU login details. Other collections are free to access
  • Ebooks can be a useful alternative to printed books for Academic Reading Lists.

Ebook Central

  • MultiSubject
  • Over 230,000 books
  • Use SETU login details to access

EbscoHost ebooks

  • MultiSubject
  • Over 10,000 books
  • Use SETU login details to access

Clinical Key ebooks

  • Nursing and Health Sciences
  • Over 280 books
  • Use SETU login details to access

Oxford Books

  • MultiSubject
  • Over 6000 Books, Book parts/chapters
  • Use SETU login details to access

Cambridge ebooks

  • MultiSubject
  • 330 books, over 9300 free chapters
  • Use SETU login details to access

Springer Open Access E-books

  • MultiSubject
  • Over 2,600 books

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

  • Multisubject
  • 70,000 books

OpenStax (introductory texts)

  • MultiSubject
  • 50 textbooks providing comprehensive introductions to various subjects

Open Textbook Library

  • MultiSubject
  • Over 1,300 textbooks

OASIS

  • MultiSubject
  • Over 3600 textbooks

JSTOR - ebooks

  • Multisubject. Arts and humanities, languages, architecture, life sciences.
  • Browse A-Z list of ebooks - small amount of Open Access books
  • Use SETU login details to access

Taylor & Francis Open Access E-books

  • MultiSubject
  • Over 2,400 books, fully open access or partial open access

UCL Press - eBooks

  • Multisubject
  • includes previews of soon to be published books

Open Research Library

  • MultiSubject
  • Over 113,000 books

Hathi Trust Digital Library

  • Huge collection of digitized books and primary source materials 
  • Books, magazines, newspapers, sheet music, journals, and government documents

Open Book Publishers

  • MultiSubject
  • Over 350 books