LibGuides: Library Content for Online Teaching and Learning: E-books

E-book Resources

Below are some of the top e-book resources we recommend to assist with virtual teaching and online coursework.

To view a full list of e-book resources offered by the Leatherby Libraries, please see the Database A-Z list.

In addition to open textbooks, the Open Educational Resources guide also lists free ebook collections that include academic content, fiction, and more.

ACLS Humanities E-book This link opens in a new window Includes over 4,000 full-text, cross-searchable books in the humanities selected by scholars for their continuing importance for research and teaching.
Black Short Fiction and Folklore This link opens in a new window A comprehensive collection of stories from Africa and the African Diaspora. Additionally, the database includes complete runs of selected literary magazines (e.g. Kyk-Over-Al, The Beacon). Terms of Use
Black Women Writers This link opens in a new window A collection of fiction, poetry, and essays by women from Africa and the African Diaspora on three continents and in 20 countries, providing a view of black womens struggles through time. The database currently features over 50,000 pages of poetry and prose. Terms of Use.
Business Expert Press Digital Library This link opens in a new window Practical, concise books covering specific areas of business, including supply and operations management, international business, social media, finance, accounting, public relations, and marketing strategy. Terms of Use. Coverage: 2010-2019.
Classical Music Reference Library This link opens in a new window More than 30,000 pages of essential definitions of musical terms and biographical information on the major classical composers and artists from Baker’s Music Dictionaries and Encyclopedias. Terms of Use.
Colloquium Digital Library of Life Sciences This link opens in a new window Introductory overviews of important research areas in the biomedical and life sciences written by prominent experts in the field. Each colloquium synthesizes a topic in book length (50-100 pages). Terms of Use.
Drama Texts Collection This link opens in a new window Cross-search drama e-resources from Alexander Street Press including Asian American Drama, Black Drama, Contemporary World Drama, English Drama, North American Indian Drama, North American Women's Drama, and Twentieth Century North American Drama. Terms of Use.
eBook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window Over 160,000 multidisciplinary e-book titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter, including titles from leading university presses. Terms of Use. Each book is restricted to 1 download at a time (requires Adobe Digital Editions or the EBSCO Mobile App). Unlimited users may read in browser.
eBooks on EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window Access to multidisciplinary e-books, including those owned by Chapman University or available through the eBook Academic Collection subscription. Terms of Use. Each book is restricted to 1 download at a time (requires Adobe Digital Editions or the EBSCO Mobile App). Unlimited users may read in browser.
Emerald eBooks This link opens in a new window Access to two e-book collections representing the digital migration of many of Emeralds monographic series. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1991-2011.
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window Encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized reference sources from a wide range of disciplines. Terms of Use.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window An interdisciplinary ebook and journal platform to support scholarship and teaching. Provides access to select current subscriptions as well as the archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Terms of Use.
Latin American Women Writers This link opens in a new window Prose, poetry, and drama by women in Mexico, Central America and South America. Includes Latin American feminists and revolutionaries on concerns of women and their struggles in the region. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1837-present.
Latino Literature This link opens in a new window Over 100,000 pages of poetry; fiction; and drama in English and Spanish by Latino/a/x authors in the U.S. Includes unpublished items, Chicano folk tales, and audio files of selected poems and plays. Terms of Use.
Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new window More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts, including epic and lyric poetry, tragedy and comedy, history, travel, philosophy, oratory, the great medical writers and mathematicians, and church fathers, in up-to-date texts with accurate English translations. Terms of Use.
Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window Provides access to a select list of online books (monographs) in the areas of Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, and Social Work. Terms of Use.
Progress in Brain Research This link opens in a new window A book series providing documentation of contemporary advances in the field of neuroscience, with authoritative reviews and original articles by specialists on neuroscience-related topics. Terms of Use. Coverage: Current year plus previous 4 years.
PsychiatryOnline This link opens in a new window An online collection of books, journals, and self-assessment tools from American Psychiatric Publishing, including the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Terms of Use.
Routledge Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window Chapman’s access includes specific Asian Studies, Communication and Media, Health and Social Care, History, Music, Performance, Philosophy, and Security Studies collections. To access, click a subject in the middle of the page, then check "Full access only". | Terms of Use. Coverage: 2010-2016.
South and Southeast Asian Literature This link opens in a new window A collection of English-language literature by diasporic South and Southeast Asian authors. Focuses on the late-colonial and postcolonial eras, and features author interviews and manuscripts. Terms of Use.
Springer eBooks This link opens in a new window Provides select access to titles from the indicated publication years in three fields: psychology and behavioral science [2005-2010; 2017]; business and economics [2005-10]; and earth and environmental science [2009-10]. Terms of Use. Coverage: 2005-2017.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window Offering broad subject coverage with full-text access to over 1300 journals and several hundred Blackwell Reference Online ebooks, including titles formerly hosted on the Blackwell Synergy platform. Terms of Use. Coverage: 1997-present.