Books

Although Empire State College does not have a physcial library, we offer many ways to help you quickly locate relevant books for your studies, including an extensive E-Book collection. To locate hard-copy books at a library near you, use WorldCat, an online catalog of the holdings of thousands of libraries worldwide.

Using WorldCat - search thousands of library collections at once and see if a library near you has a hard copy on their shelf eBooks Online: Empire State College E-Book Catalog - search ten collections at once Individual E-Book Collections: ACLS Humanities E-Books (1,600+ titles in history, literature, philosophy, religion, etc.) Credo Reference (formerly xrefer)- 100 cross-referenced dictionaries and encyclopedias ebrary E-Books - Search 30,000 online books Gale Virtual Reference Library - 250+ specialized encyclopedias netLibrary E-Books - Search 4,800 books online Oxford Reference Online - 100 scholarly dictionaries Project Gutenberg - 17,000+ public domain books, including many classics PsycBOOKS - Access 1400+ behavioral science books SUNY E-Book Digital Repository - 600+ books from SUNY Press Wright American Fiction 1851-1875 Other Electronic Book Collections (good for finding classic and public domain texts) Note: you will not normally find textbooks in these collections. Required textbooks should be purchased through the College Bookstore. Other Book Resources and Help: Obtaining Books - Interlibrary Loan Finding a Library Near You Empire State College Bookstore Other Book Suppliers Google Book Search (search full-text of thousands of books - but full-text access not available)