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31 Databases Found for:E-Book

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ABC-Clio has access to encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, and guides from a variety of subject areas, including crime & punishment, geography, religion, world history, military history, health & medicine, popular culture, sociology, and more. These full eBooks are not downloadable to read off-line.

Alternate Name(s):Humanities E-Book, HEB

ACLS Humanities E-Book collection focuses on the core disciplines of the humanities - literature, linguistics, history, art history, philosophy. Pages from this collection can be printed and emailed.

Alternate Name(s):AWS Digital Library

The American Welding Society Digital Library contains the full-text of all American Welding Society's standards, handbooks and manuals, videos, and journals. Student access allows these texts and videos to be read or viewed in a browser but does not allow printing or downloading. 
Faculty access allows for printing and downloading when signed in with an AWS account. Contact the Library to obtain an account.

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Alternate Name(s):Inkie.org

Pop-up Picks is a collection of popular eBooks that are freely available to residents of Illinois. Provided by RAILS (Reaching Across Illinois Library System).

Alternate Name(s):EBSCOhost

More than 390,000 biographies. Includes complete full text run of Biography Today and Biography Magazine as well as thousands of narrative biographies.
Includes the Biography Reference eBook Collection which encompasses a rich selection of biographic titles, covering popular and important figures in business, film, history, music, politics, sports and more.

Alternate Name(s):Bloomsbury Visual Arts Library

Bloomsbury Architecture contains eBooks on architecture, urbanism, and interior design published by Bloomsbury Academic. This resource allows you to search, browse by theme, and use interactive features such as a visual timeline and world map. The content includes introductory guidance as well as in-depth research.

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Alternate Name(s):ComicsPlus, LibraryPass

Comics Plus offers unlimited, simultaneous access to thousands of digital comics and manga from dozens of publishers including Dark Horse, Image Comics, Tokyo Pop, and more. The “My Shelf” feature allows users to track which titles they've read and pick back up on titles they have not finished. Comics Plus is only available to COD students, faculty, and staff.

Comics Plus How-To Guide

Credo Reference provides access to a broad selection of dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations, and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles. Includes a built-in mind map to help students brainstorm search terms. Credo is a great place to start your research.

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Alternate Name(s):Community College Collection

EBSCO eBooks Collection spans a variety of topics. Most books in this collection are in PDF format. Many titles in the EBSCO eBook Collection can be downloaded in their entirety to your computer or mobile reading device.

Alternate Name(s):EBSCOhost New UI Preview

The EBSCOhost platform has a new user interface with improved usability and accessibility. The redesign offers sticky filters, every page can be a permalink, a new user account experience, and much more. Please let us know about your experience with the new UI via the feedback form below. 

Alternate Name(s):EBSCOhost

This full-text database is a dedicated resource covering the culture, traditions, social treatment and lived experiences of different ethnic groups in America. It provides full text from a growing list of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, e-books, biographies and primary source documents. 

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Alternate Name(s):Bloomsbury

Fairchild Books Interior Design Library is a collection of digital textbooks and supplementary resources for all levels. Key subject areas covered include interior construction and building systems; drawing, modelling, and CAD; interior design: principles and approaches; professional and business practice; elements of interior design; and history, theory, and criticism.

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Alternate Name(s):Gale Virtual Reference Library, GVRL

Gale eBooks is a collection of online reference books on a variety of topics including business, history, literature, health & medicine, social science, technology, and more. The inclusion of key word definitions within its concise encyclopedia entries makes this database the perfect starting point for professional and personal research.

Alternate Name(s):Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism Online, LCO

Literature Criticism contains the full-text of these important reference works: Contemporary Literary Criticism, Drama Criticism, and Short Story Criticism. Literature Criticism also gives users access to the Literary Index.

Alternate Name(s):Literature Resource Center

Literature Resource Center contains analysis, biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism, and reviews on writers in all disciplines, from all time periods, and from around the world.

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Alternate Name(s):Hathi Trust

HathiTrust is a partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. It provides long-term preservation and access to public domain and in-copyright titles on a wide variety of subjects. 
COD Library patrons have access to Open Access Publications only.

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Alternate Name(s):Infobase eBooks, Infobase Academic Ebook Collection

InfobaseBooks contains eBook materials on a variety of general studies subjects including art, history, education, mathematics, sciences, technology, health and medicine, mythology and paranormal, current issues, and literature (classics, critcism, and reference).

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Alternate Name(s):Elsevier

Knovel Library is a cross-searchable collection of electronic books in technology, engineering, applied technology, science, chemistry and physics, welding, and much more. This database allows you to search by material properties, and contains graphs, tables, and equations. Create an optional free account to save and organize your resources online and in the app.

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Alternate Name(s):EBSCOhost

MAS Complete is a research database that contains full text for hundreds of popular magazines and e-books covering news, politics, science, sports, culture and more. It also includes thousands of full-text primary source documents and videos from the Associated Press.

Mergent Hoover's Collection provides historical insights into the most influential public, private, and state-owned enterprises in the world dating back over 20 years. Publications include Hoover's Handbook of Private Companies, Hoover's Handbook of World Business, Hoover's MasterList of U.S. Companies, Hoover's Handbook of American Business, and Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies.

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Alternate Name(s):National Fire Protection Association

NFPA contains nations codes from the National Fire Codes, the National Electrical Codes, the Life Safety Code, and many more. Please note that PDF downloads from this database are not allowed. Page prints from your browser are possible.

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Alternate Name(s):Safari Books Online, OReilly, O'reilly

O'Reilly provides access to a vast collection of eBooks, videos, courses, playlists, and case studies, covering topics such as IT security, networking, infrastructure, software development, programming languages, web development, certification preparation, project management, multimedia design and production, AI and machine learning, business strategies, and more.

OverDrive is a growing collection of popular eBooks, eAudio and magazines available for download. Users may checkout materials for up to three weeks and place holds on eBooks and eAudio currently in use. Available in browser and on the Libby app. 
COD Students, Faculty, and Staff sign in with their school email. District Residents sign in with their library card number and pin. 
Learn about The Libby App by OverDrive here.

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Alternate Name(s):ProQuest Ebook Central@College of DuPage, Ebook Central Reference, EBC

Ebook Central is a large and growing collection of books on a variety of topics. All books in this collection are also accessible through the COD Library catalog. Use your Ebook Central account to check out and download books, use the reading tools, and create reading lists. 
Sign in with your COD email to access this resource.

Alternate Name(s):EBSCOhost

Access to high-quality e-books covering a wide range of topics such as self-help, fitness, games, hobbies, and cooking. This general reference e-book collection features titles for both adults and juveniles.

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Alternate Name(s):Rittenhouse

The R2 Digital Library is a web-based, health sciences, eBook database featuring a collection of medical, nursing, and allied health titles. It can be accessed on desktop computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and web-capable electronic readers. It has an A-Z index of drug names, diseases, and topics that are searchable by discipline, practice area, or condition. 
Titles are limited to one user per copy, if the title you need is in use come back at a later time and try again.

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Alternate Name(s):Salem Ebooks

The Salem Press database is divided into five categories: Literature, History, Science, Health & Psychology, and Careers & Business. Researchers can keyword search the whole platform, the individual categories, or just search a specific title. The main page of the database lists each category as well as all eBook titles found within the categories.

Alternate Name(s):Elsevier

Science Direct provides indexing and full-text journal articles in the sciences and social sciences, including chemistry, medicine, computer science, earth science, economics, business, engineering, energy, environmental science, life science, materials science, mathematics, physics, and astronomy. This is a good source for scholarly research in those subjects.

Alternate Name(s):EBSCOhost

Repair guides for small engines and routine maintenance (tune-ups, brake service, etc.). Also includes guides on extensive repairs such as engine and transmission disassembly. Coverage includes lawnmowers, motorcycles, tractors, and snowmobiles. Information on more than 25 years of engine models, with new and updated content added regularly.

Alternate Name(s):Springer Ebook Collection

SpringerLink is a collection of eBooks covering topics in technology, sciences and medicine. The COD Library provides access to titles published between 2005-2010. Chapters from this collection can be downloaded in PDF to read offline. This resource also contains current Open Access journal artices and eBooks.

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Alternate Name(s):Oxford Very Short Introductions, VSIO

The Very Short Introductions collection began as a print series in 1995, offering brief informative introductions to a diverse range of subject areas in arts and humanities, law, medicine and health, science and mathematics, and social sciences. 
Each book in this collection can be accessed by five users at a time. If the title you need is in use try again in a few minutes.

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