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• Academy of American Poets Open Access
  American poets | Appreciation of contemporary poetry
• ACS Style Guide
  Guide for citing materials in American Chemical Society (ACS) style.
• African American Women Writers of the 19th Century Open Access
  Digitized 19th-century African American Women's literature
• American Nurses Association Book Collection
  Includes Scope And Standards of Practice books from the American Nurses Association.
• Australian Digital Collections Open Access
  Information about Australia & its literature. Formerly known as OzLit.
• Black Thought and Culture
  Non-Fiction Writings by Notable African Americans | Includes Previously Unpublished and Fugitive Materials | Date Range from 1700-2006
• British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832 Open Access
  Poetry | British and Irish women | 1789-1832
• Carlyle Letters Online Open Access
  Thomas & Jane Welsh Carlyle | 10,000 letters | Unique 19th perspectives
• Celebration of Women Writers Open Access
  Women Writers | Bibliography | Digital Texts
• Contemporary American Poetry Archive Open Access
  CAPA is an electronic archive designed to make out-of-print volumes of poetry available to readers, scholars, and researchers.
• Country Studies Open Access
  Countries Worldwide | Description & Analysis | History | Social | Economic | Political | National Security Systems | Institutions
• Digital Public Library of America Open Access
  Digitized Books | Images | Historic Records | Audio & Visual Materials
• Digitized Manuscripts from the British Library Open Access
  Digitized Manuscripts and Archives | British Library
• Early Americas Digital Archive Open Access
  Early American Fiction & Nonfiction | 1492 to about 1820
• Early English Books Online (EEBO)
  Fulltext | Digitized facsimile reproductions of Virtually Every Work Printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America | 1473-1700
• Early English Books Online (EEBO) Text Creation Partnership Open Access
  Public domain downloadable text files of 25,000+ titles from EEBO. This is the public release of phase I of the EEBO TCP
• eBooks on EBSCOhost
  Search and view over 6,500 e-book titles on a variety of topics, including business, computer science, criminal justice, education, general reference, management, nursing and health, political science, psychology, talent development, and more. Includes Shakespeare's plays and other titles from Project Gutenberg.
• EBSCO eBooks for Counseling
  
• Education eBooks on EBSCOhost
  Online Books | Educational Change | Educational Leadership | Effective Teaching | School Management | Multicultural Education | School Principles | and more...
• Electronic Text Center (University of Virginia Library) Open Access
  Digital Images | Humanities Texts | Twelve Languages
• Encyclopedia of Environmetrics
  A comprehensive source of relevant fundamental concepts in environmetric research, development and applications for statisticians, mathematicians, economists, environmentalists, ecologist, government officials and policy makers.
• Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration
  A complete exploration of the prominent themes, events, and theoretical underpinnings of the movements of human populations from prehistory to the present day, including thematic interpretations and theories of migration, significant contemporary scientific discoveries and scholarly interpretations.
• English Server Open Access
  Access to over 27,000 works in a wide range of disciplines.
• Facts on File Dictionary of Earth Science
  Online Dictionary | Earth Science Terminology
• Gale eBooks on Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)
  Gale eBooks on Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
• Grove Music Online
  The most comprehensive reference for all aspects of music. Over 29,000 articles on music, musical instruments and musicians from the past and present. Oxford Music Online provides the access point for Grove Music. Please LOGOUT when you finish a session so another user may access the database.
• HathiTrust Open Access
  1.2 million 19th and 20th century books in the public domain digitized from libraries around the world and covering all subjects. Search the Hathi Trust interface or find and access titles directly through the EIU library catalog.
• Invitation to World Literature Open Access
  Read selections from each work and explore the historical and cultural context of each work through interactive maps and other features.
• JSTOR Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Scholarly Journal Articles and Book Chapters | Broad Range of Disciplines in the Humanities, Social Sciences & Field Sciences
• Making of America (University of Michigan) Open Access
  Fulltext Books | Primary Sources | Education | Religion | History | Sociology | Technology | Science | Roughly 1800-1925
• Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Open Access
  
• Merck Manual of Geriatrics Open Access
  
• Merck Manual of Health and Aging Open Access
  
• Mometrix e-Library
  Study guides | Practice tests | Flash cards | Over 1800 in all | Test prep materials for GMAT, GRE, HESI, ILTS, LSAT, MCAT, NCLEX, LSAT, GMAT, MCAT | Topics include Business, Careers, College admissions and placement, Construction, Counseling, English Language, Finance, Grad school, K12, Medical professional, Medical technology, Nursing, Nutrition, Personal fitness, Public service and legal, Teaching
• New Oxford Shakespeare
  New consideration of Shakespeare's works | Modern Critical Edition of complete works, with modern spelling | Critical Reference Edition, with original spelling, notes, historical contexts | Authorship Companion, with essays on questions of authorship and chronology
• Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women: Transnational Networks (Gale)
  Women's history | Issues at the intersection of gender and class | Suffrage movements, culture, immigration, health, and more | Late 18th century through early 20th century | Primary sources | Books, journals, manuscripts, diaries, reports, and visuals
• Occupational Outlook Handbook Open Access
  Profiles of hundreds of occupations that describe What They Do, Work Environment, How to Become One, Pay, and more.
• Open Humanities Press Open Access
  Open Access Ebooks | Humanities | Social Sciences
• Oxford English Dictionary
  English Words | Meaning | History | Pronunciation | Quotations
• Oxford Handbooks Online: Criminology and Criminal Justice Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  In-depth scholarly articles from online handbooks | Research and current thinking on major Criminology & Criminal Justice topics | 17 ebooks in collection | Searchable and browsable by book and chapter
• Oxford Handbooks Online: Political Science Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  In-depth scholarly articles from online handbooks | Research and current thinking on major Political Science topics | 36 ebooks in collection | Searchable and browsable by book and chapter
• PENNsound Open Access
  More than 10,000 audio files of poets reading their work available for downloading to MP3 or iPod
• Plunkett eBooks
  Almanacs | Business and Industry
• PopUp Picks eBook Collections Open Access
  Popup Picks is a mobile media curation service that brings Illinois readers unlimited access to the best eBooks from around the world and around the corner. It includes hand-curated, award-winning sci-fi, young adult, travel, humor, self-help, graphic novels and others from expert librarian curators. Collections change quarterly. Anyone in Illinois can use Popup Picks and there are no hold queues or waiting for titles - ever! Go to popuppicks.com for more information or browse the collection. PopUp Picks uses the BiblioBoard app on your mobile device. Use https://library.biblioboard.com/ to view additional collections on your desktop computer
• Project Gutenberg Open Access
  Access to electronic texts of hundreds of literary works in the public domain. Also provides access to reference works such as dictionaries, almanacs, etc. Please note: this site provides the entire book as a single text file.
• R2 Digital Library
  Nursing | Radiation Medicine | Allied Health | Books
• R2 Otorhinolaryngology
  Otorhinolaryngology
• R2 Speech Therapy
  Speech Therapy | Audiology
• Reading Women Writers and African Literature Open Access
  English translations of works by African women writers writing in French. Parts of the site are in the original French.
• Routledge Handbooks Online
  Ebooks and book chapters | Over 140 handbooks from Routledge and CRC Press | Scholarship in a variety of academic fields
• Sage Knowledge E-Reference Collection
  Selected SAGE eBook and eReference content, including scholarly monographs, reference works, handbooks, series, professional development titles, and more. Includes expanded access to full content through 6/30/2020.
• Salem Science Online
  Contains: Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues & Encyclopedia of Global Issues
• South Asia Open Archives (SAOA) on JSTOR Open Access
  Open access materials for the study of South Asia | Primary and secondary sources | Collections on caste & social structure, literature, social & economic history, women & gender | Nearly 350,000 page images in 13 languages | Materials from 25 partner libraries, administered by the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) in partnership with JSTOR
• Springer eBooks for Counseling
  
• Springer eBooks: Architecture, Design and Arts Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2009
• Springer eBooks: Behavioral Science Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2015
• Springer eBooks: Biomedicine and Life Sciences Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2018
• Springer eBooks: Business and Economics Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2018
• Springer eBooks: Chemistry and Materials Science Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2019
• Springer eBooks: Communication Disorders
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2018
• Springer eBooks: Computer Science Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2018
• Springer eBooks: Earth and Environmental Science Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2020
• Springer eBooks: Education Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books | Research Topics | Special Education | Autism | Child Development | Professional Development | Science Education | Innovative Teaching Strategies | Publication Dates from 2005-2020
• Springer eBooks: Energy Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2018
• Springer eBooks: Journalism Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2018
• Springer eBooks: Mathematics Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2018
• Springer eBooks: Medicine
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2018
• Springer eBooks: Physics and Astronomy Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2018
• Springer eBooks: Political Science Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2020
• Springer eBooks: Professional Computing, Applied Computing and Web Design Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2020
• Springer eBooks: Reference Works Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2018
• Springer eBooks: Social Sciences Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Online Books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2018
• SpringerLink Includes Peer Reviewed Content
  Full-text E-books and Book Chapters | Publication Dates from 2005-2020
  Peer Reviewed Journals (Some Fulltext)
  
• TEAMS Middle English Texts Open Access
  Texts which occupy an important place in the literary and cultural canon
• U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports Open Access
  The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. Often called the "congressional watchdog," GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars.
• Victorian Women Writers Project Open Access
  Highly accurate transcriptions of works by British women writers of the 19th century.
• Wiley Online Library eBooks
  Over 3000 ebooks from Wiley from 2017-2021 across 60+ subject areas | May be used as course materials or for course reserves | Unlimited access through June 30, 2021 | Provided through Booth Library's CARLI consortium membership
• Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements
  Historical and Modern Topics | Significant Social and Political Developments
• Women Romantic-Era Writers Open Access
  Works of lesser-known Romantic women writers.
• Wright American Fiction 1851-1875 Open Access
  The Wright American Fiction online collection attempts to include every novel published in the United States from 1851 to 1875. There are currently 2,887 texts included (1,763 unedited, 1,124 fully edited and encoded) by 1,456 authors. Produced by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC).