Books & texts31 resources

Free multilingual library of public domain and freely licensed texts, transcribed by volunteers.

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More than 75,000 free ebooks, mostly older works in the public domain, readable online or downloadable.

GB

Google Books is an e-book library, available on the web.

Collaborative project intended to create an encyclopedia documenting all living species known to science.

International digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.

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Online project for book data by the Internet Archive.

Scholarpedia is an online encyclopedia, available on the web.

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Free resource library for the web, listed under “Books & texts”.

Online encyclopedia wiki for youth aged 8-13.

Digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France: books, manuscripts, maps, prints and press, many in the public domain.

Digital cultural archive initiative that publishes free electronic versions of books significant to the culture and history of the Nordic countries.

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is an online encyclopedia, available on the web.

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World History Encyclopedia is an online encyclopedia, available on the web.

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Aozora Bunko is a digital library, available on the web.

Multilingual semantic network and encyclopedic dictionary.

Software tools for digital library collections.

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Persée is a digital library, available on the web.

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Open-access digital library of Spanish-language texts.

Wiki encyclopedia for children, in German.

Single window portal to integrate the digital repositories of India, sponsored by NME-ICT, MHRD, Govt. of India.

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Free-content digital library of Jewish texts.

Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative.

Les Classiques des sciences sociales is a digital library, available on the web.

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Snapshot of English Wikipedia in December 2001.

Queer Liberation Library is a digital library, available on the web.

Bibliographic database and digital library of open access journals.

Online encyclopedia, published by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library is a digital library, available on the web.

Internet encyclopedia about India and South Asian cultural heritage.

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Non-profit digital library of books, films, music, software and archived web pages. Openly available items can be viewed and downloaded without an account; a free account is needed to borrow books from the lending library and for some…

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Carefully formatted, accessible editions of public domain books, free to download.