Resources for Students

Free Ways to Read

  • Open Library

    Open Library is a universal catalog for book metadata. Their goal is to create a web page for every book ever published, calling it an “Open Library” because it is a collaborative open source initiative, which means that anyone can use and contribute to the Open Library catalog. In this way, Open Library opens the doors to the places where you can find the book you’re looking for.

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  • Project Gutenberg

    Project Gutenberg is a library of over 70,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for you to enjoy.

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  • Folger Shakespeare Library

    Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Access full-text plays by William Shakespeare.

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  • Bookshare Audiobooks

    Bookshare is an online library of audiobooks for people with learning disabilities. Listen to words read aloud, read on a wide variety of devices such as computers, tablets, smartphones, MP3 players, and assistive technology devices Get unlimited access to school books, popular books, children’s books, and more

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College Textbooks on a Budget

  • Library Genesis (LibGen) is a shadow library project for file-sharing access to scholarly journal articles, academic and general-interest books, images, comics, audiobooks, and magazines. The site enables free access to content that is otherwise paywalled or not digitized elsewhere.

  • Open textbooks are licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used and adapted. Download, edit and distribute them at no cost.

  • Bookboon Learning is a digital learning service provider for corporate learning & development, providing eBooks, audio learning, online courses & learning. There is an entire section dedicated to free textbooks for university students.

  • The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle. It provides free access to collections of digitized materials including websites, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials.