This site contains free sites which contain online texts and paid subscription sites with full text of reference books or monographs. All of the subscription databases may be accessed from home by using the remote access passwords available from the handout in the library or online through the Stamper Library classroom page on jbNet.

American Revolution- This digital archive documents the revolution and war that created the United States of America, from the earliest protests in 1765 through the peace treaty of 1783. (Password available for home access: use the one for Gale)

American Slavery- Full searchable text of American slave narratives. (Password available for home access)

Annals of America - The Annals of America is a comprehensive collection of primary sources and media which create a portrait of American History from 1493 to the present day. Use the timeline or topics list to find what's available for a particular event or theme. (Password available for home access)

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: US Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1875> This site includes the texts of the Continental Congress, Elliot's Debates, Bill and resolutions, American State Papers, the US Serial Set, the House and Senate Journals, Annals of Congress, Congressional Globe, Congressional Record and more...

Ebrary: Access to the School Collection, a growing database of e-books for high school curricula.(Password available for home access)

Gale Virtual Reference Library - Use this link to search the full text of more than 70 Gale multivolume reference books. (Password available for home access)

Humanities E-book Project- The ACLS Humanities E-Book Project is a collaboration of eight learned societies, nearly 75 contributing publishers,and librarians at the University of Michigan's Scholarly Publishing Office. The result is an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in history, recommended and reviewed by historians. Titles also accessible through the library's online catalog(Password available for home access)

Library of Economics - Classic works on economics, an Encyclopedia of Economics, monthly articles on economic topics, and a moderated economics blog. Most books are in readable and searchable formats. No password needed for home access.

Mutopia Project: A site for free sheet music, mostly classical.

Online Library of Liberty - Classic works on art, economics, history, law, literature, music, philosophy, political theory, religion, science, sociology, war and peace. Texts are provided in a variety of formats - html, pdf and as downloadable E-books. No password needed for home access.

Open Library: One web page for every book ever published

Oxford Reference Online - Use this link to search through the full text of many Oxford reference books, such as historical dictionaries and language dictionaries. All books included in this database can also be found using the library's online catalog. (Password available for home access)

Project Gutenberg: The oldest Internet site for etexts, it also includes audiobooks and sheet music

Questia - This site provides full text access to over 50,000 books and thousands of newspaper and journal articles. See the librarians to receive a unique account password that will give you access to the content and allow you to create virtual bookshelves, highlight and create notes for the texts, and generate bibliographies of works cited.

Salem History - Full text access to various Salem Press publications, including Great Lives from History and Great Events from History. (Password available for home access)

Salem Science - Full text access to Salem Press' Encyclopedia of Global Resources. (Password available for home access)

SIRS Decades - Primary Source and reference content from the 20th century. Content is organized into curricular topics pertaining to American History, culture, and daily life of the time. Use the timeline buttons to narrow your search. (Password available for home access)

Teaching Books: Adding a multimedia dimension to reading books

Text Archive: This site provides links to a number of full texts in the public domain, as well as to other sites for online texts.

Virtual Books from the British Library: The British Library has digitized many of its literary treasures and has them available for viewing. They also provide a plugin that allows viewers to "virtually" turn the pages of the books