Music Library

E-Books

E-books via BU package subscriptions

Dissertations via Proquest Digital Dissertations.
Our subscription includes access to the full .pdf for any dissertation that has been digitized.

NetLibrary.
A few thousand e-books in all subject areas are available. Many of the books are pre-1923; some coverage of music.

Oxford Scholarship Online.
Over 1,000 e-books covering Philosophy, Religion, Political Science, and Economics and Finance; some coverage of music; in some cases, only abstracts are available.

Safari Tech Books Online.
In addition to programming or technical issues, some sound and visual areas are covered.

SourceOECD.
Includes access to books, related periodicals and statistical databases. International coverage of Education, Science and Economic trends and indicators.

Open access e-books

ACLS Humanities E-Book. Approximately 1500 academic press titles, browse by subject (author and title browse also available).

Bartleby.com. Free full text online access to reference, literature and verse books.

Internet Archive. Increasing numbers, daily, of scanned and excellently presented books are appearing here, most published prior to 1923.  The audio and video offerings are wonderful, too. See also its 'Wayback' option.

Librarian's Internet Index. This site compliles a list of reputable websites that provide free access to electronic texts.

Identifying more E-Books as personal purchases

Books in Print is a good starting point. Use its Advanced Search to limit by e-book. You can usually determine if a book is offered through a subscription package, as a separate purchase, or both. Use BIP to be led to the publisher's web site for individual purchase.