eBooks | Solano Community College Library

Over 5,000 eBooks and over 1,700 eAudiobooks are available for free in the Solano, Napa & Partners (SNAP) consortium eContent collection.

Read or listen to books from the comfort of your computer using NetLibrary. [opens a new browser window]

The Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These resources began as physical books and are now available electronically 24/7, with your Solano College Library Card.

Example titles include:
21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook
The Encyclopedia of Buddhism
Medicine, Health, and Bioethics: Essential Primary Sources
Reference Guide to World Literature
World of Forensic Science
.... and many, many more!

Safari Tech Books

A full-text library for students, programmers, and IT professionals covering a variety of topics including computer science, desktop publishing, markup languages, software engineering, graphic design, and more. In-library use only.

The Internet Archive is a free, digital library containing an Open-Access Text Archive, an audio and MP3 library, a Moving Images library (with free movies, films, and videos), a Software Archive, and the "Wayback Machine" - a web archive of "85 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago". (About IA, 2001) [opens a new browser window]

Google Book Search may provide full-text or limited previews of books related to your search. If a book is not under copyright restrictions, you may be able to view, download and/or print it. Books under copyright restrictions may provide a limited preview of the book's content.

Either way, Google Book Search results provide a link for you to "Find this book in a library" near you. Ask your librarian for help using Google Books.