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    These sites allow reading or downloading of information from text documents
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    link buttonAudio Library ~ Free Books to Read
    This online library is totally free for your use. The library uses audio technology to allow your computer to read your selections aloud. This is particularly good for the blind, children, and senior citizens. Authors include Bret Harte, Upton Sinclair, Louisa May Alcott, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Alfred Tennyson, and John Milton.

    link buttonConquest of North America, The
    This site describes the 15 year conquest of Native America by Hernando de Soto, Coronado, and Cabeza de Vaca.

    link buttonE-Book Collections - University of South Carolina
    The links on these pages provide access to a variety of books available on the World Wide Web.

    link buttonEtext
    Books, listed by title and author, accessible for reading on a PC.
    link buttonFootnote.com Database contains many documents that are free to access online. However, paid membership required for other services at this website.

    link buttonFree Library, The
    Full-text versions of classic literary works from hundreds of authors, whose biographies, images, and famous quotations can also be found on the site. Available in Italiano, Korean, Deutsch, Francais, Chinese and other languages.

    link buttonFree Library, The - By Farlex
    Full-text versions of classic literary works from hundreds of authors, whose biographies, images, and famous quotations can also be found on the site.

    link buttonGenealogy Librarian News
    Links to digital books online that can be used used [for free] in genealogy research, including county histories, city directories, genealogies and more.

    link buttonGoogle Book Search
    Search the full text of books.

    link buttonInternet Public Library, The
    This project is sponsored by the University of Michigan's School of Information.

    link buttonLibrarySpot
    A virtual library resource center for just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information.

    link buttonMicrosoft Live Search Books
    Presented by Microsoft, you can find a book, search within a book, download sections or entire books. Registration [free] required to view some material.

    link buttonOnline Books Page, The
    A website that provides access to books that are freely readable over the Internet.

    link buttonPenn State - W.E.B. DuBois Works
    From this site you can download the works of W. E. B Du Bois (February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963: American poet, historian, editor, scholar) in Adobe's® Acrobat ® Portable Document File format.

    link buttonProject Gutenberg
    Producer of free electronic books (ebooks).

    link buttonPublicLibraries.Com
    Listings of public, state, national, university and college libraries.

    link buttonReformed Reader, The
    Online documents about the history of Baptist beliefs.

    link buttonUniversity of Arizona Press
    These online books are free for reading while you are visiting this web site, but are not free for download or distribution. Titles include: The Seri Indians of Sonora Mexico by Bernice Johnston; The Marana Community in the Hohokam World, Edited by Suzanne K. Fish, Paul R. Fish, and John H. Madsen; and A Yaqui Easter by Muriel Thayer Painter.

    link buttonUniversity of Chicago Press
    Online features from Chicago Books including excerpts, interviews, essays, etc.

    link buttonUniversity of Florida
    The University of Florida's digital collection from its George A Smathers Library.

    link buttonVirginia Center for Digital History at the University of Virginia
    Online digital collections include the Virtual Jamestown Archive, television news of the Civil Rights era, and much, much more.

    link buttonWorldcat.org
    Search for an item in libraries near you.


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