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- ABC-Clio E-books

- A collection of e-books from ABC-Clio Publishing in a variety of subjects ranging from History to Technology.
Pages from ABC-Clio books can be both printed and emailed. These books are not downloadable in their entirety to read off-line.
- Credo Reference

- Credo Reference is a full-text online reference service. The collection includes over three million entries from hundreds of well-regarded titles from some of world's the best reference publishers. Credo’s collection is integrated with millions of cross-references and contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy, science to Shakespeare and law to literature.
Pages from the Credo Collection books can be both emailed and printed. Credo books are not downloadable in their entirety to read off-line.
- EBSCO Ebook Collection

- The EBSCO Ebook collection replaces NetLibrary. The books in this collection span a large variety of topics. Most books in this collection are in PDF format. Many titles in the EBSCO Ebook collection can be downloaded in their entirety to your computer or mobile reading device.
- Ebrary

- Searchable index to all Ebrary books owned by the College of DuPage. Some titles in the Ebrary collection can be downloaded in their entirety to a computer or mobile device.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL)

- GVRL is a collection of online reference books on a variety of topics including Business, History, Literature, Medicine, Social Science, Technology and many more. Pages and chapters from this collection can be printed and emailed.
- Humanities (ACLS) E-book Collection

- This resource includes over 1500 full-text, cross-searchable books in the humanities selected by scholars for their continuing importance for research and teaching.
Areas include: African, American, Asian, Latin American, European (Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern), Middle Eastern, World/Comparative, Byzantine/Mediterranean and Australasian/Oceanian history, plus history of the Native Peoples of the Americas and of Science and Technology. Pages from this collection can be printed and emailed.
- Knovel Library


- This database is a cross-searchable collection of electronic books covering many subjects in technology, engineering, applied technology, science, chemistry and physics and much more.
- Oxford Art Online


- This resource includes the full-text of:
Grove Art Online
Oxford Companion to Western Art
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms
- Oxford Music Online


- This resource includes the full-text of:
The Oxford Dictionary of Music
Grove Music Online
Oxford Companion to Music
- Safari Books Online

- The Safari TechBooks database contains the full text of books specifically for the Information Technology professional. It includes top publishers like O'Reilly, Sam's, CISCO Press and many more. Pages from this collection are printable. Books cannot be downloaded in their entirety.
- SpringerLink E-books


- SpringerLink is a large collection of e-books covering topics in technology, sciences and medicine. The Library provides access to all titles published between 2005-2010. **Use "Advanced Search" and limit to category of "Only Books." Then use "Publication Dates" between 2005-2010. Look for the green boxes for COD-owned titles.**Chapters from this collection can be downloaded in PDF to read off-line.
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