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| E-books on the web (http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/ft/EBooks.html)
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Search engine
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Searches Internet Archive, Google Book Search and many others. Visitors should note the search engine displays each result in a new window, which may be overwhelming at first.
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Public Domain
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| Making of America (http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/)
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Image and text library
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American education, psychology, history, sociology, religion, and science and technology books. Specializes in 1800-1900 publications.
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Over 10,000 books and 50,000 articles
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Public Domain
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| Manybooks.net (http://manybooks.net/)
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Text library
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Provides free eBooks for PDAs, iPods, or eBook readers. Books are available in several languages.
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21,014 eBooks
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Public Domain
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CC-BY-SA or CC-BY-ND
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| Intratext (http://www.intratext.com/)
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Text library
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Religious, philosophical, literary, and scientific texts in 40 languages.
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Over 1,000 texts
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CC-BY-NC-SA
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| WikiEducator (http://www.wikieducator.org/Free_Textbooks)
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Wiki
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List of free textbooks wiki format.
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4
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CC-BY-SA
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| Textbook Revolution (http://textbookrevolution.org/)
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Text library
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Textbooks and select educational resources of all kinds. Some of the books are PDF files, others are viewable only online as e-books. Most books are aimed at undergraduates, but there are at least a few resources at every level, from kindergarten to post-doc. All of the books are offered for free by their respective copyright holders for online viewing.
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257
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CC-BY-NC
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GFDL
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| Free High School Science Texts (http://www.fhsst.org/)
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Text library
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Project to build science textbooks for grades 10-12 in South Africa. Topics include Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
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Currently 8 books in development
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GFDL
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| Wikibooks (http://www.wikibooks.org/)
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Wiki
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Sponsored by the Wikimedia foundation (which also supports Wikipedia), Wikibooks is meant specifically for open textbooks. Subjects range from computer programming to cookbooks.
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28,000 pages across dozens of books
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GFDL
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Various
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| The Assayer
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Link library
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Website that provides links to free textbooks. Registered users can write reviews. The Assayer started in 2000, and has a long history of free textbooks. However, some links are broken or outdated.
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1,000 links to books
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Open Publication License
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| Open Text Book (http://www.opentextbook.org)
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Text library
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Textbooks on various topics. Most are openly licensed, but license does vary.
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Over 15 books
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Varies
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Sources
ISKME. (2008, February 8). What are Open Textbooks? Connexions. Retrieved April 2, 2008, from http://cnx.org/content/m15226/latest/
Okerbloom, J.M. (n.d.). The Online Books Page: Archives and Indexes. Retrieved June 2, 2008, from http://www.wikieducator.org/index.php?title=OER_Handbook/educator/open_textbooks&action=edit
