LibGuides: Ebooks at the Library: EBooks through FSU Library Databases

Credo Reference

Credo Reference features online content from 600+ reference books in a broad range of subjects.

Gale Virtual Reference Library

The Gale Virtual Reference Library contains over 85 e-books from the following areas: Arts, Biography, Business, Environment, General Reference, History, Law, Literature; Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and the World, Science and Social Science.

General & Subject Online Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Birds of North America Online This link opens in a new window
A comprehensive handbook covering the life histories of North American birds.

Britannica Online
Online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica, plus maps, photos, illustrations, videos, multimedia clips, and statistical Yearbooks dating back to 1993. Includes eBook / Primary Sources, the World Data Analyst for statistics of all the countries of the world as well as Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This link opens in a new window
General encyclopedia. [EBSCOhost database]

Databases with significant e-book content:

AgeLine
Focuses exclusively on the population aged 50+ and issues of aging. Great source for the literature of social gerontology. Includes aging-related content from the health sciences, psychology, sociology, social work, economics, and public policy. Indexes books, book chapters, reports and 200+ journals. Publication coverage is from 1978 to the present
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Most sources in this database are full-text. [EBSCOhost database]

Art and Architecture Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text coverage of more than 220 books on this subject. Also offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 230 additional books. Includes an Image Collection of over 63,000 images provided by Picture Desk and others.
[EBSCOhost database]
Content Includes:
More than 210 active full-text, non-open access periodicals
Nearly 220 full-text books
Cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for 790 academic journals, magazines and trade publications and nearly 220 books
A collection of over 63,000 images

Berg Fashion Library
Provides integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout history. Includes the Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, an extensive E-Book collection, a vast image bank, extra reference resources and more.

Biography In Context This link opens in a new window
For those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. This database merges Gale's authoritative reference content (including books, chapters in books, monographs, and textbooks) with periodicals and multimedia. Users can search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
[Gale / InfoTrac database]
Environment Complete This link opens in a new window
Includes more than 190 monographs on this topic. [EBSCOhost database]
Gale in Context: Global Issues This link opens in a new window
Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues. Each of these gateway pages includes an overview, unique "perspectives" articles written by local experts, reference, periodical, primary source and statistical information. Rich multimedia - including podcasts, video, and interactive graphs - enhance each portal. Use Browse Issues and Topics, Country Finder, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database.
[Gale / InfoTrac database]
MasterFILE Premier This link opens in a new window
Designed specifically for public libraries, this multidisciplinary database provides full text for nearly 500 reference books and over 164,400 primary source documents, as well as an Image Collection of over 592,000 photos, maps & flags. Also has 1,700+ periodicals with full-text information dating as far back as 1975 [EBSCOhost database]
Science in Context This link opens in a new window
For those seeking contextual information on today's most significant science topics. This database merges Gale's authoritative reference content (encyclopedias, handbooks, sourcebooks, factbooks, monographs) with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, experiments, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
[Gale / InfoTrac database]
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive sociology research database. Includes full text for more than 830 books and monographs, and full text for over 16,800 conference papers. [EBSCOhost database]
U.S. History in Context This link opens in a new window
For those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. This database merges Gale's authoritative reference content (online encyclopedias & other types of e-books) with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
[Gale / InfoTrac database]
World History in Context This link opens in a new window
For those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. This database merges Gale's authoritative reference content (online encyclopedias & other types of e-books) with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites. [Gale / InfoTrac database]

Science Direct

As part of a grant for the Environmental Science major, a collection of environmental science e-books hosted on ScienceDirect are available for chapter download onto your computer or e-reader. Select any of the title links listed below: