InfoGuides: Library Educational Resources: An Alternative to Textbooks: Assign Ebooks/Chapters

Looking for a specific ebook? Search the library catalog.

Search Mason Catalog

Still can't find the item? Use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to request books, media and articles from other libraries when they are not available at Mason or the WRLC. Start your research early if you want to take advantage of this wonderful service as it can take up to 2 weeks.

Ebook Collections ideal for use as course materials

For any ebook resource here, you can link to an entire book or a single chapter, or you could post a PDF chapter for download. All resources listed here are ideal for assigning to students!

Cambridge Core This link opens in a new window
We own hundreds of Cambridge University Press ebooks (though not all of them!). You can find them by searching the library catalog or the Cambridge Core platform. Note: this platform includes journals, so limit search results to books & book chapters.
De Gruyter online This link opens in a new window
Mason Libraries hold complete 2023 and 2024 ebook title list for the following University Presses: Columbia, Harvard, Duke, Princeton, Yale, as well as Lynne Rienner Press and Central European University Press.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a collection of core scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences digitized in most cases back to the first date of issue. Includes selected books, primary sources and other materials for academic work.
Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window
Access to the entire seventeen subjects from the Oxford Handbooks Online platform. Offers review essays that evaluate the current thinking on a field or topic in a given subject area, and makes original arguments about the future direction of the debate.
Oxford Very Short Introductions This link opens in a new window
Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume provides discussions of the central issues in a given topic. Access to all subjects.
Sage Knowledge Ebooks This link opens in a new window
Access to over 5,500 Sage ebook titles covering the disciplines of Psychology, Sociology, Business, Education, Communications, Cultural Studies, Environmental Studies, Politics, Health & Social Care.
Springer eBook Collections This link opens in a new window
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The Libraries purchases Springer eBook collections in Biomedical and Life Sciences, Business and Management, Chemistry and Materials Science, Computer Science, Economics and Finance, Education, Energy, Engineering, Mathematics/Statistics, Medicine, Physics and Astronomy, and Professional and Applied Computing.
Taylor & Francis eBooks This link opens in a new window
Search and discover academic, science, technology and medical ebook content from across all of T&F’s imprints, including CRC Press, Garland Science, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, and others. Options include browse by subject and limit to full-text access.
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
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Search for a topic, then limit results to books. Subject areas include the sciences, social sciences, business, education, law, computer science and technology.
Oxford Very Short Introductions This link opens in a new window
Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume provides discussions of the central issues in a given topic. Access to all subjects.