InfoGuides: e-Books@Mason: Find e-Book Collections

Major Mason e-Book Collections

The following e-book collections are available 24/7 to current Mason faculty, students and staff. If you are accessing this web site from off-campus, you will need to login with your Mason e-mail username and password when prompted.

Not a current Mason faculty, student or staff member? Visit the Mason Libraries in person to use these resources.

Mason E-books List
Use this page to start exploring e-books at Mason. Or dive into specific collections using the links below.
VIVA E-book Portal
Search for and access e-books in collections provided to Mason through the Open VIVA program from the Virtual Library of Virginia.

Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Note: Mason login required. Merges ebrary and EBL E-book libraries.
Access thousands of scholarly e-books covering many subjects. Provides tools for note-taking, highlighting, and instant citing. Read books online and check individual entries for offline reading options including DRM-free chapter downloads and full book downloads.
Ebsco eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Includes several thousand electronic books, or eBooks on a variety of subjects, including public access books. Please note some eBooks are only available to a single user or one-user at a time. If using a Mac, use the Safari browser for best results.
Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to academic works published March 2015 onward, in subject areas across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.
O'Reilly Learning Platform (Safari) This link opens in a new window
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Platform includes books, videos, proven learning paths, case studies and audio books. Topics range from programming to IT networking to project management to graphic design to business strategy. The content includes code snippets, certification preparation materials, practice exercises, training videos, and more. Note: George Mason users are able to fully access all O’Reilly books only through a web browser, and do not have application support.
Springer Nature eBook Collections This link opens in a new window
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Access e-books in Behavioral Sciences, Business and Management, Computer Science and Applied Computing, Earth and Environmental Science, Economics and Finance, Education, Energy, Engineering, Humanities, Life Sciences, Math/Statistics, Medicine, Physics and Astronomy, and Social Sciences and Law.

Project Gutenberg
Provides free access to over 25,000 books in its catalog and links to affiliated projects.
The Online Books Page
More than 30,000 free books on the Web. (UPenn)
Bartleby.com
Provides access to classic texts as well as contemporary reference works,

EServer.org
Contains over 50 digital collections in the areas of art, architecture, drama, humanities, social issues, etc. (University of Iowa)
eScholarhsip Editions (California Digital Library)
Provides public access to academic books art, art history, cinema and performance arts.
Internet Public Library: Arts & Humanities
This portal website provides links to other free e-book libraries and search tools on the Internet.
Online Medieval & Classical Library
Collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization.