E-Books e-resources and databases
- APA PsycBooks
PsycBooks via Ovid is a full-text database that provides electronic access to thousands of scholarly and professional titles published by APA on psychological and behavioural science, plus substantial back files of classic and historic works from 1950 till the present. All volumes of the APA Handbooks in Psychology reference series have recently been added to this collection. Updated weekly.
- Bloomsbury and Faber Screenplays and Criticism
Screen Studies is a dynamic digital platform taking users from script to screen and beyond – containing books, screenplays, overview articles and learning resources from Bloomsbury, Faber & Faber, the British Film Institute, Focal Press and Auteur (LUP). It comprises an exceptional collection of award-winning screenplays, critical and contextual books on film from the late nineteenth century to the present, and an interactive timeline of cinema history.
- Bloomsbury Collections
The Australian National University has access to Bloomsbury Open Access titles plus these archive collections:
- Comparative Law, Legal History and Legal Studies
- Constitutional and Administrative Law
- Human Rights Law
- International Law
- Legal Philosophy
- Books@Ovid Purchased eBooks
The database includes full text, references, updates, and graphics from a variety of publishers in medicine, nursing, and pharmacology.
- Brill's New Pauly Supplements Online
The resource brings together major reference works for the study of the ancient world and its reception in later centuries, including comprehensive lists of rulers and dynasties as well as biographies of scholars throughout the age. The reference works include:
- Brill’s New Pauly
- Brill’s New Pauly Supplements I - Volume 1 : Chronologies of the Ancient World - Names, Dates and Dynasties
- Brill’s New Pauly Supplements I - Volume 2 : Dictionary of Greek and Latin Authors and Texts
- Brill’s New Pauly Supplements I - Volume 3 : Historical Atlas of the Ancient World
- Brill’s New Pauly Supplements I - Volume 4 : The Reception of Myth and Mythology
- Brill’s New Pauly Supplements I - Volume 5 : The Reception of Classical Literature
- Brill’s New Pauly Supplements I - Volume 6 : History of classical Scholarship - A Biographical Dictionary
- Der Neue Pauly
- Cambridge Histories Online
Historical reference compendium with instant access to the texts of the Cambridge Histories series. All the available volumes are grouped into topics such as American history, Ancient history & classical studies, Asian history, British & European history, Global history, Literature, Middle East & African studies, Music & theature, Philosophy & politcal thought, Religion.
Authorised for ANU alumni access - ClinicalKey
ClinicalKey gives physicians clinically-relevant answers from Elsevier’s proprietary medical and surgical content. ClinicalKey was built to meet physician requirements that a clinical reference be comprehensive, trusted and fast. ClinicalKey ebooks now include Medical Education Essentials Collection titles.
ClinicalKey e-books and resources can be accessed from off-campus by following the remote access instructions.
ClinicalKey is available as an app, which can be accessed by following the registration and login instructions.
- Collected Works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
InteLex Corporation’s Past Masters series encompasses the collection of primary source full-text electronic editions in philosophy in the world, including the collected works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the collected works and correspondence of Chauncey Wright, Chinese philosophy, and more.
- Colloquium digital library of life sciences
Morgan & Claypool publish specially commissioned ebooks covering a range of new and emerging engineering, computer science, and life science sub-disciplines. This digital library has access to:
- Colloquium digital library of life sciences
- Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science
- Artificial Intelligence and machine learning collection
- CSIRO Publishing eBooks
E-books on animals, built environment, food & agriculture, gardening & horticulture, health, marine & freshwater, natural environment, physical sciences, plant science, and science in society published by Australia's leading science publisher CSIRO.
Authorised for ANU alumni access - EBL (SEE ProQuest Ebook Central)
A system designed to facilitate electronic ‘loans’ of eBooks to ANU Library patrons. Full text access of nearly 1,000 books on a wide range of topics, including life and physical sciences, economics and business, social sciences and humanities, law and others. In some cases, patrons are able to download copies or print from the books. All individual titles appear in the ANU Library Catalogue.
- Ebrary (SEE ProQuest Ebook Central)
A multidisciplinary collection of e-books.
- EBSCO eBooks - selected titles
The EBSCO e-book collection contains multidisciplinary e-books representing a broad range of academic subject matter.
- Elgaronline
This is a small collection of selected law e-books published by Edward Elgar.
- Emerald Business, Management and Economics
Full text access to eBooks and Journals covering accounting & finance, economics, education, health & social care, sociology and more.
Authorised for ANU alumni access - Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Online
The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music is the first comprehensive online resource devoted to music research of all the world's peoples. The material and audio recordings, combined with entries by expert contributors from all over the world, make this the most complete body of work focused on world music.
- Handbooks in Economics
A reference source on various branches of economics. Surveys the current state of the topic from journals and is suitable for researchers, graduate students or as a teaching supplement.
- IET Digital Library
The IET Digital Library is a global repository of material covering Energy Engineering, Electromagnetic Waves, Control, Robotics & Sensors, Radar, Sonar & Navigation, Materials, Circuits & Devices, ICT & Cybersecurity, Healthcare Technology, Transportation, and more, contained in technical papers, academic eBooks, magazines, conference publications and seminar digests from 1994 onwards. Also available is the IET Digital Library Journals Archive, which contains over 70,000 articles including the complete collection of research journals published by the IET between the years 1872 and 1993, and ebooks 1979-2021.
Authorised for ANU alumni access - IOP ebooks
IOP ebooks brings together innovative digital publishing with leading voices from across the physical sciences. Created through collaboration with leading researchers in their field, IOP ebooks™ includes the IoP Expanding Physics Collection and IoP Concise Physics Collection.
- Karger Book Series
The Karger program, comprising over 40 book series mainly published in English, covers all disciplines of human medicine and related sciences.
- Knowledge Unlatched
Commercially published books are "unlatched" via crowdfunding. The books are then made available from freely accessible open access platforms - either Hathitrust or oapen.org. In oapen.org look for this button:
Authorised for ANU alumni access - NASA e-Books
Access hundreds of free e-books about aeronautics, science and space history via this NASA webpage. These books were placed online over the last decade and show how central the space program was during the 20th century. Besides regularly offering access to new publications, the NASA webpage also offers access to out-of-print books, and recently digitised series from the NASA Headquarters Historical Reference Collection via the new NASA HQ Historical Reference Collection.
- New Oxford Shakespeare
The New Oxford Shakespeare presents an entirely new consideration of all of Shakespeare's works, containing Modern Critical Edition (Modern spelling for reading and study), Critical Reference Edition (Original spelling for literary and bibliographic research), and Authorship Companion (Essays on questions of authorship and chronology across the Shakespearean canon).
- O'Reilly
O’Reilly for Higher Education connects researchers, students, and faculty to essential business and technology resources in a modern digital learning ecosystem. More than 47,000 books, over 30,000 hours of video, and resources such as case studies, and expert playlists make O’Reilly a must-have resource for libraries striving to prepare today’s learners for the future. O’Reilly supports users at all levels with multiple learning styles through rich and varied formats, responsive design, and an intuitive user experience that works on any screen size. Information on the mobile app for off campus use can be found here.
First time users must Register by clicking on the link Institution not listed? and then entering your ANU email. You will then be emailed a link from O’Reilly to create your own password. Once registered, you can click on the link Already a user? And then Sign in with your ANU email and your O’Reilly password.
You can print using Ctrl+P or by copying and pasting sections into a text editor to print.
- OECD iLibrary
OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring thousands of e-books, chapters, tables and graphs, papers, articles, summaries, indicators, databases and Podcasts. OECD iLibrary also contains content published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and the International Transport Forum (ITF).
Authorised for ANU alumni access