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Listings of E-Libraries

E-libraries have revolutionized how we retrieve information. With them, useful, relevant and up-to-date information are placed at your disposal, withstanding any school’s lack of information resources. As teachers, it is important for you to be familiar with some of the more comprehensive e-libraries available on the Internet.

Here’s a list of some useful e-libraries you can use to expand and update your knowledge:

• ibiblio

ibiblio is run by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is one of the oldest WWW Internet websites in the world. It offers free downloads of e-books and journals on science, mathematics, cultural studies, literature and music. The site also offers free software download and radio streaming. Visit the site here: http://ibiblio.org

• Bookyards

Bookyards’ collection of books range from classic works like Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles of Mathematics to technical books like Robert Read’s How To Be a Programmer to Joseph Devlin's "How to Speak and Write Correctly." There are currently 10,180 books available for download on the website.

• The Electronic Library of Mathematics

The e-library, offered by the European Mathematical Society, contains journals, books, articles and monograph collections on subjects like Applied Mathematics and Linear Algebra. Download mathematical ebooks from the library here:
http://emis.elibrary.ru/journals/index.html

• Digital Library of Information Science and Technology (DLIST)

The DLIST is a digital archive established in 2002. It contains electronic books, journals, and magazines subjects like anthropology, sociology, technology and journalism. Download ebooks here: http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/view/subjects/

• Digital Library of Science

Ebooks on mathematics, physics, economics and philosophy can be downloaded from this site. To check out its wide collection of ebooks and journals, visit the site here: http://www.gallup.unm.edu/~smarandache/eBooks-otherformats.htm

• International Children’s Digital Library

This site contains digitized copies of children’s books from around the globe. You can download books here which you can use to teach your younger students grammar, reading and world cultures and develop their creativity and love for reading. You can visit this site here: http://www.icdlbooks.org/

• Project Gutenberg

The oldest digital library, Project Gutenberg offers more than 18,000 ebooks in different languages. Now on its 35th year, the site offers users a wide array of collection that range from classic novels like Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray to Leo Tolstoy's On the Significance of Science and Art.

• Internet Archive

Internet Archive is a collection, of digital books, movies, audio recordings, software and World Wide Web "snapshots." It currently has 30,378 text files in its collection. Visit the site at http://www.archive.org.