In order to help meet the growing demand for e-Books, this page presents major sources of free, downloadable e-Books at a time when iCONN is unable to purchase the most popular e-Books. We provide these links as a convenience and regret that we are unable to provide technical support for these sites.

Collections

e-Books in various formats

• Google Books (100’s of 1000’s of titles) (select “full view” or “free only” in search results)
• Internet Archive (over 2.5 million titles)
• ManyBooks.net (29,000 titles)
• Online Books Page (over 1 million titles)
• Project Gutenberg (over 33,000 titles)

For the Kindle - Amazon's Free Collection (over 16.000 of the most popular classics)*
 
For the Nook - Barnes & Noble's Free Collection*

Free e-Textbooks - CK12 FlexBooks (math and science subjects for middle and high school classes)
 
In iCONN - E-Reference Books (144 titles) (read online only) (requires CT public library card)
 
For more e-Books, try iCONN's Literature site or your home library

* Note: these sites require setting up an account with a credit card.  

Individual Works

Jack Dougherty and colleagues, On The Line: How Schooling, Housing and Civil Rights Shaped Hartford and its Suburbs. Hartford, CT: Trinity College, Spring 2011. Web-book preview edition. (read online only)