Electronic books are book publications made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the display of computers or other electronic devices. Although sometimes defined as “an electronic version of a printed book”, some e-books exist without a printed equivalent. The Claremont Business School Library subscribes to a number of eBook platforms and it also has access to Open Access books (freely available) as listed below.

1.  Research4life

Research4Life provides institutions in low-and middle-income countries with online access to academic and professional peer-reviewed content. We aim to improve teaching, research and policymaking in health, agriculture, the environment and other life, physical and social sciences

    a) Hinari

    b) Agora

    c) OARE

    d) ARDI

    d) GOALI

2. TAgEcon – Research in Agricultural and Applied Economics

A collection of scholarly research in agribusiness, food security and supply, energy and natural resource economics, environmental economics, policy issues, international trade, and economic development

2.    Biomedical and  Life
Sciences Collection

The Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection with over 3,600 seminar-style
lectures, covering key subject areas from basic science to therapeutic
intervention.

3.     ACM Digital Library

This database covers comprehensive full-text articles covering Computing and Information Technology

4.    AGRIS

Agricultural science and technology information

5.     Bentham Open

Free-to-view online journals covering medicine, technology and social sciences disciplines

6.      Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)

Multidisciplinary

7.    Bloomsbury Collections

Humanities and social sciences e-books.

8.  CIA World Factbook

World Facts and Figures

9. Core

A collection of open access research papers.

10.EconBiz

Journals, Working Papers & Conferences in Business Studies and Economics

11.EconPapers

A collection of Economics working papers, journal articles and software.

12.Education Resources Information Centre (ERIC)

ERIC is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC provides access to over 1.4 million journal articles, reports, and conference papers.

13.Eldis

Multi-disciplinary but biased towards development studies

14.EThOS

Multidisciplinary doctoral theses database

15.European Geosciences Union Open Access Journals

Earth, planetary, and space sciences journals

15.Frontiers

A multidisciplinary database providing access to over 80 open access journals

16.HubMed

HubMed is an alternative search interface to the PubMed database of biomedical literature.

17.Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa

The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa is a refereed journal published four times a year to strengthen and foster sustainable development and planning efforts in Africa.

17.JURN

A multidisciplinary search engine that harvests various scholarly websites, articles, and journals that are all free access or open access.

18.MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus is an authoritative free health information database developed and managed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It provides links to drug and supplement information, current news, medical images and videos on health information.

18.MSD Manuals

MSD Manuals are a free source of medical information available in digital form to professionals and patients. The resources are available in text, audio, video and 3D formats.

19.MDPI 

Multi-disciplinary Digital Publishing Institute is a multidisciplinary publisher of peer reviewed open access journals. It publishes a series of open access and conference journals in all research fields

20.National Academies Press

Reports of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

21.National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Bookshelf

Free online access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.

22.Nature Research

Nature Research hosts over 40 multidisciplinary journals that are fully open access.

22.Nordic Africa Institute

The Nordic Africa Institute portal provides access to research output and documentation on modern Africa in the fields of social sciences and some arts subjects.

23.OAPEN 

Multi-disciplinary

24.Open Textbook Library

Free, openly-licensed textbooks.

25.OpenStax

Openly licensed textbooks from Rice University.

26.Open Book Publishers

This is a multidisciplinary database offering a wide range of e-books.