Key eBook sites
The Stanford Libraries provides access to a number of key eBook sites. Please note that most commercially distributed e-book and e-text collections are licensed for the non-profit educational use of the Stanford community, and access to them is restricted. Their use is governed by copyright law and individual license agreements. Systematic downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of licensed information is prohibited.
Knovel Library
1,460 Titles Available for Stanford Users
Knovel Library combines essential and authoritative reference books and databases from more than 30 Sci-Tech publishers and professional societies including, McGraw Hill, John Wiley, Elsevier, Springer, and American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Using Advanced Search feature, it is possible to search numeric ranges for physical properties. It is also possible to sort, filter and export data from “live tables”, resolve equations and plot graphs, capture values from existing graphs and perform “what if” experiments on the data. Learn more about Knovel’s tools.
MyiLibrary
14,916 Titles Available for Stanford Users
As of early January 2008, MyiLibrary includes the full-text for 14,916 books for Stanford users. Here’s breakdown of titles by publisher: Cambridge University Press (3,037 titles), Elsevier Science & Technology (3,009 titles), Oxford University Press (2,168 titles), and Springer (6,702 titles).
ebrary for Libraries
34,131 Titles Available for Stanford Users
Full-text searching and retrieval of over 34,000 titles in various disciplines. Special eBrary browser plug-in required. Stanford’s subscription allows printing and copying from ebrary at no charge, although some titles have restrictions on the number of pages that may be printed or copied.
Synthesis Digital Library of Engineering and Computer Science
Stanford has a campus-wide site license to the Synthesis Digital Library.
Synthesis is an innovative information service for the research, development, and educational community in engineering and computer science.
The basic component of the library is a 50- to 100-page “Lecture”; a self-contained electronic book that synthesizes an important research or development topic, authored by an expert contributor to the field. We believe that they offer unique value to the reader by providing more analysis and depth than the typical research journal article. They are also more dynamic and convenient than traditional print or digital handbooks, contributed volumes, and monographs.
The library and its lectures are organized by series. Each series is managed by a prominent consulting editor. The series editor guides lecture topic and author selection as well as peer review. New series and lectures will be added continuously and existing lectures will be revised as needed. This will make the collection dynamic in a way that has not been achieved with traditional reference or educational products.
The Synthesis platform provides the user with access to content in PDF with live links to references and sophisticated search and personalization functions.
The National Academies Press
Read more than 3,700 books online FREE! More than 1900 PDFs now available for sale
The National Academies Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States. The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health, capturing the most authoritative views on important issues in science and health policy. The institutions represented by the NAP are unique in that they attract the nation’s leading experts in every field to serve on their award-winning panels and committees. This is the right place for definitive information on everything from space science to animal nutrition.
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