Online Books and Journals - These all provide free access unless indicated otherwise
Australian Dictionary of Biography The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. In it you will find concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history.The ADB is produced by the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University.
Bookboon Online textbooks written by "highly respected professors from top universities in the world covering topics such as economics, statistics, IT, engineering and natural sciences"
British Newspaper Archive - some fee involved The British Newspaper Archive contains over 3 million pages of UK newspapers published from 1700 - 1900. Newspapers published in the 20th Century will also be available as the archive grows. Searching is free. Viewing, downloading and printing will be charged for.
Curriki A non-profit global community for teachers, students and parents for open learning resources. The materials are varied in subject and cover many levels.
Electronic Journals Library Lists free scientific and scholarly journals, plus others that are not accessible.
The Encyclopedia of Earth A free electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society.
FlatWorld Knowledge Free online textbooks in business, humanities and the sciences
Free ebooks A list of links to free ebooks on many subjects
Friedbeef Tech Best places to get free books: the ultimate guide.
Google Books Millions of books available for preview and free reading
Hongkiat.com The '20 best websites to download free ebooks'
Internet Archive A digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. As well as e-books under the 'text' link there are archived movies, tv shows, audio files and much more!
IOP Select A selection of articles from the Institute of Physics chosen for their quality and recency
Island Studies Journal A scholarly journal dedicated to the inter-disciplinary study of our 'world of islands'
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