Books & E-Books

Find books at ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, in Rhode Island and beyond:

E-Books

The ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ libraries have purchased a number of E-Book collections which may be searched individually or via the HELIN Library Catalog.

For help viewing or downloading an e-book see our .

Selected e-Book collections currently available to the ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓƵ community include:


  • An online collection of high quality titles in the humanities.

  • Includes books, pamphlets, essays, broadsides and more published in the UK in the 18th century.

  • Contains digital facsimile page images of English language works from 1473-1700

  • A collection of academic electronic books.

  • A collection of scholarly e-books.

  • Primary source collections of the 19th century.

  • E-books from University Presses.

  • Search across hundreds of reference titles.

Free E-Book Collections on the web:


  • A portal for students, teachers, and scholars bringing together the riches of America's libraries, archives, and museums.

  • Provides free online access to out-of-copyright texts.

  • A shared digital repository of major research libraries.

  • Free books and texts.