LibGuides: Government Relations: Books

E-Book Databases

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(Canadian Electronic Library / Gibson) Canadian e-books, government documents, and grey literature, primarily on health, government, and public policy from Gibson's Canadian Public Documents Collection (including the Canadian Public Policy Collection (CPPC) and the Canadian Health Research Collection (CHRC)).
NOTE: This platform will no longer be available after June 1, 2022. The vendor has ceased operation and the content is now being handled by Canada Commons from Coherent Digital and the Trojman Corporation.

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Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) This link opens in a new window
(Various) A directory of free, academic, peer-reviewed books covering all subjects and many languages.

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Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
(ProQuest) Thousands of downloadable e-book titles covering all academic disciplines.

Users must have Adobe Digital Editions (free download) and a personal Adobe account in order to check out and download e-book titles for extended use. Many titles in this collection are one-copy/one-user-at-a-time titles that may be "signed out" for up to 21 days. Users may place a request for titles that are currently checked out by other users.
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EBSCO eBook and Audiobook Collection This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) Provides access to a large collection of e-audiobooks and e-books, in art, business, computer science, education, history, literature, health and medicine, law, and the humanities and social sciences.
Titles may be single-user or multiple-user. Within the EBSCO platform itself, click into a title and check the information in the "Concurrent User Level" field.

Users must set up their own "My EBSCOhost" account (free of charge) and also have Adobe Digital Editions (free download) and a personal Adobe account in order to check out e-book titles for extended use. Many titles in this collection are one-copy/one-user-at-a-time titles that may be "signed out" for up to 7 days. Users may place a request for titles that are currently checked out by other users.
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Gale Ebooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new window
(Gale) Provides access to a collection of reference books (encyclopedias, almanacs etc.) via a single searchable interface.

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Safari Books Online (also known as OReilly for Higher Education) This link opens in a new window
(ProQuest / O'Reilly) Provides full-text access to thousands of e-books and videos in IT, Business, Math, Engineering, Design, and other topics.
This is an unlimited-user platform as of January 2019. If prompted for your 'Academic email' while in the Safari platform, enter your full Seneca College e-mail address. If it does not work the first time, enter it a second time. If still unsuccessful, try a different browser.

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Skillsoft Books (formerly known as Books24x7) This link opens in a new window
(SkillSoft) Provides access to thousands of e-books in the fields of computer and information technology, business, and engineering (ITPro, BusinessPro, FinancePro, and EngineeringPro, respectively), as well as "Leadership Channel" videos.

(NOTE: Only selected content from titles' companion CDs is available: "If a title has CD content available, a link to the content will be in the Table of Contents, as well as in appropriate chapters. Also, a direct link to any companion websites is available via the Companion Website tool for applicable titles.")
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