University Honors Program (UHP)

Multi-disciplinary collection of ebooks selected from the front list titles of participating university presses. Participants include: Amsterdam University Press, Columbia University Press, Cornell University Press, Duke University Press, Fordham University Press, Harvard University Press, New York University Press, Princeton University Press, Rutgers University Press, Stanford University Press, University of California Press, University of Chicago Press, University of Pennsylvania Press, University of Toronto Press, and Yale University Press.

UCD has also purchased frontlists for:
Columbia University Press: 2019-2022
Cornell University Press: 2019-2022
Harvard University Press: 2018-2022
University of California Press: 2000-2013 and 2016-2022
Yale University Press: 2019-2022

University Press titles may also be available in print or through other online packages and for additional years. Check UC Library Search for access to specific titles.

Thousands of ebooks from a wide range of publishers covering many subjects, including business, economics, technology and engineering, humanities, life and physical science, and social and behavioral sciences.
[Coverage varies: 1970s-current]

Thousands of scholarly, reference, and professional full text books covering a broad range of disciplines. Includes titles from academic, university presses and commercial publishers. Scholarly societies, including health sciences host titles, including American Academy of Ophthalmology, on this platform. Individual titles on the Ebook Collection platform can also be found in the library catalog. Some books limited to single user per given borrowing period.  To use the Full Download/Checkout functionality for an eBook, a user must create a free individual user account. Some titles can be downloaded and viewed with a DRM reader. May place a hold on a book. Print or copy up to 100 pages per book and user session depending on publisher restrictions.
[Coverage varies: 1950s-current]

Gale ebooks is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research covering the areas of Biography, Environment, History, Literature, Religion, Science and Social Science. Includes the following: Encyclopaedia Judaica; Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia; Encyclopedia of American Religions; Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography; Encyclopedia of Science and Religion; Encyclopedia of Religion; Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World; Encyclopedia of Buddhism. UXL Encyclopedia of Biomes; Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History; Twayne's Authors Series; and Scribner Writers Online Series.

The University of California eBooks Collection includes about 2,000 titles and is made available through a partnership between the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program. About 25% of the titles are available to the general public; the rest are for University of California faculty, staff, and students only.  Collection emphasizes social science and humanities.
[Coverage: 1982-2004]

Additional UC Press titles are available via the De Gruyter University Press Library
University Press titles may also be available in print or through other online packages and for additional years. Check UC Library Search for access to specific titles.

Full-text searching across the ebooks, journals, and major reference works published by Wiley. Disciplines covered include: the sciences, technology, medicine and social sciences. NOTE: We don't license everything from Wiley, but we may have a print copy. If the article or chapter does not have an open lock next to it, check the library catalog or request from another library. Textbooks are generally not included by the publisher. Access for eBooks begins primarily with 2011. Those items available are marked with an open lock icon.

Contains over 45,000 titles of technical eBooks, videos, interactive tutorials, case studies, learning paths and audio books from O’Reilly & Associates, including selective titles from 200+ global publishers including McGraw-Hill, Pearson Technology Group and much more.