Knowledge

BASE is a scholarly search engine run by Bielefeld University Library. It gathers records from university repositories and other trusted academic collections, then makes them searchable through a simple web page. It points you to the place where the paper…

Open Library is a public, open catalog run by the Internet Archive. Its goal is simple, one web page for every book ever published. Anyone can search by subject, author, or lists, and readers can help fix or add book…

Goodreads is a large, free website made for people who read books. Its goal is simple, to help readers discover books they will enjoy and to get more out of reading. The company says it is the world’s largest site…

Free-eBooks.net is a digital library for free reading. It hosts fiction, non fiction, academic titles, textbooks and classic literature. Readers also find audiobooks. The site groups books into simple categories, so it is easy to browse by genre or subject.…

“Access Bookboon” offers short eBooks, audio lessons, and live online classes that help people learn practical skills at work. Topics include leadership, communication, digital skills, and wellbeing, with new content added on a regular basis by subject matter experts. The…

PDFBooksWorld is a digital library and publisher that focuses on books in the public domain, which means works whose copyrights have expired or do not apply. The site offers classic literature and educational texts in carefully formatted PDF files designed…

Obooko is a website where readers can download ebooks in English at no cost, in PDF, EPUB, or Kindle formats. Files are hosted on Obooko’s own servers, and each title is offered with permission from the author or publisher, which…

SpringerLink is an online platform that brings together research journals, books, reference works and laboratory protocols, step by step methods used in experiments. It covers many subjects, including health, earth science, computer science, social science and more. The service includes…