To access the Backfiles you must select the Advanced search option. You may find it useful to do keyword searches to find specific passages of interest, rather than try to read an entire e-book on the computer. This collection includes 1,500 e-books from the Private Collection which are free to Library patrons. Public Collection e-books are available for free to anyone in the world and include many classics that are in the public domain and no longer under copyright protection. These include political speeches and documents such as the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
Direct databases offer indexing, abstracts, and selected complete texts of articles.
Direct provides powerful, convenient search and retrieval to one of the world's largest collections of information, including summaries of articles from over 5,000 publications, with many in the complete text, full-image format. Poem Finder Poem Finder provides access to 800,000 poem citations and 85,000 full-text poems. It also includes author biographies and sections on poetry for children and The Year s Best Poetry. The collection is international in scope and includes poetry from antiquity to the present. Story Finder Story Finder provides access to thousands of full-text short stories plus story explanations, author biographies and pictures.