Below you will find databases that include DRM-free e-textbooks. DRM-free means that anyone with a Cal Poly login can download the book in its entirety and keep it forever.
JSTOR is a full-text database of scholarly journals and ebooks. Journal content typically starts with the earliest volume but does not include the most recent 3-5 years. JSTOR also includes the entire database of rights-cleared images formerly found in Artstor, as well as images and primary source collections contributed by member organizations.
SpringerLink hosts thousands of high quality peer-reviewed journals and e-books in most areas of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, humanities, and social sciences. E-book content includes the Synthesis Lecture series as well as technical handbooks and textbooks.
Wiley Online Library provides full text access to high-quality, peer-reviewed journal and e-book content in agriculture, business, engineering, medicine, psychology, the sciences, social sciences, and other disciplines.
Below you will find databases that include DRM e-textbooks. Digitally Rights Managed textbooks do carry certain restrictions. (The restrictions vary by platform. See the E-books Guide for information about specific platform restrictions.) Even though there are limitations on their use, many DRM e-textbooks can easily be used as course textbooks.
