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Finding Information on the Internet: Books

• E-Books
• Books in Print
• Out of print and second hand Books

eBooks

Up to date texts are generally not available freely on the Internet. The following companies sell ebooks to individual customers, though you may find that their collections are biased towards American college students:

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Some older (out of copyright) books have been made freely available on the Internet. The links below will lead to archives of free ebooks:

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Books in Print

If you cannot find a text as an ebook the alternative is to purchase a print copy from an online bookseller such as those listed below:

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For details of publishers, see the Guardian Unlimited lists of publishers, HERO bookshops and publishers, literary market place, publishers' catalogues home page and publishers home pages (Bowker's)

Out of Print and Second Hand Books

If you find that the book you want is no longer in print (new copies are no longer available) or you would prefer to buy a second hand (used) copy rather than a new one the online booksellers listed below may have what you want:

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