Ebooks
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| APA -PsycBOOKS | Provides ebooks in Social Sciences - Psychology, Health sciences, Education, Linguistics | Individual chapters can bedownloaded in PDF format. | |
| Brill Online Books and Journals - Subscribed eBooks | Brill’s publications focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law and selected areas in the Sciences. | Individual chapters or whole books can be downloaded in PDF format. | |
| Brill Online Books and Journals - Free eBooks | Brill’s publications focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law and selected areas in the Sciences. | Individual chapters or whole books can be downloaded in PDF format. | |
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Cambridge Core - Subscribed eBooks |
Provides ebooks that are published by Cambridge University Press (CUP), in the Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities. In additon the database includes access to Cambridge Law Core Collection- a collection of thousands of legal books in full text from Cambridge press | Individual chapters or whole books can be downloaded in PDF format. | |
| Cambridge Core Free eBooks | Provides over 40 ebooks that are published by Cambridge University Press (CUP), in the Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities. In additon the database includes access to Cambridge Law Core Collection- a collection of thousands of legal books in full text from Cambridge press | Individual chapters or whole books can be downloaded in PDF format. | |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Provides ebooks in the medical sciences - biology, chemistry, biotechnology and more | Individual chapters can be downloaded in PDF format. | |
| Dawnsonera | Provides access to selective academic eBooks in multidisciplinary areas. | Books can be read online or downloaded via an Adobe Digital Editions (PDF format) with a loan period up to 7 days. Loaning books can be renewed after re-entering the website. | |
| De Gruyter Subscribed eBooks | De Gruyter Ebooks is a scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. | Individual chapters can be downloaded in PDF or ePUB format | |
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Free eBooks |
De Gruyter Ebooks is a scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. | Individual chapters can be downloaded in PDF or ePUB format | |
| Early English Books Online - EEBO | Early English Books Online - EEBO contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473-1700. | Each page can be downloaded as a TIFF (image file). | |
| eBook Academic Collection EbscoHost | This collection contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. | Books or individual chapters can be downloaded via an Adobe Digital Editions (PDF format) or ePUB format with a loan period up to 7 days. Loaning books can be renewed after re-entering the website | |
| eBook Collecion EbscoHost | This collection contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter. | Books or individual chapters can be downloaded via an Adobe Digital Editions (PDF format) or ePUB format with a loan period up to 7 days. Loaning books can be renewed after re-entering the website. | |
| Encyclopaedia Islamica - Brill | Based on the abridged and edited translation of the Persian Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-i Buzurg-i Islāmī, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world | Encyclopedia terms can be read online. Copy/ print options are available. | |
| Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics - Brill | The database covers all relevant fields in Arabic linguistics, both general and language specific are covered. In addition the Encyclopedia includes topics from interdisciplinary fields, such as anthropology, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and computer science | Encyclopedia terms can be read online. Copy/ print options are available. | |
| Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online - Bill | The Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity focuses on the history of early Christian texts, authors, ideas. Its content is intended to bridge the gap between the fields of New Testament studies and patristics, covering the whole period of early Christianity up to 600 CE. The BEEC aims to provide a critical review of the methods used in Early Christian Studies and to update the historiography | Encyclopedia terms can be read online. Copy/ print options are available. | |
| Provides an overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures. | Encyclopedia can be read online or individual pages can be downloaded. Loaning option can be renewed after re-entering the website. | ||
| Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics - Brill | The database offers a systematic treatment of all aspects of the history and study of the Hebrew language from its earliest attested form to the present day. In addition, the Encyclopedia features advanced search options, as well as extensive cross-references and full-text search functionality using the Hebrew character set | Encyclopedia terms can be read online. Copy/ print options are available. | |
| Provides an English-language reference resource on all aspects of Islam and the Islamic World from religion and history to politics and culture |
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| Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online - Brill | The Encyclopedia covers the recent history of the Jewish people from 1750 through the 1950s | Encyclopedia terms can be read online. Copy/ print options are available. | |
| Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World - Brill | Provides reference literature on the Jews of Muslim lands particularly in the late medieval, early modern and modern periods | Encyclopedia terms can be read online. Copy/ print options are available. | |
| Encyclopaedia of Judaism Online | Presents the current state of scholarship on fundamental issues of Judaism, both past and present. |
Encyclopedia terms can be read online. Copy/ print options are available |
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The Encyclopedia covers a spectrum of related information disciplines in addition to librarianship and information science | Books can be read online or downloaded in PDF format. | |
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Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Online De Gruyter |
Provides a comprehensive and in-depth rendering of the current state of knowledge on the origins and development of the Bible according to its different canonic forms in Judaism and Christianity. In addition, the encyclopedia documents the history of the Bible’s reception in the Christian churches and the Jewish Diaspora in literature, art, music, and film; in Islam, as well as in other religious traditions and current religious movements, Western and non-Western alike | Individual chapters can be download in PDF or ePUB format | |
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Combines alphabetically-arranged articles about the contents of the Qur'an.Containes the complete articles of the printed volumes 1 to 5 |
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| Flavius Josephus Online | Provides a comprehensive literary-historical online commentary on the works of Flavius Josephus in English including the Greek text by Niese from the late 19th century | Works of Flavius Josephus can be read online. Copy/ print options are available | |
| Gale | Provides encyclopedias and selected eBooks that are specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research | Books can be read online or individual pages can be downloaded. Loaning books can be renewed after re-entering the website. | |
| The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament Online | The database is a dictionary for the Old Testament and related literature in classical Hebrew and Aramaic. The dictionary contains the complete vocabulary of the Hebrew Bible, extended with variants from the Oriental and Samaritan textual traditions, the Ben Sira fragments, and the Dead Sea Scrolls. |
Terms can be read online. Copy/ print options are available. |
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| IGI Global | Provides access to academic books, journals, encyclopedias, teaching cases, proceedings, and databases covering the areas of education, social science, library science, healthcare, business management, public administration, and computer science | Individual chapters or whole books can be downloaded in PDF format. | |
| John Benjamins e-Platform | Provides access to 25 slective eBooks in multidisciplinary topics - Art, Linguistics, Literature, Psycholgoy, Sociology and more. | whole books can be downloaded in PDF or ePUB format | |
| JSTOR subscibed eBooks | Provides eBooks in multidisciplinary areas. | Books can be read online and individual chapters can be downloaded in PDF format. | |
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Free eBooks |
Books at JSTOR offers more than 65,000 ebooks from renowned scholarly publishers, integrated with journals and primary sources on JSTOR’s platform | Books can be read online and individual chapters can be downloaded in PDF format. | |
| Knowledge Unlatched Pilot Collection | KU is an Ebook database that provides Open Access for scholarly books, particularly in the humanities and social sciences | Books can be read online and can be downloaded in PDF format. | |
| New Pauly Online -eBooks | Provides eBooks devoted to Greco-Roman antiquity, covering the history ranging from the second millennium BC to early medieval Europe | Database terms can be read online. Copy/ print options are available | |
| New Pauly Supplements Online I and II - eBooks |
Provides access to 6 major reference works for study of the ancient world and its reception in later centuries. |
Database terms can be read online. Copy/ print options are available |
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| Ovid Technologies | Provides access to eBooks and other products, chiefly in the area of health sciences. |
Book can be read online. Copy/ print options are available |
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| Provides the history of individual words, and of the language—traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books | Dictionary terms can be read online. Copy/ print options are available | ||
| Oxford Handbooks Online - Religion | Provides access to selective ebooks collections in religion. | Books can be read online and individual chapters can be downloaded in PDF format. | |
| Oxford Handbooks Online Philosophy | Provides access to selective ebooks collections in Philosophy. | Books can be read online and individual chapters can be downloaded in PDF format. | |
| Oxford Scholarship Online | Access to legal full text electronic books published by Oxford | Books can be read online and individual chapters can be downloaded in PDF format. | |
| Peter Lang | Specializes in the humanities and social sciences | Books can be read online and individual chapters can be downloaded in PDF format. | |
| Philosophy in the Islamic World Online: 8th-10th Centuries (volume 1) | A comprehensive reference work devoted to the history of philosophy in the realms of Islam in its formative period: from its beginnings in the eighth century up to the tenth century AD. |
Volumes can be read online. Copy/ print options are available |
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| Project Muse | Provides access to selective books of indexed and peer-reviewed humanities and social sciences journals and books. |
individual chapters can be downloaded in PDF format. |
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| Proquest eBooks | Access to selected books in varied information – from historical archives to scientific breakthroughs | Books and individual chapters can be read online. You can download individual chapters in PDF format. Whole books can be downloaded via an Adobe Digital Editions (PDF format) with a loan period for a day. Loaning books can be renewed after re-entering the website | |
| ScienceDirect eBooks | Provides physical sciences and engineering publications, covering a range of disciplines, from the theoretical to the applied. | Books and individual chapters can be read online and downloaded in PDF format | |
| SpringerLink Ebooks | A multi-discipline database for ebooks published by Springer . Only books published in 2013 - 2014 have access to full text. |
Books and individual chapters can be read online and downloaded in PDF or ePUB format. |
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| Taylor & Francis eBooks | Provides access to eBooks in science, technology, engineering, medical, humanities and social sciences | Books and individual chapters can be read online and downloaded in PDF format | |
| The Textual history of the Bible Online | Provides a cross-searchable platform with information regarding the textual history, textual character, translation techniques, manuscripts, and the importance of each textual witness for each book of the Hebrew Bible |
Volumes can be read online. Copy/ print options are available. |
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| Wiley eBooks | Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. | You can download individual chapters or whole books in PDF format | |
| World Scientific | Provides eBooks and journals in the scientific publisher in various scientific fields, including the entire series of Nobel Lectures in all the scientific subjects | Individual chapters or whole books can be downloaded in PDF or ePUB format |
| תאור | ספרים אלקטרוניים בעברית | |
| ניתן לקרוא ספרים באתר ולהורידם בפורמטpdf | HebrewBooks | |
| סריקה של כתבי היד שנמצאו בגניזה הקהירית. מכיל: טקסטים תנכיים, פירושים, ספרות הלכה, פיוטים, תיעוד מסחרי ומכתבים | פרויקט פרידברג לחקר הגניזה | |
| ניתן לקרוא ספרים באתר. אופציות להעתקה/ הדפסה זמינות באתר | מאגר הספרים הדיגיטליים של הוצאת מאגנס מספקת בעיקר בשפה העברית והאנגלית, ספרי מחקר ועיון ובכללם כתבי עת, בכל תחומי המחקר השונים כגון: ארכאולוגיה, המזרח הקדום, לימודים קלסיים, מדעי היהדות, נצרות, אסלאם, ספרות, לשון, פילוסופיה, היסטוריה, גאוגרפיה, לימודי המזרח התיכון, אמנות, מוזיקולוגיה, חינוך, פסיכולוגיה, סוציולוגיה ומדעי הטבע | הוצאת ספרים ע"ש י"ל מאגנס, האוניברסיטה העברית, ירושלים - מבחר |
| ניתן לקרוא ספרים באתר. יש אפשרות להדפיס עד 10 עמ' בכל כניסה חדשה לאתר | מתמקד בתחומי ארץ ישראל, תרבות ישראל ומקרא היסטוריה, חינוך, סוציולוגיה | כותר - הספרייה המקוונת של ישראל |
| ניתן לקרוא ספרים באתר. יש אפשרות להדפיס עד 10 עמ' בכל כניסה חדשה לאתר | כולל ספרי לימוד שפורסמו בישראל בשפה העברית | כותר ספרי למוד |
| ניתן לקרוא ספרים באתר | ספרים סרוקים במדעי היהדות מאוספי הספרייה הלאומית | מורשת ברשת - מאגר ספרים סרוקים, בית הספרים הלאומי |
| ניתן לקרוא ולהוריד ספרים באתר. אופציה להדפסה זמינה באתר. | פא"ר: פתיחת אוצרות רוח - ספרים וחומרי לימוד פתוחים לכל |
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