Internet Resources for free text

Directories / Search engines for Free Full Text Books

Bookshelf
Bookshelf is a 'growing collectionfo (full text) biomedical books (50+) that can be searched directly'. via the NCBI or National Center for Biotechnology Information.

Project Gutenberg Free eBook Library
Michael Hart's 'Project Gutenberg' is 'the oldest producer of free electronic books on the Internet,' comprised of 17,000+ pre-1923 'literary works that are in the public doamin in the United States.'

The Million Book Project (archive)
The Million Book Project (10,000+ books thus far) is a coalition of Carnegie Mellon University, with assistance from the Internet Archive (http://archive.org) and other libraries around the world.

The Online Books Page
John Mark Ockerbloom at the Univ. of Pennsylvania's Online Book Page has 20,000+ works

The National Academies Press (NAP)
The National Academies Press (NAP) publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health. (Some are free, some for sale of PDF document)

Amazon.com's 'Search Inside the Book'
'Search Inside' is a feature offered by Amazon where you can search millions of pages to find exactly the book you wnat to buy. To be fair, to publishers and authors who participate in their program, Amazon only allows 'Search Inside' users to read a portion of the book online.

The Open Library
Created by Internet Archive to 'demonstrate a way that books can be represented online.' You can actually, 'turn the pages' of the books, and all are free, but not many available yet.

International Children's Digital LIbray (ICDL)
ICDL is a 'public library for the world's children'. Read over 862 free children's books in 32 different languages. For Children 3 -13 year's old.