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PILOT Library Catalog
Reference Universe
Search by keywords or subject terms to locate print and online (E-book) Reference Books for your research.
For print books, note the article title and page number; then follow the book title link to discover the library location (call number). The articles in most E-Books can be viewed online.
Note: some E-Books from Gale and Oxford may not be available. If you encounter a dead-end at the publisher site, return and click on book title to see title information in the PILOT Library Catalog.
Renew your WCU Library books online
If you need a book and the Library does not have it, you can borrow it from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan.
Online books purchased by WCU Libraries :
Blackwell Reference Online
Credo Reference
A cross-searchable set of over 250 reference books online in a wide range of subject areas. Encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, and books of quotations include such diverse titles such as the CIA World Factbook, Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English, Dictionary of E-Business, Guide to Global Hazards, & Oddbins Dictionary of Wine.
CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Online
Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Online
Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia Online
Handbook of Research on Assessment Technologies, Methods & Applications in Higher Education
Handbook of Research on ePortfolios
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology Online
NetLibrary
Over 3,600 scholarly and academic eBooks to read online. Create your own free account and read anytime. You can check out the book and take notes online!
Oxford English Dictionary Online
Safari Tech Books Online
Read online books for computer applications, programming and security issues: e.g. Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007, Wikis, C++, Perl, PHP, RFID, Ruby on Rails, XML, JavaScript...
World Who's Who
Free Online Book Collections - Explore More!
WCU Special Collections in the Internet Archive
Digitized WCU catalogs (undergraduate and graduate) back to 1871; yearbooks; books by Russell L. Sturzebecker
Electronic Literature Collection
Published by the Electronic Literature Organization, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH). Volume 1 includes a medley of recent works of varied forms.
Google Book Search
Did you know that the WCU Libraries catalog, PILOT, now links to Google Books, if available? Google is providing access to books through the Library Project and Partner Program. Note: not all books are completely available; access may be limited to the book's table of contents and selected pages.
ManyBooks.net
Find free eBooks for your PDA, iPod, eBook reader or cellphone.
[The] Online Books Page
Search over 30,000 free books on the Web, by author, title, or subject.
Project Gutenberg
Thousands of volunteers have provided the free ebooks in this groundbreaking project which now provides over 125,000 titles through their catalog and their affiliates. Valuable information on the distinction between free of charge and freedom can be found here: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:No_Cost_or_Freedom?
[The] Universal Digital Library - Million Book Collection
(No, they haven't reached a million yet, but they're working on it!) Search or browse books published from the 11th to the 21st centuries.
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06-Oct-2009
