Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Interesting University Press Ebooks via NYPL
Hey New York Public Library patrons!
Today I looked at NYPL's "E-Book Central" and discovered University Press Scholarship Online. Click "Connect to database" and enter your NYPL barcode number and PIN, and you can read a bunch of books from university presses for free in your browser (or, if you accept certain additional terms, download PDFs chapter-by-chapter)!
Most of the university press books I looked for weren't in there, but I definitely saw some interesting titles, such as:
(You may be eligible for an NYPL card even if you don't know it yet: "Any person who lives, works, attends school or pays property taxes in New York State is eligible to receive a New York Public Library card free of charge.")