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Wednesday, July 14, 2004

Free online books

University of California Press, following the pioneering lead of the National Academy Press, has released 400+ books for public consumption. I've mentioned both of these excellent resources in the past. What sparked my interest today was a citation to an outstanding treatise on the evolution/revolution of scientific thought and understanding. Rocke, Alan J. The Quiet Revolution: Hermann Kolbe and the Science of Organic Chemistry. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1993. Some additional sources of online books to which one can link, without fees or contracts: University of California Press eScholarship Editions - Additionally, UC Press provides linking assistance, with MARC and MODS records that can be loaded into library catalogs, and a spreadsheet with key bits of information for those who simply wish to add the URL to existing records. E-Editions - University of Nebraska Press Baen Books Hoover Institution Books Online National Academy Press Reading Room