LibGuides: History: eBooks

Remote Access Passwords for Students

You will need these credentials to access eBooks as well as databases.

Log in to MyNPC;

Click on the "My Courses" link
On the right side of the screen, you will see a section called "Other Important Information."
Beneath that, you will see "Library Information," and further down, you must click on the link to the "Passwords for Access to the Library Databases"

Public patrons can access on-site ONLY in the library with the purchase of a day-pass available through the campus office.

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eBooks in databases

Salem History
(eBooks) Includes American Presidents & First Ladies; Decades (The 1920's in America - The 2000's in America); Defining Documents in American History (Civil Rights, Civil War, Exploration & Colonial America, Manifest Destiny & The New Nation, Postwar 1940's, Reconstruction Era, The 1920's, The 1930's, The American Revolution, The American West, The Vietnam War, World War I, World War II, Middle Ages); Defining Documents in World History (Middle Ages, The Ancient World [2700 B.C.E - 500 C.E]); Great Events from History (Renaissance & Early Modern Era [1454 - 1600], The Ancient World [Prehistory - 476 C.E.], The Middle Ages [477 - 1453 ]); and Milestone Documents (African American History, American History, World History, American Leaders, Documents of World Religions).
Digital Public Library of America
Supported by various universities and foundations and provides access to many documents, images and historical records.

American History eBooks

The American Revolution, 1754-1805 (electronic resource) by Peter Kratzke (Editor); Salem Press Editors
ISBN: 9781429837057

Publication Date: 2012-12-01
The American Crisis (electronic resource) by Thomas Paine
ISBN: 1701387999
Choosing Sides on the Frontier in the American Revolution (electronic resource) by Walter S. Dunn
ISBN: 9781567206678

Publication Date: 2007-01-01

World History eBooks

Bombing the European Axis Powers (electronic resource) by Richard G. Davis
ISBN: 9781585661480

Publication Date: 2006-01-01
How They Lived (electronic resource) by James D. Ciment
ISBN: 9781610698955

Publication Date: 2015-12-14
Visions of Empire (electronic resource) by Krishan Kumar
ISBN: 9780691153636

Publication Date: 2017-05-02

Historical Statistical Data

World Economic Historical Statistics by Carlos Sabillon
ISBN: 9780875863535

Publication Date: 2004-09-01

How do I find an eBook?

eBooks are available through several sources. They are available for free and immediately.

If you want to download an e-book to a portable reader (instead of reading it online), the portable reader must be compatible with Adobe Digital Editions (link below). Follow this link if you want to download an eBook to a KindleFire (link below). EBSCO also provides directions to save or print eBook pages as a PDF file (link below).

Adobe Digital Editions
Most major publishers use Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) to proof-read their books. Download this free eReader to experience your books in the most optimum format across PC, MAC, tablets or mobile devices. Use it to download and purchase digital content, which can be read both online and offline. Experience a new ease-of-use as the books you purchase appear automatically across all the devices you have ADE on.
How can I checkout and download an EBSCO eBook to a Kindle Fire?
How to Print, E-mail or Save EBSCO eBooks Pages as a PDF

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