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Anthropology: Books/eBooks

Google Books

Google's book project offers online access to some books with links to libraries or to purchase for others.

Mobile access is available for some devices.

Google Book Search

Open Library (Beta) - under construction

Open Library (beta site) is a project of the non-profit Internet Archive. Search information about millions of books, including full text of one million scanned books.


Books/eBooks @ the Library

The Library@VIU has Books/eBooks on a wide range of subjects from a variety of publishers.

You can access the eBooks from on or off campus using your Library ID and PIN.

Find Books/eBooks in the Library@VIU through LibrarySearch:


Note: eBooks format and features will vary. For example you may 'turn pages', save or print differently from one platform to another. Please contact a Librarian if you have questions. 

Search one of the Library's eBook collections:

Selected free eBook sources

These sites offer eBooks for free, and may also offer titles for purchase, including for mobile reading:

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