Discover and read electronic books available at the State Library Victoria
State Library Victoria provides free access to over 1 million ebooks. Ebooks complement our print collections. We collect across a wide range of subjects including social sciences, history, economics, literature, biography, sport and architecture.
Who can read our ebooks?
Everyone can access online resources including ebooks within the Library. Victorian residents with an active Library membership can also access online resources outside the Library. Become an Access member for free online or send us a membership query.
Explore our ebooks collections
You can find these ebooks by searching the catalogue or browse our curated ebookshelf. The ebook catalogue filter searches the following sources:
ProQuest and EBSCOhost ebooks can be downloaded (see relevant pages in this guide for instructions). Ebooks from other databases can be read online. Some NED ebooks can only be read in the Library building. Please check each catalogue record for access conditions.
View our main ebook databases via A-Z databases and visit the other ebook sources tab for even more ebooks.
We are continually adding ebooks to our catalogue.
Browse our curated Ebookshelf (updated monthly).
You can see previous highlights on the Ebookshelf Archive.
Our two main suppliers are Proquest Ebook Central and EBSCOhost Ebook Collection.
View all ebook databases in A-Z Databases.
Visit our other ebook sources page for more ebooks.
The ebook is "[a] book written and distributed in an electronic format for reading on an e-reader or a computer screen, esp. (in later use) one in a format designed specifically for use with an e-book reader." (Oxford English Dictionary)
Interested in learning more about ebooks and how they came to be? Explore with this ebook, A short the history of ebooks in 20 drawings by Marie Lebert (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International).
