Ebooks

Enjoy reading and researching using State Library’s ebook collection.

Access the collection

State Library provides access to thousands of ebooks through One Search, the library catalogue.

You can read ebooks via an internet browser, or download them to your computer or mobile device.

Our ebook collection includes:

ebooks from ProQuest Ebook Central
ebooks from Open access repositories such as Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
free ebooks from Hathi Trust and Project Gutenberg
digitised books from our collections

A person reading an eBook at the library

ebooks by topic

There are over 200,000 ebooks in our collection. All subject areas are covered, including reference material. You can read ebooks online using an internet browser, download them to your mobile device, download to an app and print or copy pages.

To access ebooks you will need to login using your State Library membership.

Activist and Aboriginal rights champion, Murrandoo Yanner

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Business and economics

Digitised books

Hundreds of books from our collection have been digitised as part of our commitment to making Queensland's memory more accessible. Our digitised books include the first novel set in Brisbane, The curse and its cure, and Myths and Legends of the Torres Strait by Margaret Lawrie.

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Book cover for "Myths and Legends of the Torres Strait" with colour sketch of First Nations person holding onto the legs of a pelican in flight