Google Books

Did you know that Google Books has more than 10 million free books available for users to read and download? And we're adding more all of the time!

Google's free books are made available to read through careful consideration of and respect for copyright law globally: they are public-domain works, made free on request of the copyright owner, or copyright-free, e.g. US government documents.

An Overview of How to Use Google Books

How to Use Classic Google Books

Read, download, cite, link, or translate a book or magazine

1. Go to Google Books.

2. Search for the title, author, ISBN, or keywords.

3. To search with filters, do an advanced search. Learn how much of the book you can see.

4. Click a title.

5. To download, cite, link or translate, follow the steps below.

Download a book

You can download some books and magazines at no charge to read later or print.

1. At the top left, hover over eBook - Free.

2. Next to "Download," click PDF or EPUB.

If you don’t see "eBook - Free," click Buy eBook. This will give you the option to buy the book.

Cite a book

1. On the left, click About this book.

2. Scroll down to "Bibliographic information." You’ll see information you can use to cite the book.

Copy or translate part of a book

1. At the top of the page, click Cut . This option isn't available for all books.

2. Select text in the book.

   • To copy the text as words, under "Selection text," select and copy it.

   • To copy the text as an image, under "Image" or "Embed," copy the URL.

   • To translate the text, click Translate.

If you don’t see the option to copy or translate text, the publisher hasn’t made it available for this book.