The Internet Archive is a digital library that is free to the public with over 1.4 million legally obtained print books that have been digitized in its collections from a variety of genres ranging from popular literature, historical literature, non-fiction, fiction and even some textbooks.
You may browse for titles by genre or search using title, author or ISBN. You may come across books that are available with the Internet Archive when you use Library Search (search field on The Claremont Colleges Library homepage). The reason for this is that The Claremont Colleges Library is dedicated to providing access to materials wherever they are available, even if we do not have them in our existing collections.
Borrowing options with the Internet Archive vary. If the title you want to borrow is still protected by Copyright, you will need to sign up for a free account. Once you are signed in, you may see borrowing options in increments of 1 hour, 14 days or 21 days.
Older titles that are in the public domain (no longer protected by Copyright) do not need a free account to borrow and may be viewed in your screen or downloaded as a PDF or EPUB.
If you need additional assistance, please visit Ask Us
