Finding Books Using the Library Catalog
The Library Catalog is the place to search first. Why? Because the librarian in collaboration with the History faculty has carefully selected most of the collection for quality and relevance to our disciplines. The video below will show you how to search the library catalog specifically for ebooks. Otherwise, your search will show you both physical books at the Library, and ebooks.
Books on the Internet
Some publishers, organizations, and universities have placed open-access books on the internet. They may be older editions, out of copyright, and in some cases, pirated versions.
Google Books is one means to discover these works.
- Lacks subject headings to find similar materials
- Does not always have the complete book due to copyright restrictions
- Text navigation features are limited in comparison to the standard e-book
- Cannot download content
- It may be easier to request through our Digitization on Demand service
Other collections are found in the following:
- HathiTrust
- Internet Archive (AKA) archive.org and its subset, Open Library
- Project Gutenberg
- Library of Congress' Book/Printed material collection
- Digital Library of America
- Digital theses and dissertation collections at various universities (although these are not recommended for your research, the bibliographies can be useful to find published works)
