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Books Page Summary

This page contains four groups of databases, each with its own focus. The groups include:

Electronic books databases

Finding books with Discovery Search

Discovery Search is the main library search tool. It functions a lot like a Google search, but instead of searching the entire internet, it searches our library resources lists to help you find out what we have and how to access it. You can limit your search to books only, which will give lists of physical and electronic books.

You can learn more about the academic research process, including Discovery Search tips, in the Getting started with academic research linked in the main menu of this guide.

 

Searching for "humanities" in Discovery Search results in over seven million results, which can be filtered down to only books.

partial image of Discovery Search results for "humanities"

How to Find and Check Out a Book

Join Moose, the therapy dog at Cook Counseling Center, as he finds and checks out a book at Newman Library.