Find a Book and/or eBook

1. Search the SC catalog for books and/or ebooks.

• Power Search - This search opens immediately when you access the catalog. Change the access points located in the drop down boxes to select what you want to search.

  Most common access points are:

  • word(s) aka keyword (allow you to use any terms but not all results will be relevant),
  • title,
  • author, and
  • subject (all results will be relevant but must use specific term).

  Adjust terms as needed to retrieve results that are relevant to your topic and that you can browse. Also change the access points to, if needed, to make the search more unique.

  Search options available under the text boxes allow to focus a search to a specific format, media (ebooks), location (Book Collection), and language.
   

• Browse Search - Use this search option when you want to search for a specific title or author. It is also a good way to search for a subject term to find all relevant books.

2. For print books, search the database WorldCat, a catalog of national and international libraries. This database has over a billion records; therefore, focus your search as much as possible and use some of the various limit options.

3. For ebooks, search the options under "ebooks & eAudiobooks.

• NetLibrary is the library's biggest collection of ebooks. They are also in the Catalog.
• Oxford Scholarship Online is ebooks published by Oxford University Press.
• PSYCBOOKS is a collection of ebooks focusing on psychology.
• Kansas Audio books, music, and more! is a collection electronic items such as ebooks purchased by all Kansas libraries.
• Gale Virtual Reference Library and Reference ebooks provide entries from reference ebooks with quick information, facts, and statistics.