OneSearch Books
Use OneSearch to search across all library resources. Narrow your results to books by using the options in the "Refine my Results" bar on the left.
In the "Availability" section, select "Available in Print." Your results will now show only print books available at both the Main Campus and East Campus libraries.
The video below will cover how to find both books and electronic books using OneSearch.
OneSearch Search Tips
- Think of 1-3 key words that describe your topic and use those as your search terms.
- When searching for names or multi-word phrases, use quotes around your terms. This tells the catalog that you want to find books with those words together as a phrase.
- For example: "Leonard Cohen" or "Classical Music"
- Use the "Subjects" links found in each book record to find related books (see screenshot to the right).
- If you aren't finding anything useful, try thinking of alternate or related terms. How else might people describe your topic?
- For example: If you are looking for books on the history of Latin music, in addition to searching for Latin music history, try Latin music criticism, or Latin music composers.
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eBook Databases
- ACLS Humanities E-Books This link opens in a new window An online collection of around 5,000 books of high quality in the humanities. These titles are offered by the American Council of Learned Societies in collaboration with thirty-one learned societies, over 100 contributing publishers, and the Michigan Publishing division at the University of Michigan Library.
- EBSCO eBook Collection This link opens in a new window Almost 120,000 e-books are available in this collection geared specifically to academic audiences. Topics include art, science, political science, religion, technology and engineering, and many more. Users can search by title, subject, and author, as well as full-text. You can view individual sections or chapters of books, as well as print or email them. Citation assistance is available.
- ProQuest eBook Central This link opens in a new window A collection of almost 150,000 authoritative, full-text ebooks in a wide range of subject areas, including art, humanities, social sciences, history, science, technology, and many more.