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Overview: eBooks

This guide provides access to thousands of eBooks in the sciences, social sciences, nursing, arts, business, and the humanities through the library. Use this guide to learn more about finding and using eBooks, as well as what collections we offer.

The collection of eBooks may be accessed directly from any computer and may also be accessed from off-campus as well. Just be sure to sign in with your A-Student ID Number and your (6-Digit Date of Birth, ex., 010179) as your password.

****If you experience any problems with Off-Campus Access to the databases, please complete the Off-Campus Help Form so that a librarian may resolve any issues you may be experiencing.****

eBook Database Collections

Credo Reference (Lawson) This link opens in a new window
Use Credo Reference to find Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Biographies, Quotations, Lingual Dictionaries, Crossword Solver, and Measurement Conversions. Provides online access to over 300 reference books.
eBook Community College Collection (Lawson) This link opens in a new window
Focuses on the academic and trade information needs of community colleges. This multidisciplinary collection covers topics across programs and fields of study offered in Community Colleges as well as key subject areas such as the Humanities and Social Sciences, Business, Science & Technology, and Literary Criticism. The complexity of the information available in this collection varies from introductory to higher-level content, providing students with a range of information to meet their needs as they develop in their area(s) of study.
EBSCO eBook Collection: Nonfiction (Lawson) This link opens in a new window
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eBook Collection contains abstracts and searchable full text for thousands of popular nonﬁction books. Titles included on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills, and more.e.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (AVL) This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia articles from subject-specific encyclopedias and reference books. Includes more than 340 academic, subject-specific encyclopedias and reference books.
Oxford English Dictionary (AVL) This link opens in a new window
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) covers words from across the English-speaking world, from North America to South Africa, from Australia and New Zealand to the Caribbean. It also offers the best in etymological analysis and in listing of variant spellings, and it shows pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Oxford Online (AVL) This link opens in a new window
Oxford Reference contains over 100 dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.
Oxford Scholarship Online (AVL) This link opens in a new window
Oxford Reference Online offers full-text access to 89 academic monographs in Business & Management, Mathematics, Public Health & Epidemiology, and Social Work.
Twayne’s Authors Series (AVL) This link opens in a new window
Twayne’s Authors Online offers a series of literary criticism with in-depth introductions to the lives and works of writers, the history and influence of literary movements, and the development of literary genres. The database features nearly 900 eBooks from six print series.

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