Manderino Library: Find Books: Overview

Find Books Tool Kit

Find books and other materials in the Manderino Library collection.

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Find books and other physical items in the Manderino Library collection.

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Search for books, DVDs, and other physical items in Manderino Library

Search other libraries with E-ZBorrow (need more info?)
Find e-books at eBooks on EBSCOhost or ProQuest Ebook Central
Locate items with Google Books
View the library's E-Books Guide

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Other Resources for Finding Books

Amazon Books
Amazon provides a fairly complete listing of books in-print. Frequently includes helpful reviews by professionals and customers. Their business is selling books, so don't expect them to tell you if we have the book in our library!
Electronic Books and Texts
Use these collections for direct access to recent, public domain, and classic books and texts.

Google Books
Search the full-text of books from publishers who provide them to Google, and digitized books from Google's Library Project. Full-text of pre-1923 (public domain) books. Newer books provide either a short portion of the text around your term, or a limited number of sample pages. Note: This is just books. To search more broadly, use Google Scholar.

Learn more About Google Books and the Google Books Library Project.
Additional info at: Google Books Wikipedia Article

Google's Library Project
Information about the digitized books from Google's Library Project.

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E-book Collections

These databases provide access to e-books purchased or subscribed to by Manderino Library. E-books in these collections are full text. In addition to being able to read the books online, you may download some titles for offline use (on a PC, Mac, and many mobile devices).

eBooks on EBSCOhost
Access full-text electronic books on a range of subjects using EBSCOhost. (EBSCO)

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OneSearch
Search all of the library's e-book collections in one search . Enter a search and, on the list of results, limit to e-books by checking "eBooks" on the left side of the result list.
Oxford Scholarship Online E-books
Access over 16,000 e-books from Oxford University Press, covering subjects across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.
ProQuest Ebook Central
Access over 170,000 e-books on a range of subjects. For tips on using the platform, check out their training videos.
SAGE Knowledge
A premier social sciences platform that includes thousands of SAGE and CQ Press online books, reference materials, and other resources. (SAGE)
World Tourism Organization (WTO) e-Library
The e-unwto library provides access to WTO publications (in many languages), including publications, reports, and documents. Covers: ecotourism, market research and trends, planning & management policy, poverty alleviation, sustainable development, etc.

Other Libraries

Find books and other materials in other libraries.

E-ZBorrow
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Due to the coronavirus, E-ZBorrow is NOT available.
Easily request BOOKS (but not articles or ebooks) from other libraries.
E-ZBorrow Help Page
BOOK Request Form
Need a book that you can't find in our library, or in E-ZBorrow? Use this form to request BOOKS from other libraries.
WorldCat
WorldCat allows you to search thousands of library collections! When viewing results, you can enter your location and directly link to the item in local library catalogs.

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Need help? Watch a tutorial: WorldCat: A Tutorial

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Google Books

Google Books
Search the full-text of millions of books. Use as a "discovery" tool to find books on your topic. Books in the public domain (generally, pre-1923) are available full-text. Newer books offer limited viewing--from many pages to nothing.Note: This is just for books (and some magazines). To find scholarly articles, use Google Scholar.

Learn more About Google Books and the Google Books Library Project.
Additional info at: Google Books Wikipedia Article

WorldCat lets you search thousands of libraries worldwide. (You will need to use Interlibrary Loan to get the book.) Enter a title, subject or author:

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Find Books: Overview