Manderino Library: Find Books: Overview

Find Books Tool Kit

Find books and other materials in the Manderino Library collection.

Library Catalog
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Help: Renewing Library Materials Online
Cal U Theses
Item Retrieval Request Service
Library Call Numbers
Renew Books Online
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Get instructions on Renewing Library Materials Online.

Search Library Catalog

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

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

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!

Choice Reviews
Choice reviews the best new books and digital content in academia. Any Cal U patron can sign up for personalized services (Saved Search Strategies, My Lists, My Monthly Reviews, and My Profile). Click on the "Login" link, then on the "Create Account" button.

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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About Google Book Search

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).

OneSearch (EBSCO Discovery Service)
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.
eBooks on EBSCOhost
Access full-text electronic books on a range of subjects using EBSCOhost. (EBSCO)
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.
ACLS Humanities E-Books
Over 2,200 e-books covering: history, women's studies, literature, and other fields in the humanities. The collection was created by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) in collaboration with ten scholarly societies and nearly 80 contributing publishers.

You can Browse the Title List or Search the Collection.
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
Easily request BOOKS from other libraries.

Cal U students, faculty, and staff may use E-ZBorrow to request books--but not articles.
E-ZBorrow Help Page

Interlibrary Loan 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. Please allow at least a week to get it.
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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Contact the Library

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:

Visit WorldCat.org