eBooks 

Books in digital format can offer convenient access and enhanced search capabilities beyond what a print book can offer.  This guide presents ebook and repository options available to campus users and beyond as well as an overview of ebook-related topics.

Use eBooks in your research as you'd use print books including:  for overview information (i.e. a book on feminist literary criticism); advanced learning (a book on trigonometry); for basic information not normally presented in articles (a detailed biography or financial investment information); for historical information; and, of course, for reading pleasure.

When you do a search for a print book, as described in the Auraria Library guide Books: How to Find Them, eBooks will quite often turn up in your search results.  This guide offers tips for specifically pinpointing books in ebook format. 

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You'll find tens of thousands of ebooks* by searching in Skyline, Auraria Library's catalog. To pinpoint ebooks on your topic:

• Go to the Skyline search page.
• Search as you would for a print book, i.e. by title, keywords describing what you need, subject, whatever you wish.
• Choose the Material Type pull down box and limit your search to: ebooks (close to the bottom of the pull-down menu)

You can also search for ebooks using the 'Worldcat Local' interface:

• Choose 'Advanced Worldwide Search' from the Library's home page to use the Worldcat Local interface to search Auraria Library and beyond
• Search as you would for a print book, i.e. by title, keywords describing what you need, subject, whatever you wish.
• Choose format 'Internet'
• Note that, for the most part, ebooks not owned by Auraria which are retrieved in a Worldcat Local search will not be accessible to Auraria campus students.  In some cases they will be if the ebook is a publicly accessible publication

Need a reputable online reference book like an encyclopedia? An overview of a topic or a definition? Follow the steps below:

• Go to the Skyline or Worldcat Local search page
• Search by keyword
• Choose a keyword to describe your topic and combine it with the word encyclopedias, handbooks, or dictionaries. Examples: psychology encyclopedias; philosophy dictionaries; chemistry handbooks
• In Skyline, choose the Material Type pull down box and limit your search to: ebooks; in Worldcat Local choose the format: Internet

*Click Here to see many of the subscription ebook collections included in Skyline that you search when you follow the steps above or in the eBook Tutorial.   Some etitles linked in Skyline are also mined from free ebook collections.

eBook Tutorial - Quick, easy, tutorial on finding ebooks at Auraria.