finding e-books - knowledge base

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The Library offers a number of search services to find, and access eBooks.

This resource highlights two of these search options, so you can use the one that suits you best.

Finding eBooks

Specific search: Books

The first method of searching is to useSpecific Search: Books

www.glasgow.ac.uk/library

http://www.gla.ac.uk/library


From the Library homepage click on the link: Specific Search: Books


This search box will search for books only


Enter your search terms in the search box


Enter your search terms in the search boxClick submit


Results for a search on Spanish Civil War look like this


To limit your results to eBooks – that you can access online:Select e-Book


Use Connect to e-book to access the text


Use:Connect to e-book to access the text


So, you can useSpecific Search: Booksto find eBooks.

Remember to refine your results using Connect to ebook

Refining your results

The second method of searching is to refine the results from a search using:Library Search

www.glasgow.ac.uk/library

http://www.glasgow.ac.uk/library


On the Library homepage enter your search terms in the search box, and select Search


The results displayed are a mix of books, articles, journals, conference reports, book chapters…


Use the Refine Your Search menu on the left of the screen to limit the results to eBooks


Select:• Full Text Online


Select:• Full Text Online• Book / eBook


To access the eBook, click on Full Text Online


You may also want to try using the other refine your search tools to improve your results


Try:• Discipline• Publication date

Finding eBooks

So, that’s two ways to search for, and access eBooks:

Use Specific Search: Books

Refine the results ofLibrary Search

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