E-Books

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The Miami University Libraries Search includes thousands of e-books. Here's how to find them:

Search By: Keyword 

To See Only Ebooks: Below the search blank with your keyword, click the option for "Books."
Miami University Libraries Search search blank screen shot

Then after you run the search for books on your topic, click the box next to "Available online" (circled in orange in the screenshot) in the "Filter Your  Results" menu on the left-hand side of the page. Be sure to click "Apply filters" at the bottom of that column. You may also use other filters, such as the Publication Date, to narrow your search.
Filter your results screen shot

Click on the title of an item to find out more information about that item and to get the citation for that item. To find the citation, click on "Citation." Then choose the citation style you would like to use. Clicking "Copy citation into clipboard" will let you paste the citation into another document. Always be sure to double-check your copied citations.

The following are links to collections of e-books that can be searched separately, but for the most part are already incorporated into the Books & More catalog:
  • Boundless ("A collection of electronic books and audiobooks from Baker & Taylor. Collection contains popular and bestselling fiction and nonfiction titles, with a focus on currently trending titles and selections of interest to undergraduate students.")

  • Cambridge Core (scholarly materials from Cambridge University Press)

  • EBSCOhost E-Books (please see EBSCO Connect for more information on using EBSCOhost eBooks)

  • HathiTrust (HathiTrust is a digital repository of more than 18 million items including books, pamphlets, government documents, and more. Items published before 1927 may be read in full and are available for download).

  • IOP Science E-Books (scholarly materials from IOP Science)

  • MIT Press Direct eBooks - Over 3,000 e-books on a wide range of topics, including art, architecture, business and management, cognitive science, computer science and artificial intelligence, design, economics, education, engineering, environmental science, linguistics, mathematics, neuroscience, philosophy, physics, technology, and social theory.

  • OhioLINK Electronic Book Center (includes scholarly publications from Springer, Wiley, and Oxford University Press along with full text literary collections)

  • O'Reilly Books Online (formerly Safari -- computer science, engineering, business, and related fields - Here is a guide for using O'Reilly Books Online)

  • Oxford Scholarship Online (scholarly materials from Oxford University Press)

  • ProQuest E-Book Central for all of Miami University Libraries (please see ProQuest LibGuides for more information on using the Ebooks).

  • R2 Digital Library (Nursing, medicine, and allied health e-books -- Watch a 3 minute tutorial on using it!)

  • Wiley Online Library (search STEM, Social Sciences, and Humanities eBooks and eJournals. Use the open lock materials).

Here are some resources for books that are available online (mostly public domain and open for anyone; some exceptions): Two other links to check for e-book information at Miami and local public libraries:
  • MU eBook Collections (this also includes information on e-books at the Lane Public Library (Fairfield, Hamilton, and Oxford))

  • MidPointe Library (Middletown, Trenton, West Chester) also offers downloadable e-books.