Books and E-Books in the Library Catalog
Find books and e-books by searching the Library Catalog. The default catalog search is by keyword, but you can also search by author, title, or ISBN.
Your full Library Catalog search results with include e-books, but you can also narrow your search to e-books in these ways:
Databases with E-Book Collections
Instead of having their own entry on the Library Catalog, some e-books are available as part of an e-book collection. This is usually because the database does not provide permanent links to the individual titles. Knowing the publisher will help you narrow down where to look for the e-book.
E-Books in Legal Research Databases
Legal dictionaries, encyclopedias, restatements, treatises, uniform and model codes, and similar publications are often available on legal research databases. Knowing the publisher will help you narrow down where to look for the e-book. For example, Thomson Reuters publications may be available on Westlaw.
Although the full text may be available, not all legal research databases include authenticated PDFs that match the print publication's pagination.
Books in Digital Repositories
Use a digital repository to search for books published by the United States Government, which have no copyright protection (17 U.S.C. 105), and books that have entered the public domain. For information on copyright laws, see the U.S. Copyright Office's Circulars (e.g., Circular 15A: Duration of Copyright).
