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About Finding Books

Your best bet for finding books is:

Search the library catalog
Search WorldCat
Search library databases that contain eBooks

If you get stuck, please contact us-- we are here to help!

Search the Library Catalog for Books & Ebooks

Here are some quick tips for searching the library catalog for books.

To search for books/ebooks accessible from the UAF campus, select the UAF Fairbanks campus libraries drop-down.
Limit your search results by format to Book and/or Electronic resource and click Include.

For more information about using the library catalog, see our Library Catalog help pages.

Search WorldCat to Find Books in Printed Format

If you're looking for a specific book in print format and Rasmuson Library doesn't have a copy, try searching WorldCat.

If you find the book in WorldCat you can request it via Interlibrary Loan.

WorldCat
Catalog of books and other materials in 21,000 libraries worldwide.

Search Library Databases for Ebooks

Not all eBooks make it into the Library Catalog. Below is a list of Rasmuson Library databases containing eBooks.

Ebook Central (formerly EBL & ebrary)
Ebook Central provides access to thousands of online books on all subjects. Login required on/off campus.
Ebook Central provides both short-term loans and auto-purchasing options for ebooks, on all topics. Readers may view material online, download to a computer for a limited time, and copy or print a small amount of material from these ebooks. A login is required from both on and off campus.
Credo Reference
More than 400 Reference works in full-text online.
Credo Reference provides numerous full-text reference books online, searchable by keyword, subject, title and more.
eBook Collection from EBSCO
Full-text online books from scholarly and commercial publishers.
Full-text e-books from more than 1,500 major academic publishers and university presses from around the world.
Early English Books Online
Digitized collection of classic early English works.
A digitized collection of classic early English works as they appeared in their original format. Includes works published in English from 1475-1700 in a variety of academic disciplines. Examples include works by Malory, Spenser, Bacon, Erasmus, Boyle, Newton, Galileo, and prayer books, pamphlets, almanacs and other primary resources.
Gale eBooks
O'Reilly for Higher Education (previously : Safari Tech Books Online)
Full-text access to selected IT books and some video. To access O'Reily, login and create an account using your @alaska.edu email address.
The O'Reilly digital platform includes books, videos, proven learning paths, case studies and audio books. Topics range from programming to IT networking to project management to graphic design to business strategy. The content includes code snippets, certification preparation materials, practice exercises, training videos, and more.
Springer Link
Providing researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols, reference works and proceedings.
Taylor and Francis
eBooks in science, technology, engineering, medicine, humanities and social science.
Wiley Online Library
Multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Alaska Digital Library
Access fiction and non-fiction ebooks and audiobooks, including bestsellers! This database is paid for by the state of Alaska.

Free e-books & audio books

Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is an online library of free eBooks, mostly that are copyright free.
Internet Archives Books Collection

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