Yes, we have electronic books!
12/05/06
The Von der Ahe Library has over 30,000 electronic books in its collection. Most are from ebrary, an electronic publisher. There are two ways to access our ebooks. Go to our databases page, look in the alphabetical list for ebrary and click on the link.
Once you’re at the ebrary home page, search keywords in your topic to see what ebooks are available.
Or when you’re searching for books in LINUS, the library’s catalog, sometimes your search will retrieve a record for a book and it will say: “An electronic book accessible through the worldwide web, click to view.” Click and you’ll be taken to the ebook in ebrary.
Wondering if your major or discipline is well-represented in the ebrary collection? Here’s the breakdown today, and new titles are being added frequently.
| Assigned academic discipline or subject |
# titles (October 2006) |
% of total ebrary titles |
| Accounting |
83 |
0.29% |
| Aeronautics/Astronautics |
120 |
0.41% |
| African-American Studies |
105 |
0.36% |
| Agriculture |
424 |
1.47% |
| Anthropology |
251 |
0.87% |
| Art & Art History |
169 |
0.58% |
| Asian & Pacific Studies |
245 |
0.85% |
| Asian Pacific American Studies |
40 |
0.14% |
| Astronomy |
112 |
0.39% |
| Biology |
304 |
1.05% |
| Botany |
60 |
0.21% |
| Business |
1174 |
4.06% |
| Chemical technology |
122 |
0.42% |
| Chemistry |
203 |
0.70% |
| Chicana/o Studies |
16 |
0.06% |
| Civil Engineering |
553 |
1.91% |
| Classics (Greek, Latin) |
103 |
0.36% |
| Communication Studies |
736 |
2.54% |
| Computer Science |
1353 |
4.68% |
| Dance |
20 |
0.07% |
| Economics |
2926 |
10.11% |
| Education |
1402 |
4.85% |
| Electrical Engineering |
1006 |
3.48% |
| English Literature |
1401 |
4.84% |
| Enviromental Sciences |
123 |
0.43% |
| Film & Television |
242 |
0.84% |
| Finance |
633 |
2.19% |
| General Works |
16 |
0.06% |
| Geography |
464 |
1.60% |
| Geology |
69 |
0.24% |
| History (Americas) |
122 |
0.42% |
| History (General) |
373 |
1.29% |
| History (US) |
918 |
3.17% |
| History of Europe |
1218 |
4.21% |
| Human anatomy |
7 |
0.02% |
| Irish Studies |
38 |
0.13% |
| Law |
758 |
2.62% |
| Library & Information Sciences |
160 |
0.55% |
| Management |
1159 |
4.01% |
| Manufactures. Handicrafts. Home economics. |
213 |
0.74% |
| Marital & Family Therapy |
76 |
0.26% |
| Marketing |
213 |
0.74% |
| Mathematics |
378 |
1.31% |
| Mechanical Engineering |
97 |
0.34% |
| Medicine |
2186 |
7.56% |
| Microbiology |
74 |
0.26% |
| Military & Naval Science |
338 |
1.17% |
| Mining engineering |
20 |
0.07% |
| Modern Languages & Literature |
634 |
2.19% |
| Music |
333 |
1.15% |
| Peace Studies |
181 |
0.63% |
| Philosophy |
633 |
2.19% |
| Photography |
63 |
0.22% |
| Physics |
409 |
1.41% |
| Physiology |
222 |
0.77% |
| Political Science |
1084 |
3.75% |
| Psychiatry |
418 |
1.44% |
| Psychology |
475 |
1.64% |
| Religion, Theology |
902 |
3.12% |
| Science (General) |
275 |
0.95% |
| Sociology |
2149 |
7.43% |
| Sports & Recreation |
124 |
0.43% |
| Theatre Arts |
81 |
0.28% |
| Women's Studies |
195 |
0.67% |
| Zoology |
119 |
0.41% |