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e-Books: Home

A guide to the electronic books collections available through the BGSU Libraries.

Find e-Books at BGSU


We provide access to e-Books from many different publishers, which all require unique access points and offer unique tools accessibility accommodations.  You can use our Summon search box to search all the e-Books we offer.  Once you have submitted the search, you can use filters on the left side to further narrow your search. 

In Summon:

After you do your search, use the "eBook Full Text Online" limiter on the left to limit to books that are full text online.

 

In the classic catalog:

In the classic catalog, choose "advanced search" ,scroll down to Add Limits(Optional), and limit to Material Type: "ebooks."

Image Add Limits Material Type:  eBook  from library catalog

* Summon provides a more comprehensive view of University Libraries e-Book holdings.

Need Help?

BGSU Ask Us / Chat    Real Time chat assistance during library hours.

Finding Persistent Links     A permalink is a permanent or persistent link/URL.  It does not fail or stop working after you exit the article or database.

Creating Proxied Links for Off-Campus Use     Ensure your students have access to resources from off-campus.

Electronic Resource Access Troubleshooting   Suggestions for troubleshooting your electronic resource access issues.

 

For a link to work from off campus, it has to be proxied. Proxied links contain "ezproxy" and will prompt you to log in.

To proxy any link, add this to the beginning of a url:
http://ezproxy.bgsu.edu/login?url=

Unproxied link to JSTOR:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/40651623
(will not work from off campus)

Proxied link to JSTOR:
http://ezproxy.bgsu.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/40651623
(will work off campus)