Books and eBooks - COM 2223 - Scientific and Technical Communication - Research Guides at Florida Institute of Technology

Looking for Books or eBooks?

The Evans Library has a wide collection of print books and eBooks available.

One of the easiest ways to find books and eBooks is to search using the OneSearch database. Enter your keywords (or a title) and limit your search results to "Books" and/or "eBooks."

OneSearch@Evans Library This link opens in a new window
Performs a Google-like search of Evans Library materials including the contents of journals and books. Allows you to limit to items with full text and articles from academic publications, including peer-reviewed.

The other way to locate books and eBooks is to search for them separately. The Library keeps a record of all print books in the Library Catalog, where you can search the catalog by keyword, by title, or by author. To find and browse only eBooks, you can search one of the Library's eBook collections directly.

The boxes below contain links and descriptions for the Library's various eBook collections and the Library Catalog.

eBook Collections

O'Reilly Learning Platform
A UNIQUE PASSWORD IS REQUIRED. Find login instructions via the link below. Access to the most current knowledge, trends, conversations, and real-world experiences in business and technology with books, videos, case studies, expert-curated learning paths and self-assessments from world-renowned innovators and corporate leaders.
Help Guide for O'Reilly Learning Platform.
SpringerLink eBooks
A digitized collection of scientific & technical books published from 2005-2021. Subjects covered are: Architecture, Design and Arts; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical & Life Sciences; Business & Economics; Chemistry & Material Science; Computer Science; Earth & Environmental Science; Engineering; Humanities, Social Sciences & Law; Mathematics & Statistics; Medicine; Physics & Astronomy; Professional and Applied Computing. Also accessible via the Library Catalog.
eBook Academic Collection
140,000+ ebooks from leading university presses and academic publishers. Subject coverage includes the arts, business and economics, education, engineering and technology, language arts, literary criticism, science, social science, and other academic fields.

Evans Library Catalog

Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Information about the physical books, journals, government documents, and multimedia available in the Evans Library building.

Search the Library Catalog for print books and government documents. Subjects are named in the Library Catalog using the Library of Congress Subject Headings. Locate print books on the fourth floor of the Evans Library using the call number indicated in the Library Catalog record.

Library of Congress Subject Headings
Use this resource to locate the Library of Congress Classification for a subject. Click on the main subject (or, class) to view the sub-categories. Use the Library of Congress Classification to locate and browse books on the shelves of the Evans Library collections on the fourth floor.

Catalog Search Tips

To Search the Catalog:

Click the Catalog tab on the library's website and enter the word or words you want to find.
Choose a field from the drop-down menu. All FIelds looks in all indexed fields within a record. All other choices (Title, Journal Title, Author, Subject, Call Number, ISBN/ISSN, Series) target specified fields within a record.
Click Find.

Additional search tips:

Most words in the catalog’s records are indexed and therefore searchable.
Boolean operators AND, +, OR, NOT, and - may be used to narrow or expand searches.
Use truncation/wildcard symbols to replace any number of characters (*) or a single character (?).
The most precise search is a Subject search using a term from the Library of Congress Subject Headings.
Click on links (subjects, authors, and more) in the catalog record to continue searching.
Search results may be cited, e-mailed, texted or exported into RefWorks.
Click Advanced Search to limit results by call number (LCSH or SuDocs), publication year, language, and format.