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INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
Find Print Books in the Library Catalog
Find Print Books:
- Use the Advanced Search to limit your search to only print books.
- Type in your search terms using the search tips below.
- Under Location, choose Circulating Collection to locate books you can check out.
- Click Submit.
- Click on the book title to open its record and click Request Item to request the book be mailed to you.
Search Tips:
- Use quotes ("social media") to find a specific phrase.
- Use similar terms, separated by OR (social media OR social networking) to locate sources with BOTH terms.
Type your search in the box below! The catalog search will pop up in a new window.
Or click Advanced Search to bring up the catalog Advance Search in a new window.
Find eBooks in the Library Catalog
Find eBooks:
- Use the Advanced Search to limit your search to only eBooks.
- Type in your search terms.
- Under Location, choose Electronic Books to locate all IWU eBook collections.
- Click Submit.
Click Advanced Search to bring up the catalog Advance Search in a new window.
Or type your search in the box below! The catalog search will pop up in a new window.
- Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowThis easy-to-use database offers over 80,000 scholarly eBooks in all academic disciplines. Books may be read on your computer or downloaded to an android, iPad, iPhone or iPod touch.
- EBSCO eBooks (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Offers over 125,000 eBooks in subjects including art, business and economics, education, language arts and literature, medicine, performing arts, philosophy, poetry, political science, religion, social science, and technology. - SAGE Knowledge eBooks This link opens in a new windowA collection of academic ebooks with over 200 titles in health and social care and over 300 titles in management and business. These titles may be viewed in their entirety online or downloaded one chapter at a time.
Reference Books
You may ask, "Why would I use an encyclopedia or reference book for my research?".
- Help you get ideas about how to narrow or search for your topic.
- You'll find keywords and related topics for your search strategy.
- You might even create an initial outline.
- Reference articles usually offer additional resources in a bibliography you can use to track down more information.
- Credo Reference (Infobase) This link opens in a new windowCredo Reference provides access to a large number of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference books. Subjects covered include art, biography, history, literature, music, religion, and science and technology.
- Gale eBooks (Gale/Cengage) This link opens in a new windowA database of electronic encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. The ebooks are trusted, authoritative, and fully searchable online.
