Ohrstrom FAQ: Books

On the library website's homepage (pictured below), click on "Find" (circled in light blue) to open the drop down menu pictured below. From the drop-down menu you have two choices: 

• If you are looking for leisure reading eBooks AND Audiobooks, click on "eBooks and Audiobooks" (circled in light purple). The link will take you to Sora (formerly called Overdrive). To learn more about using Sora, please see our other FAQ, "How do I set up a Sora audio/eBook account?"
• If you are looking for academic eBooks, click on "Databases A-Z" (circled in yellow). Scroll down for more instructions.

If you clicked on "Databases A-Z," this will take you to a page that lists ALL the library databases. To narrow this list to eBook databases alone, click on the second drop-down menu from the left which reads, "All Database Types." From the drop down, click on "eBooks (10)" (circled in light blue below). This will take you to a page with 10 databases (see the yellow arrow below). 

As pictured below, the databases are organized alphabetically by title. You can narrow this list further by clicking on the first letter of your preferred database's title (boxed in blue).

While you can still access Sora (formerly Overdrive) from this page (as shown by the light purple boxes below), all the other databases are strictly for academic eBooks. 

Search Tips: 

• If you are just starting your research, try the databases with tertiary sources first (look for language like "concise," "encyclopedia(s)," "handbook(s)," and "reference" in the database titles and descritptions. 
• If you already have a general understanding of your research topic and a strong list of keywords/search terms, try the following databases: Academic eBooks from EBSCO, eCollection from Springer, and JSTOR.