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The ORU Library subscribes to several ebook collections that provide access to more than 200,000 ebooks. Ebooks are unique titles, not merely digitized versions of print books in the library. To find and access ebooks, search an ebook database, such as Ebook Central or Ebook Collections, or search the catalog.
In the opens new window Library catalog, select Ebooks under the View Entire Collection drop menu. Key in a search. In the list of your results, click an ebook title to access the detailed record. 
Click the View content of ...E-Book link, or similar (shown below) to go to ebook full text.
Copyright rules and "Fair Use" apply to ebooks. Therefore, ebook databases set limits on the number of pages that may be printed or copied.
Ebook Central (ProQuest)
- Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
More than 156,000 authoritative, academic ebooks in a wide range of subject areas.
-opens new window Ebook Central User Guide
ProQuest Training Videos:
- opens new windowEbook Central Overview and searching (YouTube, 3:20 mins.)
- opens new windowEbook Central Reader (Video, YouTube, 3:34 mins)
Create a personal Bookshelf.
Use your ORU single-sign on (Network login) to save, highlight, and write notes in your selected ebook. A citation tool is provide, but it creates citation for an entire folder, not just "marked" items.
View 20 chapter results from the most relevant books.
Click the Chapter Results tab above your search results.
Redefine your results.
Click on a title. Click Show more in the right menu under Bibliographic Info. Click LC Subject Heading(s), LC Call Number, or BISAC Subject Heading(s), if options are available.
Identify and search a call number or Subject Heading.
Go to the opens new window Library of Congress Classification Outline and drill down through the subjects. Or, search the library catalog and note call numbers or subject for books in your area of interest. In Ebook Central Advanced Search, select LC Subject Heading or LC Call Number in the drop menu. Enter the call number or subject heading. Click Search.
Note: In addition to LC Subject Headings, Ebook Central also uses opens new windowBISAC Subject Headings. See: opens new windowComplete BISAC Subject Heading List, 2017 Edition .
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
- eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Project Gutenberg
- Project Gutenbergoffers more than 56,000 free ebooks to download. No fee or registration is required. Books are available in many languages
opens new windowTaped-In: Project Gutenberg ebooks (YouTube, 1:13 mins.) - A brief overview of content, downloading, and searching.
Other Selected Ebook Databases
- Book Collection: Nonfiction - Elementary School Edition This link opens in a new windowFull-text nonfiction ebooks designed for elementary school libraries; topics include animals, weather, holidays, sports, Native Americans, United States, biographies, nature, and more
- Book Collection: Nonfiction - High School Edition This link opens in a new windowA cross-curricular resource with searchable full-text on titles covering topics such as careers, health, life skills, ethnicity, disabilities, sports, technology, biographies, music, history, science, and more.
- Book Collection: Nonfiction - Middle School Edition This link opens in a new window
- Ovid eBooks This link opens in a new window19 full-text ebooks related to nursing and the nursing profession.
- Digital Karl Barth Library This link opens in a new windowProvided by Princeton Theological seminary and Theologischer Verlag Zurich; researchers can cross-search among all Barth's works. Results can be viewed, organized, and analyzed.
- Twentieth Century Religious Thought: Christianity This link opens in a new windowA multivolume, cross-searchable online collection that brings together the seminal works and archival materials related to worldwide religious thinkers from the early 1900s until the first decade of the 21st century. This resource represents voices from Christianity, Judaism, and Islam featuring significant thinkers of history.