Finding electronic books in the library catalog
To find a particular e-book or search for e-books on a particular subject or by keyword, use the library catalog.
Subject Searching:
Search as you would for printed material. When you've retrieved the title list, click on the Limit/Sort button at the top of the screen. Use the pull-down menu for Material Type to limit your retrieval to e-books.Author Searching:
If there are only a few records, look for [Electronic Resource] next to the titles. If there are several records, click on the Limit/Sort button at the top of the screen. Use the pull-down menu for Material Type to limit your retrieval to e-books.Keyword Searching:
On the keyword search page, insert the appropriate keyword(s) and use the pull-down menu for Material Type to limit your retrieval to e-books.
Note: Not all titles in the Books24x7, NCBI and netLibrary collections are listed in the library catalog. Search these collections directly to see all available titles.
Online collections
AccessMedicine
More than 20 books in the basic sciences and clinical medicine. Includes daily content updates.
On-campus Off-campusBooks@Ovid
Six titles searchable through the standard Ovid interface or by browsing tables of contents and indexes.
On-campus Off-campus
Books24x7
Web access to the full text of over 3,000 published books from publishers in business and technology.
All OHSU/OGI usersBookshelf (NCBI)
A growing collection of biomedical books that can be searched as a group or individually. The books are also linked to terms in PubMed abstracts; when viewing an abstract, select "Books" in the "Links" menu to see phrases within the abstract hyperlinked to book sections.
All usersMD Consult
Nearly 50 medical texts. Search individual titles or the entire collection at once. Integrated with MD Consult's online journals, guidelines, news, and patient handouts.
On-campus Off-campusnetLibrary
Almost 8,000 complete titles representing a broad range of subject areas that meets the needs of library customers, including academic, public, corporate, K-12, medical and special libraries. Create your own username and password for full access.
On campus Off campusPsychiatry Online
Web access to nine psychiatric reference titles including DSM-IV-TR from American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
All usersRittenhouse Books/R2Library
Full text access to 19 titles in medicine and nursing.
All UsersSTAT!Ref
Over 40 books, covering general and specialized areas of medicine. Customizable display and search features. Users may select any number of titles to search simultaneously or choose from pre-arranged sets.
On campus Offcampus
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