Library Guides: Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering Research Guide: Find Books

E-Book Collections for Ag & Biosystems Engineering

ASABE Technical Library
Scroll down the linked page of publications included in the ASABE Digital Library to access several online textbooks and other e-books.
O'Reilly for Higher Education
This collection of ebooks is focused primarily on computing and technology subjects as well as a small collection of personal and professional development books.
Please note that this resource is not available to members of the public visiting Parks Library.
Knovel e-book collection
A variety of handbooks on materials and properties data, with technical handbooks on some related topics included.
Please note that for members of the public visiting Parks Library, this resource is only available from a Parks Library workstation, and not from a mobile device connected to the campus wireless network:
National Academies Press
Free access to full text publications in science, technology and public policy from National Academies Press, including content from the National Academy of Science, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine.

Interlibrary Loan from ISU Library
Any current ISU student, staff, faculty member or holder of the ISU Library Visitor's Card can request materials from other libraries from Interlibrary Loan, or ILL (say it "eye-ell-ell").

WorldCat on FirstSearch
A library meta-catalog; ~90% of all U.S. libraries submit their collection records to WorldCat. FirstSearch is a more nuanced and higher quality search engine than the free WorldCat.org version.
WorldCat.org
Use WorldCat to learn which libraries have an item, by searching across thousands of libraries at once. Access through this link will provide ISU Library interlibrary loan and full text links.