e-Book Platforms
- Tourism & Hospitality e-books This link opens in a new windowThis collection of tourism, events, and hospitality e-books from Taylor & Francis includes research monographs, handbooks, and emerging subject textbooks for undergraduate study. (Scroll down to browse/access the collection)
- Business Expert Press“Provides concise applied content in all areas of business. The collection has over 1,100 titles covering the fundamental themes and functions of business….There are books applicable to everyone (Portfolio and Project Management; Communication), and to specific fields – Big Data; quantitative decision making; public relations; sports marketing; retail; and, tourism and hospitality.”
- EBSCO eBook Collection This link opens in a new windowIncludes books selected by the ISU library for permanent purchase as well as books from a rotating collection. Some books have unlimited users and others may only be accessed by 1 user at a time. Click on the book title to see how many users it allows.
- ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new windowA collection of ebooks covering all subject areas from a wide variety of publishers. Includes books selected by the ISU library for permanent purchase as well as books from a rotating collection. Some books have unlimited users and others may only be accessed by 1 user at a time.
Click here for tutorial - O'Reilly for Higher Education This link opens in a new windowThis collection of ebooks is focused primarily on computing and technology subjects as well as a small collection of personal and professional development books.
- Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new windowWiley is one of the world's largest scholarly publishers. You can access ISU’s subscription journals and purchased ebooks, as well as open access publications, through the Wiley Online Library.
- Springer e-Book Collection This link opens in a new windowSpringerLink provides full-text access to ebooks published by Springer. Non-subscribed titles are identified by locked padlock symbol.
Click here for tutorial - Gale eBooks This link opens in a new windowThis e-book collection contains numerous encyclopedias and handbooks for the following areas: Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, General Reference, History, Information and Publishing, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, Social Science, & Technology.
More Access Options
- Pick From Shelf ServiceAnyone with a library account (members of the ISU community and library visitors) can request items, whether they are on the shelf or checked out. Up to 10 items can be requested, and they will be kept on the hold shelf at the chosen location for 10 days
- FastTRAC - Search "Partner Libraries" Through Quick SearchIf a book is not available in our collections, use the drop down menu on the right side of the search box by changing it from the default "ISU Libraries" to "Partner Libraries." This allows you to search seven other academic library catalogs in Iowa. You can request the item using the same interface.
- Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA)The ISU Library may have reciprocal borrowing agreements with other libraries near you, through our partnership with GWLA.
- Recommend a PurchaseYou can also recommend books and other materials to be purchased by the library. For remote access, be sure to recommend an electronic version. If you need a print copy that is checked out, you can RECALL it from the user having it at the time.
- Interlibrary Loan Request Form (ILLiad)Need a book that ISU does not own? File an interlibrary loan request and have the book delivered to you directly if you are a distance student. The first time you log into interlibrary loan, you will need to fill out basic contact information.
- WorldCat on FirstSearch - ISU login This link opens in a new windowA 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 - ISU login This link opens in a new windowThis is the version of WorldCat.org with ISU login enabled to provide interlibrary loan and full text links. Use WorldCat to learn which libraries have an item, by searching across thousands of libraries at once.
