Electronic Books

Searching the Library Catalog for Electronic Books

Most electronic books in the library catalog will be available to patrons of the campus library that purchased the online book.

In an advanced keyword search

1. limit your search to the appropriate campus library
2. if you use the Material Type limit of ebooks, you will find titles we only have electronically

If the library has a copy in print AND online access to the book you need to type electronic books as one of your search terms. This search will find all books you can retrieve online.

Neither search finds government documents that are accessible online.

Selected Electronic Book Collections

University Libraries patrons can access two collections of reference books online:

Gale Virtual Reference Library and Oxford Reference Online.

The links below provide access to a variety of books available on the World Wide Web. The selections included are intended to provide University of South Carolina students and faculty with useful electronic resources collected and organized by many national libraries and organizations.

Some of these sites also include e-books that are password protected for use only by the host library's  patrons. USC does not have access to those resources. Please consult library staff or
Ask a Librarian  if you need more information about the E-book collections.

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