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Accessing eBooks through the Library Catalog

To access eBooks from all of our vendors, start at the Library Catalog > Advanced Search.

To get to the Advanced Search screen from the Library homepage, select Catalog on the lefthand side of the page.

Locate and click on “Advanced Search”. This will bring you to another search page.

Select "Limit to UHD" from the "Location" drop-down menu.

Select “EBOOK" from the “Material Type” menu.

In the search boxes type the term for your topic.

From the Results screen, click on the title of the eBook you want to access.

On the next screen, click on the "UHD users only" link.

Log in using your UHD network ID and password if prompted, and you will come to the full-text of the eBook.

For more information on eBooks at UHD, see the eBooks in the Library Research Guide.Take a look at some walkthroughs for our major eBook platforms: Ebrary and EBSCOhost.

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