Books are often more general and easier to understand than articles. In that books offer more background information and a wider array of viewpoints to select from, starting with a book can help you identify a guiding question or a larger conversation in which to situate your thinking, research, and writing.
Books are not daunting. They contain familiar "wayfarer markers" like a table of contents, chapter headings, and an index. These lead to the specific pages where the topic you are after is being discussed.
Books are at the heart of the scholarly conversations and debates about literature. In that they weigh and compare multiple viewpoint, their footnotes and bibliographies are springboards to additional insights.
Books are arranged following rules created by the Library of Congress. This organization helps you do research more effectively and efficiently. A librarian would be glad to review this with you.
Books are companionable. Many students value the ease with which they can be laid out on a desk, read, and absorbed.
You can find online full text books and print books in our library using this search. Click the "Books" button below the search bar to limit to only books. Use the "Available online" filter to the left after you enter your search if you only want ebooks.
Exceptions to this search are: NexisUni, ICPSR, Morningstar.com, and a few other databases that focus on data itself rather than articles, books, etc.
