Library Support for Shifting to Online Teaching

We subscribe to dozens of ebook packages, giving you access to millions of titles online. See a list of all of our ebook collections.

The number of simultaneous users varies for individual ebooks. We buy unlimited-user access whenever possible, but certain ebooks may not allow enough simultaneous users to work well in courses. Please contact your librarian if you have questions about a specific title, especially for course use.

Browse multi-disciplinary collections

• ProQuest Ebook Central 
• EBSCO eBook Collection (select the eBooks tab at the top of the page) 
• SpringerLink (scroll down to "Our Content" and select Books)
• O'Reilly (formerly Safari Books Online) STEM plus digital media and business. Requires log-in. Type in your UA email, hit Tab to skip password, then hit Sign In button.
• Wiley Online Library (select Online Books)
• SAGE Knowledge (select the Books button)
• ScienceDirect STEM, health sciences, social sciences, and humanities (select Books under "Publication type")
• University Press Scholarship Online

Learn more about finding and using ebooks.

Open textbooks are ideal for course use because they allow unlimited access and are free to use, print, share, and customize. Here are some good places to look for open textbooks:

• Open Textbook Library: includes more than 850 complete textbooks (all can be downloaded for offline use)
• OER Commons (scroll down the page to find open textbooks by subject)
• OASIS: includes more than 2,400 open textbooks
• OpenStax: ebooks come with free instructor resources

Learn more about open educational resources and where to find them.

If you're a student, check your student booklist on the UA BookStores' website (see "How do I access my booklist?" under Textbook FAQ). For each textbook, select Check UA Library for ebook ». You can also look in the Library Tools on your D2L Brightspace course sites. Course ebooks will be featured in the upper right corner.

If you're an instructor and you submit your required course materials through the UA BookStores' textbook adoption process on time, the library automatically checks for an unlimited-user ebook version of your required textbook(s). We buy these whenever they're available.

Submit our Check for ebook availability form if you have questions about the availability of a specific title as an ebook, especially for course use. Or you can contact your librarian.