Find and Use E-Books
What are E-Books?
E-books are electronic versions of print books, replicated cover to cover. Some of these books are purchased from companies such as NetLibrary and ebrary. Others are freely available on the web.
How to Find E-Books
There are numerous ways to search for e-books.
- Library Catalog
Search the Library Catalog for E-books.
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- Go to the Advanced Search
- Type in an author, title or keywords in the search box
- Under material type, select EBooks
- NetLibrary
Search for books purchased from NetLibrary and made available to UT Austin students, faculty and staff. See “How to Use NetLibrary Books” below for more information.
- ebrary Computers, Engineering and Applied Sciences Collection
Find recently published computer books. You will need to download a small (700k) application to view these books on your desktop.
- MyiLibrary
Search titles from Oxford University Press. Create an account (optional) for personalized search and highlighting features.
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Ebook Library (EBL)
Search the full text of over 50,000 eBooks across all subject areas, or browse titles by subject category. Users may print up to 20% and cut and paste up to 5% of the total pages each book.
- Browse by Broad Subject Category
Find links to free electronic text projects available on the Web, as well as NetLibrary and ebrary books.
