Researching Third Parties
This guide is to assist students in Professor Jami Rush's UNIV100 classes.
Search Dupré Library Catalog
eBooks
Searching the Dupré Library Catalog will often bring up results listed as "Electronic Resources." These are typically eBooks, which students can check out for the same duration as print copies of books by downloading them. They can also be viewed in full-text without being checked out.
- Dupré Library - Catalog SearchSearch the Dupré Library Catalog to find print books, eBooks, periodical titles, and government documents.
There are several other places where you can find eBooks as well.
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- Gale In Context: Biography ** This link opens in a new window** This database combines award-winning biographies from respected Gale Group sources. Biography in Context also includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
- Credo Reference ** This link opens in a new window** Use Credo Online Reference Service to search through major reference sources such as online dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, quotations, and bilingual dictionaries. In addition to resources, content pages also include news, images, videos, links to full-text articles and other resources in EBSCO, JSTOR, Gale Cengage and Google Books. It even has a crossword solver and measurement conversions.
- eBook Collection ** This link opens in a new window** Provides access to an extensive collection of e-book titles online. (Uses free versions of Adobe Digital Editions. Due to privacy and security issues with Adobe Digital Editions 4.0, the library currently recommends Adobe Digital Editions 3.0.)
- HathiTrust Digital Library ** This link opens in a new window** HathiTrust Digital Library is a partnership of academic and research institutions that provides access to millions of titles (books, journals, etc.) viewable in PDF format.
- Library of Congress Digital Collections ** This link opens in a new window** Provides access to digitized print materials like newspapers and books, as well as photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings, maps and more.
- Project Gutenberg ** This link opens in a new window** Provides free access to over 40,000 public domain e-Books.
Finding Materials Not in Dupré Library
Can't find something in the Dupré Library Catalog or through available databases or archives?
- WorldCat via FirstSearch This link opens in a new windowSearch many of the world's libraries for books, articles or media material.
- Dupré Library Interlibrary LoanTo log-in and check out materials via Interlibrary Loan, you'll need to access the ILL homepage.