CSSLibraryGuides: Athletic Training: 2. Books & eBooks

Books and eBooks

ScholastiCAT
ScholastiCAT is the Library's catalogue, a listing of its books by author, title, & subject. Videos are also included. ScholastiCAT will search all of our print books, our video & media, and a portion of our e-books collections.
Ebsco eBook Collection
Search the CSS Library's ebook collection. Includes the content of Ebsco's Academic ebook Collection.

ScholastiCAT
Instructions on how to use the Library's catalog

AccessMedicine
e-Textbooks in the health sciences.
AccessPhysiotherapy
eBooks, drug guide, videos, case studies, study tools, & NTPE review prep.
British Literary Manuscripts Online
Facsimile images of literary manuscripts dating from medieval times to 1900.
Business Expert Press
This collection includes over 300 current eBooks in management.
Credo Reference
A great place to start your research. Encyclopedias, dictionaries, Mind Map, and links to our other databases.
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
Over 36,000 open access academic eBooks from 600+ publishers.
Early English Books Online (EEBO)
Digitized editions of 146,000 books published in the United Kingdom from 1473-1700.
eBook Nursing Collection
Over 600 full-text nursing titles.
FA Davis PT Collection
eBooks, drug guide, videos, & case studies.
eBooks
Over 2,500 encyclopedias & reference works on a wide range of disciplines & topics.
IGI Global Research
Hundreds of full-text e-reference books in the field of computers in the health sciences, medicine, & business.
Learning Express Library
College & career guidance. Includes tutorials & ebooks.
R2 Digital Library
Growing collection of eBooks for the health sciences and nursing

More about eBooks

We can borrow print books for you from other libraries through our InterLibrary Loan (ILL) service. eBook lending is not possible due to publisher's restrictions, but the library world has negotiated the ability for you to request a chapter from an eBook.

MnPALs has ILL integrated into the system making it easy to borrow a book from another library with just a few clicks.

WorldCAT allows you to search for library books nationally. You will need to manually create an ILL request. Follow the link.

MnPALS
Search for books at other MN colleges.
WorldCAT
Search for books in the major academic & public libraries of the United States and thirteen other countries.

Information about Interlibrary Loan

HathiTrust Digital Library
HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world. Many of these (mostly pre-1923 books) are fully available to the researcher.
Google Books
Search digitized books and magazines in the public domain.
eBooks Minnesota
eBooks on a wide variety of subjects for readers of all ages, featuring content from Minnesota's independent publishers

eBooks

R2 Digital Library
Small collection of ebooks for Athletic Training.

Search the CSS Library's eBook collection of over 120,000 titles to find electronic books on your topic.

Here are links for more help:

EBSCO Academic eBook Collection
Multi-disciplinary collection includes over 201,528 academic eBooks. The Library has unlimited access to these titles for the CSS community so it is possible for faculty to create links to individual titles in Blackboard or on course pages.
eBooks on Ebsco
EBSCO eBooks includes over 170,000 titles. This includes all of the titles from the Academic Collection (see above) as well as additional titles from EBSCO which we have acquired over the past 10 years.
Elsevier/ScienceDirect
This is a collection of 38 eBook titles in the health sciences. Titles include Clinical Case Studies in Physiotherapy, Ergonomics for Therapists, Exercise Physiology in Special Populations, and Finding the Evidence for Practice.
IGI Global Research
Includes current eBooks for health information management and informatics.
Adobe Digital Editions
Free software to download eBooks to your computer and Nook
Bluefire Reader
App for eBooks for iOS products like iPads, iPods, and iPhones
Kindle
EBSCO eBooks are not compatible with Kindles, but you can send them as PDFs via email
Duluth Public Library
So far, our eBook collection is mostly comprised of academic titles which support CSS courses and research. Public libraries in the region are developing impressive collections of eBooks that might be of more interest for leisure reading. All you need to borrow eBooks for free is a valid public library borrower's card.

How to Cite a Book or eBook

Book:

In AMA

eBook:

In AMA