Quick Facts & Statistics
- The library at Xavier University has over 118, 500 electronic books.
- The library purchased 40,000 e-books in academic year 2008/2009, 14,000 in 2009/2010, and 33,000 in 2010/2011.
- Access the libary's e-books directly or through XPLORE Library Catalog.
To quickly identify an electronic book, look for the e-book icon in your XPLORE search results.
Typical Features
Typical Features
- Clickable table of contents
- Seach within the book
- Navigate through pages
- Print 30-60 pages
- Export to RefWorks (see RefWorks help for each collection)
- Stable links to specific books (see XLinks help for each collection)
Not so Typical Features
- Search word navigation
- Xlickable index
- Ability to create notes
- Ability to highlight text
- Ability to copy and paste text
- Magnify text
- Jump to a page
- Stable links to specific articles
- Ability to download to a hand-held device
The Library's Electronic Book Collections
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Scholarly books that are great for history and other humanities disciplines. |
Reference books that cover subjects from art to technology. |
Scholarly books that cover life, physical, social, and behavioral sciences. |
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netLibrary scholarly books that cover a broad range of topcs. |
Reference books and book chapters that cover art to science. |
Scholarly and reference books that cover a broad range of topics. |
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Reference books that cover a broad range of academic disciplines. |
Scholarly books that cover a broad range of academic disciplines. |
Technology books that cover artificial intelligence to software engineering. |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the advantages of using electronic books? Use electronic books for off-campus or online learning students, for information found only in the back-of-the-book index, when multiple simultaneous users is necessary, or when you need to search within a book
Can faculty request the library purchase a book in electronic format? We are just beginning to do this and have been successful in some cases. It never hurts to ask.
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