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Find Books and Documents
  • This is the page to be if you need "Books or Documents," ....not Articles.
  • If your assignment says to find any sources in the Library, the most efficient and best sources are often databases with full text articles, unless your assignment says you must use books.
  • Academic Search Premier has the largest collection of full text articles on all topics. There are other databases as well.
If you are looking for ebooks (electronic books) in the IT or technical area, try this website.
Be sure to use the "Logout" link on the right side of the Safari blue bar when you are finished, rather than just closing your browser.

To find books by subject, author or title, first look in LIBROS, the Web book catalog.
See the FAQ for information on searching for the available books in LIBROS. TEXTBOOKS are NOT available from LIBROS.

If you are looking for federal or state government documents and information, try these websites.

WorldCat is a database in FirstSearch where you can find citations to books worldwide. It can be used for verification of authors, book titles, publishing dates, etc. For books available for check-out, see LIBROS.
WorldCat
(world catalog of books)

Use the Interlibrary Loan service to have the book delivered to your home.

Websites for purchasing new and used textbooks.

Here are some additional websites for new or used books and textbooks.

Questions?
Contact Barbara Rosen, WGU Librarian
wguclr@unm.edu     (505) 277-7176
Office hours: 8am - 5pm MST, Mon.-Fri.
(Requests will be processed within 24-48 hours)
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