E-Books  

An e-book, also known as an electronic book or digital book, is a book that exists in electronic form, whether it started as a print book or not.

JHU has access to about 1 million e-books, and almost all are in the libraries' catalog.

You can read JHU's e-books on many devices, including

• computers
• laptops
• tablets
• e-readers
• smart phones

1. The library's homepage (library.jhu.edu) has a search box for the JHU libraries' catalog. Enter your search word or phrase:

2. You will see two columns. At the top of the page, click the CATALOG tab, so that you're seeing ONLY books and journal titles.

3. Check the box for online-only items, then click SEARCH:

4. The last step is to REFINE your search to just BOOKS:

5. The list of E-BOOKS about your topic will appear.

• FOR HELP -- Contact the librarians at the Eisenhower Library or the D.C. Regional Libraries at washrocklibraries@jhu.edu.

• LexisNexis U.S. serial set digital collection 300,267
• Eighteenth century collections online 136,280
• Early English books online 102,362
• Early American imprints. First series 37,370
• United States. Congress. Senate. S. hrg 12,389
• Gerritsen collection of women's history online 4,215
• Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) 1,976
• North American immigrant letters and diaries 1,250
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