Research Guides: Engineering: eBooks and Books

Search these collections like databases. All titles owned by UMKC Libraries in these collections can be found as records in the Library Catalog.

EBSCO eBook Collection
Large collection of searchable eBooks covering many disciplines.
ScienceDirect
UMKC Libraries has over 350 full-text eBooks through ScienceDirect - which also serves as an index for other books and scientific journals.
Springer Nature Link

Browse and search articles from journals and Ebooks on physical sciences, life sciences and mathematics published by Springer. Article information covers 1830-present. UMKC-owned resources are linked and are from 1997-present.
Synthesis Digital Library
Short Ebooks on current topics in computer science and engineering.
Note: These books have moved to the Springer website.

MOBIUS
Search academic libraries in Missouri. (Requested books arrive in 3-4 days.)
WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Search 60,000 libraries worldwide. (Books not available through UM System Libraries or the MOBIUS library catalog can be requested through Interlibrary Loan.)

Google Books
Search the full-text of over 1 million books.
Interlibrary Loan
If you cannot find what you need in any of these catalogs, request it through interlibrary loan.

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