Books And Ebooks
- Ignacio: Library Catalog
The library catalog lets you search across the holdings of Gleeson Library and Zief Law Library, including books, videos, and other materials. - ProQuest Ebook Central
ProQuest Ebook Central offers more than 140,000 ebooks (with unlimited user access) in a wide range of subject areas, along with powerful tools to help you find, use, and manage the information you need.
Books of Interest
These books are recommended for creative nonfiction writers.
Additional Databases
If you cannot find what you are looking for in our collection, check these websites.
- WorldCatWorldCat.org is a great resource for locating unique, trustworthy materials that you often can’t find anywhere except in a library. And by connecting thousands of libraries’ collections in one place, WorldCat.org makes it easy for you to browse the world’s libraries from one easy search box.
- Internet ArchiveThe Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, people with print disabilities, and the general public. Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge.
You can also search exclusively for ebooks at Gleeson.
To find books ABOUT a specific text and/or author, do a SUBJECT search in Ignacio for the author (Ex: Butler, Octavia). Select a subheading such as "Criticism and Interpretation" or "Interviews."
Use Interlibrary Loan to request book chapters or entire books that are not available at Gleeson OR through LINK+. ILL books are normally delivered within about two weeks. Book chapters can usually be delivered as a PDF to your ILL account within a week.