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Databases and Collections: Books and E-Books

Books are a great source for historical, comprehensive, and detailed information. They can help you develop a fundamental understanding of a topic.

Notice: Most print books are unavailable due to a renovation project. Unavailable books will show a "Check for available services" message in a catalog search; they may be available from another library. Available books with show a location and call number in a catalog search. All E-book collections are available.

Online Encyclopedias and E-Book Collections

Searching these collections directly may give you different search options and results than searching through the Primo library catalog.

Research E-Book Collections

Credo Reference
Articles from hundreds of published reference works.
Ebook Central
ProQuest's large collection of electronic books covering a wide range of subject areas.
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
More than 80,000 books.
EBSCOhost Public Library Collection
Fiction and nonfiction e-books for all ages, for research and recreational reading.
Gale eBooks
Dozens of reference books.
HathiTrust
A digital archive of collections from major research libraries. For the most complete access, click on the yellow LOG IN button near the top right corner of the page and select University of Hawaiʻi as your partner institution.
JSTOR
A digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines.
OverDrive
General interest fiction and non-fiction e-books, audiobooks, and magazines. Also, e-books supporting select Leeward classes. View Course Reserves Titles under Featured Collections for course-specific titles.
Salem Press
History, health, and literary criticism.
Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library
A digitized collection of dictionaries, books, newspapers, genealogical indexes, and curriculum resources in the Hawaiian and English languages. Not searched by the Primo system.

Online Encyclopedias

Credo Reference
Articles from hundreds of published reference works.
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Online version of the classic encyclopedia.

Recreational and Practice Reading

Capstone Interactive Library
Practice reading skills with dozens of interactive books.
OverDrive
General interest fiction and non-fiction e-books, audiobooks, and magazines. Also, e-books supporting select Leeward classes. View Course Reserves Titles under Featured Collections for course-specific titles.

Audiobooks

Our OverDrive collection has a small number of audiobooks.

 

Search Scope Options:

Library Catalog
Books, e-books, DVDs, and online videos in the library's physical and online collections.
Print Books+DVD
Books and DVDs in the library's physical collections.
Course Reserves
Materials placed into the Reserves Collection at the request of instructional faculty.
All UH Libraries
Physical collections of all University of Hawaiʻi libraries.

Which Way to Search?

A Primo Library Catalog search will find e-books from our different e-book services, along with books from the library collection. More about Primo.

If you search the individual e-book services:
  • You might have search options that you don't have in Primo.
  • You might find additional e-books because the e-book service has more details it can search through than what is available to Primo.

Finding a Book on the Shelf

Did you find a book in the catalog you want to read or borrow?

Primo Collections

The Primo Featured Books feature has focused lists of books in: our ESL graded reader collection, Bestsellers collection, New Books display, Hawaiiana resources, and more.

Hawaiʻi State Public Library System

Looking for a book that we don't have? Check to see if the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System has it.