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Electronic Books 

LCU Library has over 53,000 electronic books accessible 24/7
Access is restricted to current LCU students, faculty and staff. 
The collection contains scholarly, popular and professional books, primarily published after 2002.

Ebooks are listed in the LCU online catalog as an [electronic resource] with a link for the book to the ebook database.  Ebooks are full-text and fully searchable.  Searching hints: 

  • search by author, title, subject or a distinctive keyword. 
  • Search for a phrase in "quotation marks."    
  • After you open the ebook, use the tools to print, email, and search inside the text.
  • Printing is limited to a few pages because of copyright restrictions.
  • There is also a citation tool for several style guides.  
  • Create a personal account to save searches (LCU Library does not know your account information).
  • See the Help Pages on downloading a book.
  • A tutorial is available.

For access to LCU Library ebooks On campus: click here  

For access to LCU Library ebooks Off campus, click here 

Ebooks for graduate Bible students and faculty are purchased from Oxford Scholarship Online.
Note: ONLY the OSO - Religion module titles have been purchased.  For more information, click
here.

Other ebook sources on the Internet

Google Books
 
Find the perfect book for your purposes and discover new ones that interest you.

Search
Book Search works just like web search. Try a search on Google Books .

Browse books online
If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given Google permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free to download a PDF copy.

 Project Gutenberg online digital library (most published before 1923)

 Online books - University of Pennsylvania Library  

*Technical difficulties? Contact ChapDesk@lcu.edu or 806-720-7100
You may need to configure your computer or download software to access the databases through the proxy server or access ebooks in the NetLibrary site.

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