Fig. 2. Sperr, Percy Loomis. "Selecting Books." NY Public Library Visual Materials. nd. Web. Dec. 2012. 

Use e-books, print books and book chapters to research your topic.

Books may offer:

• An in-depth study of a topic
• A wide-reaching overview of a topic
• Analysis and/or opinion
• Chapters by different authors
• History
• Leads to additional resources and information

The ebooks and print books on this page are all from Holman Library's collection.

Find and read books online through Holman Library. 

You can search our collection of over 25,000 electronic books, or ebooks, through the library catalog. You might be asked to enter your student ID# to access ebooks from off campus.

Search: 

Within :  KeywordTitle KeywordAuthor KeywordSubject KeywordCall NumberISBN

Limit to: eBooks

 

Wonder what to type in the search box? 

 

Try one or more of your keywords.

 

For example:

Disability returns 85 e-books.

Disability AND children returns 22 e-books.

Aging returns 111 e-books.

Ageism returns 3 e-books.

 

Tip: Click on the title of a book that sounds relevant. You will find more info on what the book is about, as well as a list of Subject Terms. Subject terms are the keywords librarians use to organize books and articles on a particular subject. Click on a subject term for more titles on that subject.

 

This is what it looks like: 

 

 

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Learn more about ebooks here.

InterLibrary Loan (or ILL) is a service offered by GRCC for ordering books from other libraries. 

Start at Worldcat: http://www.worldcat.org: a catalog of collections from libraries worldwide.

If you find an item that GRCC doesn't own, you can request it for free! Use information you found in the tools above to fill out the Student Interlibrary Loan form. If you need help filling out this form, call the library reference desk at 253-833-9111 ext. 2091.

Check out our Frequently Asked Questions page if you have other questions about InterLibrary Loan.

If you are King County Library System card holder and prefer to go pick up your book yourself, you can search their collection: http://catalog.kcls.org/