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EDOL Ed.D. Organizational Leadership: Resources for Distance Learners

Finding E-Books in the Library Catalog

Pepperdine Libraries provide access to thousands of electronic books (e-books), spanning all subject areas. This guide covers Pepperdine's major e-book providers and you can search for ebooks using the Library Catalog or on the providers' own websites. For in-depth instructions on using ProQuest ebooks, JSTOR ebooks, or EBSCO ebooks, please click the desired tab on the side of this page.

Follow these steps to search for ebooks:

  1. Begin by building an advanced search in the Libraries catalog.
     
  2. Use the "Search Tools" area within the Advanced Searchto limit your search terms to books held by Pepperdine University Libraries that are in the eBook format, as shown below:

 

 

3. When you have found a relevant ebook, click the ebook's title within the search results. You can either access the ebook by clicking "View eBook", or by clicking a link under the "Check Availability" heading on the ebook's catalog record:

 

 

 

 

4. Once you have arrived at the ebook's website, you can read the book online or download the title. This process varies a bit from vendor to vendor.

ACLS Humanities Example: 
 

ProQuest Ebook Central example:

 

 

How to obtain print books

Print library books must be requested via the library's Interlibrary Loan service.  The books will be mailed to you.

You can learn more about the Interlibrary Loan service here

You can also request journal articles and book chapters through ILL! 

You can request print books in two ways:

Choose one of two options to submit interlibrary loan requests:

  1. Pepperdine University Libraries Catalog  -  Submit your request directly during your online search in the library's catalog.
  2. Tipasa -  Submit your request through the Interlibrary Loan request form on the Library Home page.

Please do not submit requests for course textbooks.  In general, lending libraries do not make textbooks or ebooks available through Interlibrary loan.