Guides: Library Reserves & Course Material Support for Faculty Guide: Pepperdine eBooks, Videos & Other Resources

Learn More! Watch Our Recording from Using What We've Got: Pepperdine Libraries Workshop

As Pepperdine University adapts to rapid changes this fall semester due to COVID-19, Pepperdine Libraries is also implementing ways to support our community. In addition to updating webpages of resources for students and faculty, we are hosting workshops for faculty on locating and using relevant ebooks & other great library e-content for your course readings!

Below, you will find the recording and slides from our most recent workshop. Please complete our Using What We've Got: Pepperdine Libraries ebooks Workshop form if you would like to be contacted about attending an upcoming session of this interactive workshop.

Using What We've Got: Pepperdine Libraries ebooks Workshop Slideshow

Locate ebooks for Your Classes

Explore Pepperdine Libraries ebook Collections

If you'd prefer to explore individual ebook platforms, be sure to visit our list of ebooks databases. More information about our most popular ebook platforms is available on our ebooks InfoGuide. Below are a few of our large interdisciplinary ebook platforms.

JSTOR
Access the journal archives Arts & Sciences I, II, & III, IV, and over 40,000 ebooks on the JSTOR platform; book chapters and journal articles are cross-searchable. JSTOR is an extensive archive of interdisciplinary journals and books, covering subject disciplines in Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, and Religion.
Wiley Online Library
Wiley Online Library hosts the world's broadest and deepest multidisciplinary collection of online resources covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities. It indexes over 4 million articles from 1500 journals, almost 10,000 online books, and hundreds of reference works, laboratory protocols and databases. Pepperdine has direct access to selected journal articles and online books.
ProQuest Ebook Central
Includes e-books that were formerly in Pepperdine's ebrary and EBL collections.This database is only available to current Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff.
eBook Collection (EBSCO) formerly netLibrary
A collection of ebooks from EBSCOhost.

Explore Pepperdine Libraries Streaming Video Collections

For a comprehensive view of our offerings, be sure to visit our list of streaming video databases. Below are a few of our large interdisciplinary streaming video platforms.

Academic Video Online
Academic Video Online is the most comprehensive video subscription available, delivering almost 70,000 titles spanning subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. More than 14,000 titles are exclusive to Alexander Street.
Kanopy Streaming Service
An online streaming video service for universities, Kanopy Streaming offers films, documentaries, and training videos.
Swank Digital Campus
Digital Campus by Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.® allows students the flexibility to legally view course-assigned films outside the classroom. Providing digital access to course-related films allows educators to enhance the learning experience without taking up valuable class time. Swank does not currently support Safari on Macs. Swank recommends using the latest version of Chrome or Firefox. Visit this page for up to date browser requirements.