East Central: Architecture/Construction: Find Books

Reference Books -- typically provide basic information such as additional sources of information, biographical sketches and details, definitions or statistical information. Reference books do not circulate; they must be used in the library. Of course, the ebooks in this category are available 24x7.

• AccessScience -- Encyclopedia and study resource for science and technology; with science news
• Encyclopedia Britannica -- Background material on all topics, look for "architecture," etc.
• Biography Resource Center -- great for researching people.
• See Credo Reference for an electronic reference collection of over 200 ebooks.
• Oxford English Dictionary - classic dictionary of the English Language. 

IvyCat (online catalog for Ivy Tech libraries)--Use the link for more search options, or the quick search below:

eBooks available through your library

• Credo Reference
• Ebook Central (multi-topic ebooks)
• Gale Virtual Reference
• HEB (Humanities ebooks)
• EBSCO eBooks (multi-topic ebooks)

Other Free eBooks 

• Bartleby.com
• Gutenberg Project
• Online Books Page
• IPL (Internet Public Library)
• Google Books (some, often older, books are available here in full-text; but book previews with some entire chapters can also be helpful)

• WorldCat--search joint catalog of libraries from around the world. (To see local holdings or make interlibrary loan requests (borrow from other libraries), choose your campus location for WorldCat: Anderson; Marion; Muncie) 
  For a quick search, use the search box below:

• InterLibrary Loan
  Once you have a citation for a book from Worldcat or elsewhere you may request the book through the Libraries' interlibrary loan service. When using WorldCat, look for a link called: "Ivy Tech Anderson-Marion-Muncie: Click here to borrow this item from another library (Interlibrary Loan)" and fill out your request online. 
  • Find out more about this service from library staff, or see the Interlibrary loan section of our library site in Campus Connect: About My Library > Services > Interlibrary Loan to learn more about guidelines for this service. (We are not able to fill all requests; we cannot get textbooks, for example, and not more than 1-2 items at a time.)
  • If the book you want is owned by another Ivy Tech campus library (we can get them faster).