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Research Help
E-Book Options
Interlibrary Loan
Remote Access
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Quick Start Menu
Research Help
E-book Options
Interlibrary Loan
Remote Access
Ask a Librarian
Research Help
Lara Nicosia is the outreach librarian for African and African American Studies, History, and Religion and Classics…and she wants to help!
You can ask Lara about…
Developing a topic
Using the library's databases
Finding credible sources for your project (e.g. journal articles)
Finding e-books
Evaluating the credibility of a source
Formatting your citations
Any other questions you have about the library and its services!
Lara is currently working remotely. Use one of the options below to get in touch with Lara about your research:
River Campus Libraries provides access to over one million e-books covering a large variety of disciplines and publishers. Because our e-books are available through different databases and websites, the easiest way to find an e-book in UR’s collection is to start on the library's homepage and choose "Library Catalog" from the dropdown box.
To narrow your search to e-books, choose the Click to access resource and Book/eBook filters from the options on the left-hand side of your results...or use the search box below:
The library also has several collections of e-books that are worth searching in for your topic. While books in these collections are pulled into all of our catalog searches, relevant titles can sometimes get buried within thousands of results. Try searching these databases directly for e-books on your topic:
ACLS Humanities E-Book
Also known as the ACLS History Ebook Project, this humanities-focused e-book collection includes nearly 5,400 scholarly titles.
JSTOR Books
In addition to the ebooks U of R purchases through JSTOR, this database provides access to more than 6,000 open access ebooks from leading publishers including some content exclusive to JSTOR.
Ebook Central
Ebook Central is U of R's primary e-book platform with thousands of titles from all disciplines. Many of these titles can be found through the library's main search page, but searching Ebook Central directly is a great way to make sure you don't miss e-book titles relevant to your topic.
EBSCOHost eBook Collections
Like Ebook Central, EBSCO provides access to a collection of e-books on a wide range of topics. This collection of e-books isn't quite as extensive as Ebook Central, but you still may find some useful books on your topic in this database.
Interlibrary Loan
What is interlibrary loan?
Interlibray loan is a free service that allows faculty, students, and staff to get access to items that are not part of the University of Rochester's library subscriptions or collection. When you request an item through interlibrary loan (ILL), our ILL staff will find another library (worldwide!) that has access to the item and have a copy sent to UR's library for you to borrow free of charge. Books are typically mailed to the library, but articles and other shorter-form resources are usually sent as PDFs for you that you can access from anywhere. Turnaround time on this service varies, so you will want to plan ahead when working on research assignments.
How to place an interlibrary loan request:
This video will walk you through the process of requesting an item using interlibrary loan: https://youtu.be/ohr_94ghehE. Or, follow the directions below!
The first time you log in, you will need to register and select River Campus as your pick-up location. Note: You will need to select River Campus as your location even if you are not currently on-campus.
Once logged in, you will see a menu on the left-hand side of your screen. Under "New Request," click on the item type you are requesting. Please provide as much information as possible.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Lara Nicosia, the Outreach Librarian for History and Religion and Classics...she is happy to help!
Remote Access
All current students, faculty, and staff can access the River Campus Libraries’ electronic resources off-campus – all you need is an active NetID and password.
Accessing Materials through the Library’s Website (EZproxy)
All of the links to subscription resources on the library’s website and this guide contain a URL prefix that enables you to access materials off-site – so start your research on the library’s website! Read more…
When you click on our link to a database or related resource while off-campus, you are first redirected to a login page where you can enter your NetID and password. This intermediary login page (a tool called EZproxy) then tells the database that you are an authenticated user and should have access to the resource. Once you login, you should have no trouble accessing library materials off-site for the rest of your active browser session.
If you discover an article using a non-library resource such as Google, try adding the following prefix to the front of the article’s URL – this will take you to the EZproxy login page and may grant you access to the article:
Always start your search on the library’s homepage – our links are setup to tell the databases that you are affiliated with the University of Rochester
When saving links to articles or other resources, look for the word “rochester” in the URL – this usually indicates that the link is formatted correctly for off-campus access
Accessing Materials using VPN
VPN (Virtual Private Network) is a tool that you can use to access the library's online resources while off-campus. When you use VPN you are able to securely connect to the university's network and are assigned a temporary IP address affiliated with the university. In order to use VPN you will need to install a VPN client and login using Duo Two-Factor Authentication.
The River Campus librarians are happy to help! All of our outreach librarians can work
with you over chat or email...or, you can schedule an appointment to meet over Zoom.
Lara Nicosia is the outreach librarian for African and African American Studies,
History, and Religion and Classics. She is happy to help you get started with your research or answer any questions you have about
the library and its services. Use the options below to
contact Lara or you can chat with the on-call librarian.
Need help with a different topic or subject-area? Click below to find the outreach
librarian for your class or program (or reach out to Lara and she'll point you in the right
direction!).
This resource provides access to 12 complete, full-text ProQuest databases in major subject areas such as Science, Technology, Business, Health, Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, as well as US national and regional newspapers
Full text articles in many disciplines. To access JSTOR you may need to login with VPN .
Subject areas include African-American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, business, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, sociology, statistics. The University of Rochester Libraries currently subscribes to the following multidisciplinary JSTOR Collections: Arts and Sciences I through XV. JSTOR also packages their content in disciplinary collections; however, the only ones of these that we have licensed are the Biological Sciences segment and the first of the Business collections. For alumni access, see also Alumni Library Gateway.
Identifies articles on art, architecture, dance, folklore, myth, film, journalism, music and religion. Many with links to full text.
Finding ebooks
River Campus Libraries provides access to over one million e-books covering a large variety of disciplines and publishers. Because our e-books are available through different databases and websites, the easiest way to find an e-book in UR’s collection is to start on the library's homepage and choose "Library Catalog" from the dropdown box.
To narrow your search to e-books, choose the Click to access resource and Book/e-book filters from the options on the left-hand side of your results (Show Me)...or use the search box below.
How to Limit Your a Catalog Search to E-books
The library also has several collections of e-books that are worth searching in for your topic. While books in these collections are pulled into all of our catalog searches, relevant titles can sometimes get buried within thousands of results. Try searching these databases directly for e-books on your topic:
Ebook Central is U of R's primary ebook platform with thousands of titles from all disciplines. Many of these titles can be found through the library's main search page, but searching Ebook Central directly is a great way to make sure you don't miss ebook titles relevant to your topic.
Like Ebook Central, EBSCO provides access to a collection of ebooks on a wide range of topics. This collection of ebooks isn't quite as extensive as Ebook Central, but you still may find some useful books on your topic in this database.
Not all titles are downloadable. It depends on the agreement with the publisher, however many titles can be downloaded. If downloading is permitted, you will see a button in the results list that says "download offline," and on the record for the book itself, a utton that says "Download this ebook" Make sure that you have an up to date version of Adobe Digital Editions. Click here for more help.
Looking for ebooks in a certain discipline or field such as the humanities, social sciences, or sciences? Check out our complete list of ebook-focused databases!