LibGuides: E-books at The New School: About

What's In This Guide?

Use this guide to learn how to access and use our e-book databases.

Access from off-campus: Sign into MyNewSchool and click on 'Libraries' in the Apps Locker. From the library website, you can:

- Search by title, author, or publisher in the library catalog; or
- Click on "Browse Databases" on the library website and then select E-books from the Database Types drop-down menu for a list of ebook databases.

Ebook Central
An exhaustive selection of authoritative, scholarly e-books that combines ebook databases ebrary and EBL into one platform.
EBSCO eBooks
Scholarly and popular e-books on a wide range of topics. Most can be downloaded.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible. Content in JSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. Recent articles are generally not available.

Open Access Ebooks

HathiTrust Digital Library
Founded in 2008, HathiTrust is a not-for-profit collaborative of academic and research libraries preserving 17+ million digitized items.
Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Directory of Open Access Books
The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. Academic publishers are invited to provide metadata of their Open Access books to DOAB.

Research Help

Chat and Ask Us
Chat or email a librarian for research help. For emails, someone will get back to you within 1 working day Monday-Friday.
Request a 1-on-1 Consultation
The New School Subject Librarians are available to provide personalized 1-on-1 assistance for students, faculty and staff in search strategies, evaluating sources, research methods, developing assignments and more. Schedule an appointment with a Subject Specialist using the Libraries online form.
Subject Librarians
Subject Librarians are available for one-on-one appointments and in-class library instruction, and can create customized library research guides. Users may contact them directly with recommendations or fill out the Request a Purchase form on the library website.
Request a Purchase
If a book, video, periodical or database is not available through the library, use the form to request its acquisition.
Libraries and Archives Video Tutorials
Video resources to help you learn how to navigate The New School Libraries and Archives.
Writing Resources
This is a guide to resources that will support you in your academic writing.

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