Research Guides: MESA: Finding Books

Butte College Library Catalog: Search for Books, ebooks, and more

Use the single search box on the library home page to search specifically for books and ebooks, or articles, or both at the same time.

Ebook Collections

Butte College Library has many ebooks that might be useful for your research. All of these books are available online. Watch a quick video tutorial to learn more about finding ebooks through the library:

We also have video tutorials for Downloading E-Books (From EBSCO) and eBooks from ProQuest Ebook Central.

Below are our three ebook platforms that you can search.

eBooks from EBSCOHost
Access eBooks on almost any subject. Full-text electronic versions of print books with links from the table of contents, an embedded dictionary, full-text searching, and the ability to add notes. You can read, search, and download the full-text of any eBook.
eBooks from ProQuest eBook Central
Ebooks from authoritative, scholarly sources, including University Presses and other top publishers.
eBooks from Springer
Over 40,000 titles published from 2010 to current, including scholarly books, textbooks, reference works, and book series primarily in the sciences.

Getting a Book we Don't Have

Did you know that if the Butte College Library does not own a book we can get it sent to us from another library. That goes for articles too!

Interlibrary Loan
Find out how to get books and articles that the library doesn't have.