Books & eBooks
Books for You
Scholarly books contain in-depth information and can cover a topic more thoroughly than articles.
See the tips for searching our catalog and the suggested book titles.
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How to Find Books in the Catalog
- Keyword
Type any term, such as psychology or modeling. Remember, keyword searching only looks for your term. There’s no guarantee the results will be about your term.
- Title
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- Author
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To Northwestern Oklahoma State University Library Services to discover items held at NWOSU.
By Format (book, article, etc.) to get materials of a particular type.
Select the Advanced Search option to refine your search or use the options in left sidebar after you have begun your search.
Use quotes around phrases like "social media" or "college athletes".
A search for books will include both print books and eBooks, but can be limited to either format.
Fig. 2. An example search containing both books and eBooks.
Use the Boolean operators and, or, and not.
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Russian "Soviet Union" or Russia
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To truncate a search term, enter a minimum of the first three letters followed by a question mark (?) or an asterisk (*).
Example: child* or infant*
Use parentheses to create more precise searches.
Example: (games or toys) and (child* or infant*)
Note for Distance Learners
If you are on a satellite campus or taking classes online, you have the same access to library resources as students on the Alva campus. That includes books in our print collection, which we can deliver by mail or courier. See the Interlibrary Loan page for details:
- Interlibrary Loan
The Interlibrary Loan Department can order books from other libraries or ship our books to other locations.
Suggested Books
The following is a sample from our catalog.
The Inner Bird by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780774813433Publication Date:The Inner Bird introduces readers to the avian skeleton and then moves beyond anatomy to discuss the relationships between birds and dinosaurs and other early ancestors.
Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780080506197Publication Date:Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field is designed to provide a variety of exercises that engage students actively in all phases of scientific investigation, from formulating research questions through interpreting and presenting final results.
Evolution of the Vertebrates by Call Number: 566 C671e4ISBN: 9780471850748Publication Date:An investigation of the evolution of backboned animals (vertebrates), now appearing in its fourth edition. Traces the history of each major vertebrate group from its origin to its extinction or the emergence of the next, more advanced group.
Gastropods: Diversity, Habitat, and Genetics by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781613248171Publication Date:Topics discussed include gastropods as paleoenvironmental indicators; diversity in the growth patterns of marine gastropods; the molecular structure of the snail PCTS influencing their habitat; European terrestrial gastropod distribution; and, diversity and gastropodochory studies.
