Secondary Sources – e-Books
Many textbooks can also be located online in PDF format. These "e-books” are made available through commercial subscription services.
The University of Ottawa subscribes to several e-book collections.
- A brief "how-to” guide on finding e-books to which the University of Ottawa subscribes is available here.
The primary benefit of an e-book database is the ability to do a full-text search. However, for this reason, you should use fairly specific and effective keywords to minimize unrelated results!
There are several online e-Book service providers. Get to know as many as you can!