LibGuides: BSN Program: Finding Books & eBooks

Books @ Polk State

Polk State Libraries have a rich collection of over 100,000 print titles & 100,000 eBook titles for Academic research & leisure reading purposes. The following videos will teach you how to search this vast collection effectively & efficiently.

As a student at Polk, you will need your Student ID card to check out materials (There is no limit to how many books you can check out).
Check-Out periods are 3 weeks long & are renewable (Renew 3 ways: Online, by phone call, & in person).
eBooks can be viewed on phones/tablets & computers (Require you to log in to your library account).

Finding Books on the Shelves

In the Library Catalog, enter your search terms and click search. In the video (see below), you will learn to use the library search engine to find books on the shelves.

Click here to search!

Visit Polk State Libraries on youtube!

Finding eBooks in the Online collection

In the Library Catalog, enter your search terms and click search. In the video (see below), you will learn to use the library search engine to find books on the shelves.

Click here to search!

Visit Polk State Libraries on youtube!

More about eBooks

e-Books!

Polk State College Libraries
Polk State College Libraries Home Page

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Click on "catalog" to find books. Click on "databases" to find journal articles. Click on "Library Guides" for other great resources
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg offers over 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Android or other portable device. Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats.
HathiTrust Digital Library
HathiTrust is a partnership of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. There are more than fifty partners in HathiTrust, and membership is open to institutions worldwide.
Bartleby.com
The preimminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers, and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the Web free of charge.
The Online Books Page
An index of over one million online books freely readable on the Internet!
ManyBooks.net
Browse through the most popular titles, recommendations, or recent reviews from our visitors. Perhaps you'll find something interesting in the special collections. There are more than 29,000 eBooks available here and they're all free!

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ManyBooks provide e-books different formats. You can read e-book on you PDA, Palm, Pocket PC, And even on iPhone or iPod. They have 22000+ free e-books. You can browse through the most popular titles, recommendations, or recently reviewed by the visitors. They even have a special collections page for you find an e-book quickly.