The National Academies Press (NAP) offers free, full-text access to selected books and reports from the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and other organizations.
A subject search is best if you have a broad topic, for example a common disease such as diabetes or cancer. The STLCC catalog uses Library of Congress Subject Headings, a standard list of subject terms. Sometimes a subject search will lead you to the correct heading. For example, a search for the subject stroke will lead to the subject heading cerebrovascular disease. Using the subject term cerebrovascular disease will find fewer books than you would find with a keyword search for the word stroke, but they will be more relevant.
If your topic is more specific, you can combine words in a keyword search. Keep in mind that keywords are not necessarily subject words. For example, a keyword search for stroke will find books on the medical condition, but will also find books with the word stroke used in a different way, such as "The Stroke of Midnight." Some examples of keyword searches include
The asterisk (*) truncates a term and will retrieve all forms of the word that follow the truncation symbol. For example, diet* will retrieve diet, diets, dieting, dietetics and dietitian. The asterisk can also be used as a wildcard for an unknown letter, as in wom*n, etc.
Many eBooks are listed in the Libraries' Classic Catalog. There are others that are only available through Search It. For more information, see the eBook guide.
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