Civic Literacy: Books & e-Books

To learn how to download ebooks onto your computer or tablet see our research guide on the topic HERE.

E-books are books that have been downloaded into the library catalog for increased access.  They contain all of the content of a regular book.  E-books contain many useful features that make them easier to use than print books.  Such as:

• You can access them whenever you want, whether or not the library is open.
• While your session may expire with an e-book, you can always renew it.
• Many e-books have a table of contents which allows you to jump to whatever chapter you are interested.
• E-books have a search bar which allows you to search a word, phrase, or a few words. The search will give you every time the word has been used in the book and will take you directly to those pages.

The Library's books are shelved according to the Library of Congress' classification system.  

Reading LC Call Numbers

• N - describes the subject area: read in alphabetical order
  
• 66 -  describes the topic:read as a whole number
• B634- describes the author's last name or title of work: read in alphabetical order, then the number as a decimal
• 1999  - date of publication:read in chronological order