eBooks
eBooks are available through many databases.
There is not one single place to find them! Below is a list of resources that I think would be most useful for you to search. The library has a site that includes a complete list of ebook resources offered by COD.
- Ebook CentralPLEASE DON'T DOWNLOAD THE BOOK!
DIRECTIONS:
Don't download book, but rather "READ ONLINE"
SEARCH WITHIN BOOK on left side of screen for your artist or artist work
CLICK ON THE SECTION AND READ
PRINT: Click on the PRINTER ICON and then select the page range you want to print. The number of pages is typically limited to 80 pages. - EBSCO Ebook CollectionThe books in this collection span a large variety of topics.
Most books in this collection are in PDF format. Many titles in the EBSCO Ebook collection can be downloaded in their entirety to your computer or mobile reading device.
*Access limited to COD Faculty, Staff, and Students ONLY* - Very Short IntroductionsThe Very Short Introductions collection began as a print series in 1995, offering brief informative introductions to a diverse range of subject areas in Arts and Humanities, Law, Medicine and Health, Science and Mathematics, and Social Sciences. Titles include The Renaissance, Science Fiction, World Music, Game Theory, and more. Many of these titles are also available in print in the COD Library.
Each book in this collection can be accessed by five users at a time. If you have issues accessing a book, try waiting a few minutes, or contact us.
Search the Library Catalog
Use our catalog to find books, videos, and other resources in our collections.
Reference Sources
Electronic Reference
- Oxford Art OnlineThis resource includes the full-text of:
Grove Art Online
Oxford Companion to Western Art
Encyclopedia of Aesthetics
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms - Credo ReferenceCredo Reference is a full-text online reference service. The collection includes over three million entries from hundreds of well-regarded titles from some of world's the best reference publishers. Credo’s collection is integrated with millions of cross-references and contains dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases, plus a wide range of subject-specific titles covering everything from art to accountancy, science to Shakespeare and law to literature.
Pages from the Credo Collection books can be both emailed and printed. Credo books are not downloadable in their entirety to read off-line. - Encyclopedia BritannicaThe online version of the classic Encyclopedia Britannica that also includes web links, select articles and access to Webster's Dictionary. It also includes access to the World Data Analyst which provides comparative statistical country data.
