Research Guides: Electronic Resources: e-Books

E-Book Databases

CCC subscribes to a number of e-book collection databases. To use these databases you will need to be on campus or have CCC credentials. If you are a CCC student, faculty, or staff, and experience difficulties logging in, contact the library using the chat box on the left, or emailing us at reference@clackamas.edu.

EBSCO eBook Community College Collection
Focused on the academic and trade information needs of community colleges, this multidisciplinary collection contains tens of thousands of eBooks, including thousands of workforce development titles. The collection also covers key subject areas including education, health and fitness, social sciences, business, science, technology and literary criticism.
How to search EBSCO eBooks
EBSCO eBooks Collection
EBSCO's ever-growing eBook collection includes eBooks on every topic, including business, health sciences, literary criticism, performing arts, religion, social sciences, and technology.
How to search EBSCO eBooks
ProQuest Ebook Central
ProQuest Ebook Central has more than 134,000 titles geared toward an academic audience and contains titles related to the arts, business, education, health & medicine, history, literature, law, literature& language, religion & philosophy, science & technology,and the social sciences.
How to search ProQuest Ebook Central
ABDO Digital Bookshelf
ABDO Digital Bookshelf contains leveled reader (graded reader) electronic books for our English Students of Other Languages (ESOL). ABDO includes fiction (not true), non-fiction (true), and biographies to read.
How to search ABDO Digital Bookshelf

Search strategy overview - databases

Use these tips when you search in CCC Library databases. Your search results will be more focused and relevant to your topic!

Use quotation marks around phrases and search terms to search for the words in the exact order you would like, instead of separately.
Use different search boxes for each different idea that makes up your overall topic.

Too Many Results?	Too Few Results?
Add in additional search terms. Limit to peer-reviewed journals. Limit by date. Limit by subject. Limit to items with full-text availability. Change the search box dropdown menu to "Abstract" or "Subject."	Verify that you spelled everything correctly. Erase unnecessary search terms. Try different search terms. Use the Boolean operator OR between search terms. Remove any limits you may have added to an earlier search. Change the search box dropdown menu to "All Text" or "Entire Document."

Need help with too many or too few results? Call, email, chat with, or stop by and see a librarian!

CCC Catalog

Use the CCC Library Catalog to find books, e-books, videos, and more!

CCC Library catalog
Search for books, articles, videos, and more in the CCC catalog.

TIP: To find electronic sources, use the "Refine my results" filters (on the left if you are on a computer). Under "Availability" there is an option called "Full Text Online" - select it to narrow your results to only ebooks, electronic articles, and evideos.