OneSearch is the easiest way to search for ebooks and books, as well as news and scholarly articles.
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Cal State LA Collections: Search for all types of materials available at the Cal State LA Library
Articles: Search for articles only including news, magazine, or peer-reviewed (scholarly) articles. Use filters to narrow your results.
CSU Collections and Beyond: Search for print books available at other CSUs and other partner libraries, press order, and it will be shipped to Cal State LA for you.
Course Reserves: Books and textbooks placed on hold/reserve for courses by professors for limited loans, typically 2-hour or 1-day time periods.
In addition to searching across databases for books and book chapters in OneSearch, you can use our ebook databases directly:
Ebook Central ProquestThis link opens in a new windowEbook Central Proquest includes CSU system-wide shared Academic Complete collection of over 180,000 titles as well as campus purchased titles covering multidisciplinary topics.
EBSCO eBooksThis link opens in a new windowEBSCOhost ebook collection consists of ebooks in multi-subjects. These ebooks can be searched directly alongside our EBSCO databases. The collection includes previous NetLibrary ebooks, CSU system-wide shared EBSCO ebooks, as well as our library purchased ebooks on the EBSCO interface. The concurrent user level is displayed under "eBook Availability" on the left for each title.
JSTOR EBA eBooksThis link opens in a new windowJSTOR Evidence-based Acquisitions eBooks collection offers unlimited access to over 48,000 titles including publications up to 2017. The collection covers disciplines in history, sociology, language & literature, political science, anthropology, law, philosophy, religion, film, education, primary sources, and more.
ACLS Humanities E-BooksThis link opens in a new windowACLS Humanities eBooks is a digital collection of over 5400 full-text titles offered by the ACLS in collaboration with nineteen learned societies and nearly 100 contributing publishers. The collection contains searchable full-text contents in historical studies, art history, literature, political science, religion, and primary sources.