In This Guide:

Why Books?

Books are useful for:

in depth information,
historical context,
overview, synthesis and analysis.

Check the table of contents: often a chapter or two are all that is needed.

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e-Book Collections

If you want online ebooks only, the two e-book collections below are your best bets for business books. But there are others! And all e-book titles are fully catalogued and included in MARQCAT, too.

Business Expert Press from iG Publishing
(VPN required for off campus access)
800+ full-text books covering specific areas of business, including accounting, finance, international business, marketing strategy, public relations, social media, supply chain and operations management.
For searching, works best with Chrome.
ebook Collection (EBSCOhost) from EBSCO
Access to over 120,000 full-text books covering a broad range of academic subject matter.

Combines the former NetLibrary collection with EBSCO's academic ebook collection.
O'Reilly from Proquest
Click on "Institution Not Listed"; ignore the drop down menu. Use your Marquette email address for access. Personal accounts can be created for additional functionality.
Ebook library of current technology, digital media, and business books and videos online. Topics include: IT management, e-commerce/business, programming languages, graphics, hardware, multimedia, security and many others.

Google Books

Google Books is a great resource for finding books and gives a preview of what the book is about and often short sections to view.

There is a link to see if your local library library owns the book and you can see if any of the local libraries have the book!