From the search box on the homepage, there are multiple ways to find ebooks available to the Vassar academic community. Remember to sign into the proxy server if you're off campus!
Use the "Discover" search box on the homepage. When you get your list of results, refine them (using the sidebar on the left side of the page) to "Full Text Online" and "Book/eBook."
In Discover, ebook results look like the following. Click on the book's title or on the link beside "eBook" and you'll get to the online book.
When searching the catalog, change the drop down menu from "View Entire Collection" to "Online Materials." Ebooks will have the "location" Internet, the "status" Online, and an ebook icon. Click the "website" link to go to the online book.
ConnectNY is a consortium of academic institutions in New York state. Vassar students, faculty, and staff may request materials through ConnectNY--it's a local interlibrary loan arrangement. As members of CNY, we also have access to ebooks! These ebooks are searchable through Vassar's Discover interface:
Or, you can go to the ConnectNY catalog and search. The record for an ebook looks like this; click on the "connect" link for access.
Vassar has access to a number of ebook collections from various publishers and distributors. Some of these offer search platforms that you may want to search directly, or include on a Moodle site or assignment for students to search themselves.
