Google Books is a collection of digital materials derived from print books. You may be able to locate them in the MU catalog or borrow them from another library.
Recommendations for books to be added to our collection are welcome. For information about the process, check out the form found here.
Books and Ebooks can be very useful at the beginning of your project when you're doing background or in-depth research on a topic:
A Naturalist along the Jersey Shore by
Come for a journey along the Jersey shore with naturalist and ecologist Joanna Burger! In these deeply felt, closely observed personal essays, Burger invokes the intertwined lives of naturalist and wild creatures at the ever-changing edge of ocean and land. Discover with her the delicate mating dances of fiddler crabs, the dangers to piping plovers, the swarming of fish communities into the bays and estuaries, the trilling notes of Fowler's toads, and the subtle green-grays of salt marshes. Joanna Burger knows the shore through all its seasons--the first moment of spring when the herring gulls arrive on ice-gouged salt marshes, the end of spring when the great flocks of shorebirds come to feed on horseshoe crab eggs at Cape May, the summer when the peregrine hunts its prey, the fall when the migrations of hawks and monarch butterflies attract watchers from around the world, and the depths of winter when a lone snowy owl sweeps across snow-covered dunes and frozen bay. This is a book that anyone who loves the Jersey shore will cherish! And because so many of these wonderful creatures live all along the Atlantic coast, it will be of equal interest to beach-lovers, naturalists, bird-watchers, fishermen, and coastal and marine scientists from North Carolina to Maine.
Seven Superstorms of the Northeast by
From the Blizzard of 1888 to the Great Appalachian Storm of 1950, this storm book reveals the majesty and terror of the major storms to hit the mid-Atlantic region and New England. Truly a book for weather buffs--analysis of storms, filled with meteorological facts and details, this book is also for anyone who finds it impossible to turn away from breathtaking accounts of natural forces at their most powerful. Blizzards, hurricanes, northeasters and compelling stories are illustrated with historical weather maps and photographs, showing weather in all its worst fury and beauty.
Once you find a book on your topic, be sure to look at the book's subject heading. Following the link to this heading will take you to other books on your topic.
Points of View: Global Warming by 
Surviving Sudden Environmental Change by The Monmouth University library has access to eBooks via our book catalog and several library databases.
To access eBooks through our catalog:
To access eBooks through our library databases:
Other options
Free eBooks are available on the web via Google Books and organizations like the HathiTrust Digital Library and Project Gutenberg. You may also access open textbooks - free, online learning materials with Creative Commons licenses - using various curated collections. Visit the Open Source Education Resources library research guide for details.
As an MU student, you are eligible for a library card through the Monmouth County Library, which offers eBook borrowing.
