You’ll find the books you need to read for your programme in your module reading lists on Canvas. For independent research, use an ‘everything except articles’ search on Library Search or browse our e-book collections.
Library Search
Library Search is our library catalogue; a powerful search engine that holds records for all the physical and electronic items that you have access to here at Newcastle University.
You can use Library Search to find a specific title or works by a particular author, or you can browse information available by topic. It’s an excellent place to start your independent research as it covers all subject areas.
Find out more about Library Search and how to search the catalogue effectively on the Library Search page of the Academic Skills Kit.
E-book Collections
Library Search enables you to search across all print and e-book collections. However, if you want to search / browse e-books from a particular supplier or collection, you’ll find links to subject specific e-book collections below:
- American Mathematical Society Books Online This link opens in a new windowThe American Mathematical Society (AMS) provides a listing of AMS books which are available free, full text online. The listing can be browsed by author or subject and the books are available as PDF files
- Cambridge University Press online books This link opens in a new windowThis platform provides an extensive collection of online books through its primary academic site, Cambridge Core. It includes research monographs, academic reference works, textbooks, and resources for professionals and graduate students. You can find leading titles in various subjects, including Humanities, Social Sciences, Science, Technology, and Medicine.
- De Gruyter Books This link opens in a new window
This collection of books and journal articles covers subject areas across humanities, sciences, technology, law, medicine and social sciences.
- IEEE Xplore MIT Press eBooks Library : Computing & Engineering Collection. This link opens in a new windowThe library offers online access to titles in fields including computer science, artificial intelligence, information theory, computer programming, information technology, and electrical engineering.
- IEEE/Wiley eBooks This link opens in a new windowThis eBook collection covers various subjects, including electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics, alongside emerging research areas such as bioengineering, power and energy, and communication technologies.
- Institute of Physics (IOP) e-booksCollection of e-books covering key topics in physics, written by leading voices from across the physical sciences.
- IGI Global ebooks This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive collection of reference books covering various subjects, including business and management, computer science, education, law, media and communications, medicine, engineering, social sciences, and humanities.
- Knovel eBook Collection This link opens in a new windowThis e-book collection is valuable across various engineering fields, including biotechnology, computing, food science, marine technology, molecular biology, and chemistry. The platform also includes technical reference books, interactive graphs and tables, and data on material and substance properties. Additionally, the Data Search tool allows users to create queries focused on different materials or substances.
- Lecture Notes in Statistics (Springer Books)
The Series includes access to peer-reviewed monographs, textbooks and lecture notes covering research on specialised topics in Statistics.
- Lecture Notes in Mathematics (Springer Books)
This series provides access to peer-reviewed monographs, textbooks and lecture notes covering new developments in all areas of mathematics and their applications.
- Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) e-books This link opens in a new window
Collected series of Mathematical Sciences Research Institute publications. New e-books are posted in full text on the site a few months after publication.
- World Scientific Books: Mathematics
A selection of full-text titles covering subjects such as algebra, combinatorics, number theory, differential and integral equations, geometry and topology, mathematical analysis, computation and modelling, quantum mechanics, mathematical physics, probability and statistics, and more.
- World Scientific User GuideA very handy guide from World Scientific showing you how to use this eBook collection. April 2020.
Did you know we regularly take out trials of new resources (e.g. databases and digitised archives)? Find out what we are currently trialling on our blog. If you are interested in the resource, please explore it and remember to send us feedback!
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