CCAD Packard Library: Textbook Alternatives & Open Educational Resources (OER): E-books

E-Books @ CCAD

These are the e-book collections that the library subscribes to. Most of the e-books are listed in our catalog, but you can search individual e-book collections, too.

Bloomsbury Design Library This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive coverage of design and crafts worldwide, from 1500 BCE to the present.
Bloomsbury Fashion Central This link opens in a new window
An online portal which offers fully cross-searchable access the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, images, and more.
Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
A collection of databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) E-book Collection
Full text e-books covering a variety of subjects. Includes OhioLINK's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) E-book Collection.

EBSCO eBook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
Electronic books with an academic focus.
EBSCO eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
E-books on many academic subjects.
Elsevier eBooks This link opens in a new window
E-books in subjects including earth and planetary sciences, engineering and computing, life and biological sciences, medical sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences.
MIT Press Direct This link opens in a new window
Full-text books on dozens of topics from business to art to science.
O'Reilly Tech Books Online This link opens in a new window
You will need to make a log in (on campus) before you can access this database. New users can get instructions here: https://ccad.libguides.com/ebooks/oreilly
OhioLINK Electronic Book Center This link opens in a new window
Electronic books purchased by Ohio academic libraries including encyclopedias and scholarly books.
Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
Over 34 dictionaries and encyclopedias on a variety of subjects.
Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window
The complete texts of important scholarly books from Oxford University Press.
Underground and Independent Comics, Comix, and Graphic Novels This link opens in a new window
A scholarly online collection for researchers and students of adult comic books and graphic novels, covering pre-comics code era works to modern sequential releases. *This collection is NOT in our library catalog, so you must search the database.*
Very Short Introductions This link opens in a new window
Launched by Oxford University Press in 1995, Very Short Introductions offer concise introductions to a diverse range of subjects.

Linking CCAD E-books in your Moodle Course

The majority of our e-books will have a record in the CCAD library catalog. You can add a link to a library e-book to your Moodle course site or share it with your students. Copy the URL by right-clicking on PERMANENT LINK and choosing Copy Link Address:

Online Art Books & Exhibition Catalogs

Art Institute of Chicago - Digital publications
Canadian Online Art Book Project
A digital library of books on artists who have made a critical contribution to the evolution of Canada's art history.
Catalogue Rouge
An online digital art library of books on art history, catalogues raisonnes, out of print artists books, archival auction sales catalogue and records, other art related publications. Most are free to view online, but some can only be accessed if you have a subscription.
Courtauld Books Online
Scholarly e-books from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.
Detroit Museum of Art/Detroit Institute of Arts
Exhibition catalogs dating from 1886-1919 (Detroit Museum of Art) and 1919-1923 (Detroit Institute of Arts).
Directory of Open Access Books
DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers.
Getty Publications Virtual Library
Free online access to more than 250 books on the history of art and photography.
Getty Research Portal
Access digitized art history publications, rare books, and related literature.
Guggenheim Publications
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Reading Room
Online exhibition catalogs from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
MetPublications
Metropolitan Museum of Art
MoMA
All of their exhibition catalogs going back to 1929.
National Gallery of Art (US) publications
Free digital backlist titles from the National Gallery of Art publication archives.
Toledo Museum of Art
A collection of their digital publications.