LibGuides: Supply Chain & Operations Management: Ebooks

Business eBook Collections

A - Z List of eBook Databases

ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
E-books on numerous subjects. More info
eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Electronic books on all topics, mostly published between 1990 and 2005.

Full text of assorted books. Permits reading of book cover-to-cover online, browsing books by topic, searching within and across books, and printing of up to 60 pages of a book at a time. Books can be downloaded using the free Adobe Digital Editions software to devices supporting Adobe ebook DRM, including iPad, iPhone, Sony eReader, and Nook. These books were formerly available through the NetLibrary interface.

Includes these collections:
• Biography Reference eBook Collection
• Consumer Health Reference eBook Collection
• eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
• eBook Business Collection (EBSCOhost)
• eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
• eBook High School Collection (EBSCOhost)
• eBook K-8 Collection (EBSCOhost)
• eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost)
• History Reference eBook Collection
• Literary Reference eBook Collection
• MAS Reference eBook Collection
• MasterFILE Reference eBook Collection
• Middle Search Reference eBook Collection
• Primary Search Reference eBook Collection
• Science Reference eBook Collection
Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
1886-present. Case studies, company profiles, conference proceedings, country reports, financial data, industry reports, investment research reports, market research reports, monographs, SWOT analyses, trade journals. All aspects of business.

Due to license restrictions, access to the 500 most popular articles from Harvard Business Review is read-only--no printing, downloading, or direct linking to these 500 articles is permitted. All other HBR articles are fully accessible to all current U-M students, faculty, and staff with no such restrictions.

Use Policy: When using material from this database in reports and presentations, vendor contract requirements dictate that you must include the phrase, "Used with permission of EBSCO Business Source Complete."
OpenStax College This link opens in a new window
Free peer-reviewed online textbooks that meet scope and sequence requirements for most courses. Print copies available at the library.

Online versions can be downloaded free; print copies of many titles are available for browsing at the Thompson Library, or for purchase from the publisher. These print titles are available in the Thompson Library's Ready Reference collection (3rd floor):

Anatomy & Physiology
Concepts of Biology
Biology
Chemistry
College Physics
Introductory Statistics
Principles of Economics
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Psychology
U.S. History

To order a low-cost printed copy of a book, visit the OpenStax College website.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
International multidisciplinary indexing & abstracting database for scientific, medical, technical, and social sciences.

International multi-disciplinary indexing & abstracting database for scientific, medical, technical, and social sciences. Searchable by cited-reference (forward citation searching). Covers journals, patents, and websites (16,500+ titles) from 4,000+ publishers,1995-present. with limited earlier coverage.
Skillsoft Books (formerly Books 24x7) This link opens in a new window
Unlimited, full text access to business, technical, and engineering e-books.
See More info for important login information.

Access to Skillsoft Books is through login with your uniqname and UMICH password. When you have logged in, Skillsoft will assign you a unique, anonymous identifier that will give you access to personalized features such as notations and favorites. You may opt in and provide your personal information if you desire.

For information about added functions for mobile use and for mobile app information, please see the Skillport help documentation.

Library Catalog Search

Textbooks or Ebooks

The University of Michigan Library and Thompson Library have purchased or licensed a number of electronic book (ebook) resources. You can borrow them much as any other library book. (We do NOT digitize our print books in compliance with federal copyright law.) There are currently over 500,000 digital books (full text online) available from the Thompson Library at UM-Flint.

Textbooks:

We do not buy course textbooks, but an older copy may already be in the library collection.
Check COURSE RESERVES. Instructors sometimes place textbooks there.

Find a book in print or online from the Thompson Library:

Use the Library Catalog to check for library books in print or online.
Ebooks: Check the "Limit to Available Online" box if you want only online books.
Or use Primo VE to search for ebooks available from the library.
Books are identified as being available when at least one complete volume, issue or part of the primary content is accessible online to current U-M students, faculty and staff.