eBooks are books that you can read on the Internet and/or download for free.
- Use the Search Rapua search box, which is located on the top right corner of the screen, to find all of our eBooks. Select Books (under the heading Resource Type) and Available Online (under the heading Availability) to find books that are available online, including in Article Databases.
or - Go to a specific vendor's platform listed below, under subject area, and search for a book.
Our main eBook provider in most subjects taught at MIT is Proquest's eBook Central (EBC).
We also have this new collection of eBooks.
- EBook Academic Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides access to around 200,000 academic eBooks.
Want to know more? Ask your Subject Librarian.
Nursing
- Nursing eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains a good selection of nursing and health related ebooks. - ClinicalKey for Nursing This link opens in a new window
Provides standardised, trusted resources for answers to clinical questions. Key content includes drug monographs, clinical topic summaries, videos, images and more.
NB: log in with your ClinicalKey Student account for more functions. - ClinicalKey Student This link opens in a new window
Provides access to over 140 etext books for Nursing in Australia and New Zealand and other related study resources. Help videos are here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/8772823
Want to know more? Ask your Subject Librarian.
New Zealand
Treaty of Waitangi Collection
Bridget Williams has online books on Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi and New Zealand and a range of New Zealand titles around Critical Issues in New Zealand. Search or browse the collections directly below, or use the Search box at the top of this page to find individual title.
- Treaty of Waitangi Collection This link opens in a new window
A collection of key Treaty of Waitangi texts published by Bridget Williams Books. If access doesn't work in Chrome please use another browser.
Critical Issues Collection
- Critical Issues This link opens in a new window
Provides deep analysis of the big issues in New Zealand and around the world.
Want to know more? Watch the following video or ask your Subject Librarian.
Engineering and Maritime
The Knovel engineering collection covers marine engineering, naval architecture and civil engineering. NOTE: in normal circumstances you will need to create a myKnovel account and log in if you want to read offline, print etc.
Search tips:
- Search for an important word like Reed's for marine engineering OR browse and be surprised!
- Choose a chapter to read and look for options for printing
- Knovel - Engineering and Maritime eBooks This link opens in a new window
Education
- Education eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Contains both introductory and detailed eBooks on a range of education topics. - eBook FE Collection This link opens in a new window
Provides a wide range of eBooks related to Further Education, with a British focus.
Want to know more? Ask your Subject Librarian.
Referencing tips
It is important to guide your reader back to the sources of the information you have used.
What to look for:
- Who created the information?
- When did they post or publish it?
- What is the name of the book, article, picture .... that you used?
- Where does the reader get it from (url or publisher information)?
On this page are some useful tools and examples of reference lists to help you to cite and reference your sources.