Research Guides: Celebrating African American History: Books/eBooks

African American History Month: Featured Ebooks

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OneSearch This link opens in a new window
OneSearch is designed to provide a comprehensive search of each SMCCCD college's print and online collections. Search results will appear in categories based on source and content type. You can see what articles, books, and databases we have available and get immediate access to full-text journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.

eBook Collections

Access Ebook Central and eBook Collection (EbscoHost) using your student email and password. Access to Overdrive is available using your public library card from Peninsula Library System library.

Ebook Central (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Over 140,000 easy to access online books. Browse by subjects - literature, social sciences, life sciences, engineering and technology - or use the search box.
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Thousands of digital books, including academic titles and popular fiction, for reading online. Most of these titles are currently NOT available in OneSearch; please search through the database here to locate titles.
Libby (formerly Overdrive; PLS library card required) This link opens in a new window
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Libby gives you access to popular fiction and non-fiction ebooks & audio books. A PLS Library card is required in order to access Libby and check out titles, and title availability varies according to home PLS library branch. To get a free PLS Library card visit any public library in San Mateo County, or apply online: https://plsinfo.org/get-a-library-card/.