Use this page to find books at SBU Libraries. Research Starter lets you start your search using keywords. This will return books, articles, and other materials. You may get a lot of results, but it is a good place to start learning more about your topic. The sections on the left side of the screen let you limit your search and refine your topic. You can also Search the Catalog to find books and ebooks on West Campus, or Search for eBooks (Health Sciences). If we don't have the book you want, you can request a copy through interlibrary loan. This is free to SBU students.
SEARCH Everything
Searches research databases, journals, our catalogs, and more | HELP
Catalog Quick Search
Find books, journals, DVDs, collections and more in our catalogs. | HELP
For journal or newspaper titles, use the Journal Catalog.
Catalog Home | Advanced Search
Catalog Quick Search
Find books, journals, DVDs, collections and more in our catalogs. | HELP
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) makes resources available by providing electronic or physical delivery of material from other library collections. Material that is not owned by Stony Brook University Libraries may be obtained from other participating libraries.
For more information, please visit our website.
Google Books is extremely useful, because it searches the complete text of a book. It can help you find books that may not come up in the library catalog. When you find a book that looks good, then do a "Title starts with" search in SEARCH to see if the Library has it.
As of 2019, Google Books contained over 40 million scanned books. Many from before 1925 are available full-text.
Search our collections for books. | HELP
To see only eBook results, please select Available online under Availability in the "Refine your results" options on the left of your results page.
WorldCat is a catalog of most libraries in the U.S. & Canada and many from other countries. Find books, DVDs, web sites, musical scores, archival material and more.
There are two versions of WorldCat, the subscription version from First Search, which is below and which I recommend, and the free version. If you find something you need while searching in WorldCat, and we don't own it, we can usually get it from another library. See InterLibrary Loan (ILL) to learn more. One great feature of the First Search version is that it automatically fills out your ILL request form.
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