Books & Publishers
Book Collections
For SDSU book holdings check The PAC online public access catalog. The PAC is the online tool used for finding books and reports in the SDSU Library. Books can be searched by author, title, or subject.
Digital Collections
- ACLS Humanities E-book [SDSU] 1880s to present[ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=1128 ]
Over 2100 books in history, women's studies, folklore, literature, musicology, and other fields.
- Defense Language Institute Ebook Collection[ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=2320 ]
600+ e-books in global studies, political economy, and foreign relations.
- Early English Books Online (EEBO) [SDSU] 1473-1700.[ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=60 ]
Digital facsimiles of nearly every book printed in English during this time period.
- Google Book Search[ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=889 ]
Searches the full text of books. Best results come from searching phrases.
Note: Use the "Find in a Library" link to see if SDSU owns the book. The SDSU zip code is 92182.
- Hathi Trust Digital Library[ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=2574 ]
A digital library, offering the full-text of books and other print library materials, formed by a partnership of academic research libraries.
- International Children's Digital Library[ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=239 ]
Free access to digital children's books from around the world.
- Literature for Children Before 1850 to beyond 1950.[ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=488 ]
Free digital collection of the treasures of children's literature published largely in the United States and Great Britain.
- NetLibrary [SDSU][ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=134 ]
Access to nearly 3,000 books online.
- PsycBOOKS [SDSU][ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=383 ]
PsycBOOKS contains the complete text of over 1,400 scholarly books in psychology, as well as over 21,000 book chapters.
- Safari Tech Books Online [SDSU][ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=175 ]
Technical books from industry-leading publishers.
- Synthesis Computer & Information Science Collection [SDSU][ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=2577 ]
50 lectures in PDF format on numerous topics relating to computer science and information management.
Books in Other Libraries
To find and order books from other California and San Diego area libraries use the Circuit [San Diego] and LINK+ [California] online public access catalogs.
- WorldCat [SDSU][ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=203 ]
Combined catalog of many U.S. and international libraries.
- CSU Union Catalog [SDSU][ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=2172 ]
Locate library materials across the 23 campus California State University system.
- Other Libraries' Catalogs[ http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/resourcelink.php?id=495 ]
Links to catalogs for other local, state, U.S. and international libraries.


