CSI Library: Racial Equity, Social Justice, and Sustainability Series: Books

Featured Books

OneSearch
OneSearch combines in one place a massive index of books, articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers, and unique digital content. To search for books, navigate to "Advanced Search," then select "Books" from the "Resource Type" drop down menu.
OneSearch Tutorial
Here is an online tutorial you can use for a refresher on how to use OneSearch to find books.

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Union catalog containing records of library holdings all over the world. Use WorldCat to locate books, journals, audio and video recordings, and archival materials held by other libraries. If an item you want is not available at CUNY simply click "Find It" to request an interlibrary loan.

Ebook Central
Ebook Central from ProQuest brings together several digital platforms into one easy-to-use database with over 200,000 books. For information about downloading and off-line reading, see our Ebook Central help guide. After 5 minutes of reading, or if you choose a download option, you MAY be asked to log-in to your College of Staten Island SLAS account.
EBSCO eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Access to over 5,000 full text e-books across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Find full text scholarly and reference books in a variety of subjects, including business, economics, computer science, history, political science, art, literature, and science.
In order to read offline or download to a reader, first create an account.
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Gale EBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new window
Digital reference collection containing over 400 full text encyclopedias, almanacs, handbooks, and specialized reference books. Search for articles across all the books in the database or browse through specialized subject specific encyclopedias. All articles are also indexed in the library's primary catalog, OneSearch.
SpringerLink eBooks and Journals This link opens in a new window
Over 20,000 full text ebooks and reference works, and 2,500 journals published by Springer. Core focus is science, technology, and medicine but includes some titles in the social sciences and humanities.