Literature Reviews: Using Library Resources in Writing

In addition to providing specialized treatments of a topic, books can be a great source of more general background information. They play an important role in synthesizing information or describing, at length, the current state of a discipline. They can also be compilations of articles or chapters about topics related to a a broader topic.

Books and E-books can be found by searching ASA, the library's catalog, available under "Catalog" from Lehigh Libraries' homepage. (You can also use ASA to find access information journals, ejournals, conference papers, government documents and more.)

From ASA you can:

• Renew your print books online
• Text the call number, title, and location of a book to your cell phone
• Create reading lists.

A few things to remember about ebooks:

• Ebooks cannot be borrowed or lent through interlibrary loan.
• Some publishers restrict the number of pages that can be copied or printed, or may not permit copying or printing at all.

Below are resources about books and ebooks:

• library guide with details about Lehigh's ebook collections
• links to WorldCat, for ideas about books not in Lehigh's catalog
• interlibrary loan information about how to order print books that Lehigh does not have.

WorldCat is a great resource for finding books Lehigh does not own. 

There are two flavors. They don't necessarily overlap completely.

Use Palci first to order a book. If Palci does not have the book, then use ILLiad. 

 A note about ebooks: Due to publisher restrictions, e-books are not available to be borrowed or lent through interlibrary loan.

To register for ILLiad, please follow the steps in the tutorial linked directly below this section.