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Nursing & Health: Books/eBooks

 

Distance and online students: 

  • Print books in the SAU Library collection can be mailed to you.  Delivery time is about 3-5 business days. 
  • Don't need the entire book?  The library will be happy to scan a chapter to your email.  Delivery time is 1-2 business days.
  • E-books in the SAU Library collection can be read online or downloaded to your device.  You can also download, save, or print individual chapters.
  • How to request an SAU book or book chapter

Please note: most required textbooks are not available at the library.

Find Nursing Books

Find Books

The best way to find a book is to start at FIND Books/eBooks (or choose the FIND drop-down menu and then Books/eBooks).

You will be able to search for print books, ebooks, or both.  You can search by title, author, keyword, or subject.  Use the Advanced Search link if you would like to search using multiple search terms at the same time (title and author; keyword and date of publication; etc).

 

Print Books

Print book availability and shelving locations can be found beneath the book's summary when searching our online catalog.

  • "General Collection" books are located on the top floor of the library.  "Oversize" books found in the northeast corner on the top floor of the library.
  • The call number, located on the spine or on the front of a book, is the “address” of the book on the shelf.
  • Library books are placed in call number order on the shelf, starting with 000 and ending with 999.
  • Nursing, health, and medicine books are generally found in the 600-618 call number range. 

 

Request a print book or book chapter:

To request a print book or book chapter, click on the title of the book you want and then look for the blue "Request this item" button.

 

E-Books

Look for the blue "View eBook" button to read SAU ebooks online.

Ebook link

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