Why use books?
You can use books to find background and contextual information about your topic. Scholarly books can be hundreds of pages long, therefore can cover a large amount of information. Books generally take longer to be published and edited than journal articles, so they're able to cover a longer-term look at a topic and cover both general and deep information.
How to find books
- BU Libraries Search This link opens in a new window
BU Libraries Search provides a single place to search for a wide variety of research material provided by the library. Resources covered by the search includes books and eBooks, journals, scores and sheet music, video and audio recordings, and other physical and electronic items held by the library. Coverage encompasses materials relating to the prehistoric and antique world through to the present.
To find books and eBooks in the BU Libraries collections, use BU Libraries Search. Enter some keywords describing your research topic in the search bar and select the Books option to narrow your results to only books and eBooks.
