ELECTRONIC BOOK COLLECTIONS
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Most new books arrive as e-books. Thousands of science, engineering, and nursing e-books are listed in Scout, the University Libraries' online discovery tool.  Scout is an excellent tool for finding e-books from Springer, Elsevier, Knovel and other publishers/aggregators. 

In Scout a search can be narrowed to e-books only. Search Tip: Enter keyword(s) in the search box. Then execute the search. Then Refine Your Results by checking the boxes labeled CATALOG ONLY and FULL-TEXT ONLINE. Next click on the button labeled UPDATE.

Major datatbases with extensive collections of e-books include:
 Scout offers one-stop search for finding e-books, as well as other materials.