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Mathematics & Statistics: E-Books & E-textbooks

Guide to research for advanced undergraduate, graduate students and mathematicians

Why E-Books?

  • You can browse by title or search the full-text of the entire collection.
  • In most collections, you can print/save desired chapters as pdf files. With others, you can print small amounts of pages at a time. Springer, Taylor & Francis (CRC) allow entire book downloads as single pdf or epub file. More publishers are adding in this feature (Wiley now has this as of 2024).
  • If you cannot locate an online book using the catalog (UC Library Search)
    • See if the publisher is listed on the e-books guide and go directly to their e-books site to locate newer titles;
    • Use the Search HathiTrust link located towards the end of individual book records in UC Library search;
    • Go to the Internet Archive to see if a book is available there with a free account.
  • You may check the San Diego Circuit to borrow print books from SDSU, USD, or the 2 major public library systems in San Diego county.  Use Request an Interlibrary loan from UC Library Search to borrow print books from another UC or academic library.

Find E-Books @UCSD

Most of our e-books are in the UCSD's UC Library Search  and you can find them by limiting results to Online only and Resource Types books.

Once you're in the e-book collection itself, you can browse by title or search the full-text of the entire collection.

In most collections, you can print/save desired chapters as PDF files. In other collections, you may have limited ability to save or print pages.

If we don't have an e-book you need, email Deborah and I'll see what I can buy for campus,  You may also check Circuit for area San Diego libraries including SDSU, USD and public libraries or to get a print copy. You may also use your SDPL or SDCL library card to get books delivered from area Circuit libraries to the branch library closest to UCSD or your house/apartment.

Mathematics & Statistics E-Book Collections

These are the main e-book collections (not single titles) of interest to math & stats researchers. Unless otherwise specified, books in these collections are also in the library catalog though the most recently published ones are generally available online 1-2 months before appearing in UC Library Search.