E-Textbook Availability
A *select* number of textbooks are available as ebooks on our database platforms.
Please note the following:
- We do *not* have ebook versions available for all course texts.
- Some of the ebooks allow only one or three users at a time.
- Limits on access and availability are set by publishers, not the library or university.
Have more questions about e-textbooks available from the library? Contact us!
Current Semester Titles
Fall 2025 E-Textbooks
The following list includes links to available e-textbooks for current semester courses.
| Course | Instructor | Title Link | Platform | Ebook ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIOL 122 | Hankinson | Biology - 2e | OpenStax | 9781947172517 |
| BWS 105 | Quaye | Blue-Chip Black | Ebook Central | 9780520940697 |
| COMM 211 | Dailey | Media Effects 12e | Ebook Central | 9781412964692 |
| ECON 110 | Rahman | Principles of Economics 3e | Open Stax | 9781711471457 |
| ENG 226 | Pace | Braiding Sweetgrass | Ebook Central | 9781571318718 |
| ENG 310 | Juskuv | Writing on the Job | JSTOR Books | 9780691229966 |
| ENG 316 | Pace | Witch Wife: Poems | Ebook Central | 9781946448040 |
| GEOG 291 | Krygier | The Esri Guide to GIS Analysis, Volume 1 | Ebook Central | 9781589485808 |
| HIST 112 1 | Gingerich | All Quiet on the Western Front | Ebooks on EBSCOhost | 9781916700581 |
| HIST 112 1 | Gingerich | Communist Manifesto | Ebook Central | 9781843270096 |
| HIST 112 1 | Gingerich | 1984 | Ebooks on EBSCOhost | 9786587921075 |
| HIST 377 | St. Angelo | The Great Depression : a very short introduction | Oxford Academic | 9780199365609 |
| PG 366 | Choi | Oxford Academic | 9780190675424 | |
| REL 121 | Spaulding | Anatomy of the New Testament | JSTOR Ebooks | 9781506457130 |
| REL 121 | Spaulding | Toward Decentering the New Testament | Ebooks on EBSCOhost | 978153604652 |
| REL 285 | Gunasti | Savage Systems | ACLS Humanities Ebooks | 9780813916675 |
| REL 285 | Gunasti | We Have a Religion: The 1920s Pueblo Indian Dance Controversy and American Religious Freedom | Ebook Central | 9780807894217 |
| REL 285 | Gunasti | Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual World | JSTOR Ebooks | 9780674977402 |
| REL 346 | Michael | Analects | Ebook Central | 9781504041232 |
| REL 346 | Michael | The Trouble with Confucianism | Ebook Central | 9780674030312 |
| REL 346 | Michael | Shinto : the Kami Way | Ebooks on EBSOhost | 9780804835572 |
| REL 358 | Michael | A New Religious America | Ebook Central | 9780061750281 |
| REL 358 | Michael | The Religious History of America | Ebook Central | 9780062467812 |
| SOAN 358 | Dean | Ebooks on EBSCOhost | 9781350043138 | |
| THEA 341 | Cuskey | Angels in America | Ebook Central | 9781559367691 |
| THEA | Cuskey | Strange Loop | Ebooks on EBSCOhost | 9781559369947 |
| THEA 341 | Cuskey | Zoot Suit | Ebook Central | 9781611923407 |
| WGS 110 | Schrock | Gender Knot | Ebook Central | 9781439911853 |
| WGS 110 | Schrock | Women's Movements in the Global Era: The Power of Local Feminisms | Ebook Central | 9780429975189 |
| WGS 310 | Chisebe | Take My Hand [1 User at Time] | Ebooks on EBSCOhost | 9780593337707 |
Purchasing Course Ebooks
Students can buy physical and digital textbooks via the OWU Campus Store.
Have questions about bookstore purchases? Email campusstore.owu@bibliu.com or call 740-368-3396.
Sharing Course Ebooks
Some ebook versions of textbooks are available for rent and/or purchase via Amazon, directly from the publisher, or on platforms like VitalSource or RedShelf. This prompts some obvious questions:
Why can't the library buy the ebook off Amazon, etc., and share the link?
Platforms like Amazon and VitalSource require individual accounts to identify buyers and users, so that only that account can access that purchased title. We can't provide a link to the whole university that would only work for one person.
But Amazon has family sharing!
Yes, Amazon allows Prime members to create a household/family library and the ability to share purchased content within that group. However, that group is limited to 2 adults and 4 children, and not all titles are not enabled for lending. In fact, most academic textbooks and bestsellers are *not* available for lending.
You can check and see if a title can be lent in your household group by looking at a title's Product Details section on their Amazon page:
Why are some titles available for the library to buy as ebooks and some aren't?
Ebook availability and access is determined by the book's publisher. They get to choose where it's sold and how it can be accessed. Within those parameters and those of our budget, the Library makes available as many titles as it can to as many people as it can.
Other Sources for E-books
Students should also check the ebook collections of their local public libraries. While most public libraries don't hold academic textbooks, they might have other titles on your class reading lists available for ebook checkout.
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