What type of information can I find in books?
Books provide in-depth coverage on a topic and have a broader focus than articles. You can look at book chapters to help you navigate through a book more quickly and find the information you need.
The UHV Library has both physical books and electronic books. Below, you'll find information on how to find both physical books and electronic books on your topic.
Search the Library Catalog
The library catalog holds things like books, ebooks, and streaming videos. If you are only looking for books on your topic, and not articles, search the library catalog below. On the results page, you can use the custom limiters on the left to restrict your search to print books only OR ebooks only.
Want to Browse?
Browsing, like in a book store, is sometimes the best way to find interesting books on your topic. You can do this in person at the UHV Library and the Victoria College Library. In libraries, we use call numbers to organize books by subject. Here are the call number ranges, or sections on the shelf, where you are likely to find books on physics topics.
- QC1-999 - Physics
- QC1-75 - General
- QC81-114 - Weights and measures
- QC120-168.85 - Descriptive and experimental mechanics
- QC170-197 - Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter
- QC221-246 - Acoustics. Sound
- QC251-338.5 - Heat
- QC350-467 - Optics. Light
- QC474-496.9 - Radiation physics (General)
- QC501-766 - Electricity and magnetism
- QC770-798 - Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity
- QC801-809 - Geophysics. Cosmic physics
- QC811-849 - Geomagnetism
- QC851-999 - Meteorology. Climatology
How are you supposed to use a call number? Write down the call number or call number range you'd like to explore. At the end of our bookshelves are markers that tell you what call number ranges for that shelf. They are organized alphabetically and then numerically. So for example, you would go to the Qs. Then the QCs then QC1 and so on until you found the specific call number or call number range. If you need help finding a call number, you can get help at the Ask a Librarian desk on the second floor.
More about eBooks
- Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
The library's subscription includes ebook collections covering science, healthcare and technology with strengths in health, medicine, computers and IT, engineering, life and physical science, and math. You can limit your search results to English or Spanish only titles. Proquest
- eBook Collection (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Electronic book collection of over 45,000 titles in all academic disciplines. All titles are provided full-text. Using EBSCO eBook Collection. EBSCO
- Biblioboard This link opens in a new window
Hundreds of digital Anthologies featuring books, images, articles, documents, audio, and video from around the world and across time, curated by subject. BiblioLabs
- Digital Public Library of AmericaThe DPLA offers a single point of access to millions of items—photographs, manuscripts, books, sounds, moving images, and more—from libraries, archives, and museums around the United States. Users can browse and search the DPLA’s collections by timeline, map, format, and topic; save items to customized lists; and share their lists with others. Users can also explore digital exhibitions curated by the DPLA’s content partners and staff.
- Project Gutenberg This link opens in a new window
Offers more than 53,000 free ebooks in the public domain (copyright free). You can choose among free EPUB books or free kindle books to download or read online.