MWU Library: Biomedical Sciences: Books & eBooks

Discover@MWU Libraries

The library collects books for the biomedical sciences to support student learning and faculty research. Many books are available as e-books

Discover@MWU Libraries is the library catalog and search tool, allowing you to search print and e-books, electronic resources, digital collections and more, all in one place.

Selected Books

Animal Models for Microbiome Research by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Institute for Laboratory Animal Research; Roundtable on Science and Welfare in Laboratory Animal Use; Jenna Ogilvie (Editor); Lida Anestidou (Editor); Joe Alper (Editor)
Publication Date: 2018

Unlimited simultaneous users.
Get funded: A practical guide to understanding the grant application process and writing winning proposals in the behavioral and biomedical fields by Jeffrey Wayne Elias
Publication Date: 2024

Unlimited simultaneous users.
Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy by Judith Garrard
Publication Date: 2022

1 simultaneous user.
How to Write a Thesis by Rowena Murray
Publication Date: 2011

1 simultaneous user.
The Productive Graduate Student Writer by Jan E. Allen; Chris M. Golde (Foreword by)
Publication Date: 2019

1 simultaneous user.

Using E-books

Ebooks are available for online reading using a web browser

Exit, log out or sign out when you are finished so others can access the e-book

Please note: If you are in a hospital, clinic or other institution that has firewalls, you may not be able to access an e-book. Call us if you have any questions!

Types of Books Available

Material/Icon	Access	Use	To "Keep" it
eBooks	Click the link that starts with: “Full text available from…”	If number of simultaneous users is less than 'unlimited,' and others are using it, you will have to try again later.	Most eBooks allow a few chapters to be printed or saved to a PDF. Library ebooks are not downloadable.
Books to Take Home	Available for selection and browsing in the open area of the first floor of the library.	Show your ID at the library desk to check out circulating books for 6 weeks.	No renewals. Ask staff about additional copies or older editions.
Reserve Textbooks	Provide library staff with title and they will get it for you.	2-hour check out Have to stay in the library	Scan textbook chapters to your MWU email for free with the library copier.

Material/Icon

Access

Use

To "Keep" it

eBooks

Click the link that starts with:
“Full text available from…”

If number of simultaneous users is less than 'unlimited,' and others are using it, you will have to try again later.

Most eBooks allow a few chapters to be printed or saved to a PDF. Library ebooks are not downloadable.

Books to Take Home
Book icon

Available for selection and browsing in the open area of the first floor of the library.

Show your ID at the library desk to check out circulating books for 6 weeks.

No renewals. Ask staff about additional copies or older editions.

Reserve Textbooks
Book icon

Provide library staff with title and they will get it for you.

2-hour check out

Have to stay in the library

Scan textbook chapters to your MWU email for free with the library copier.