XPLORE Library Catalog (tips & tricks; RefWorks help; XLinks; video tutorials) is Xavier library's online public access catalog. It includes all of the library's books, journals, audiovisuals, and microform materials. Search XPLORE by keyword, author, title and Library of Congress subject heading. If you don't find what you need, request it online (printable instructions; video tutorial) from OhioLINK, the combined library catalog of 84 colleges and universities in the State of Ohio.

OhioLINK Library Catalog (updated daily; video tutorials; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides access to more than 40 million items located at 85 public and private colleges and universities in Ohio. Users may request items online (printable instructions; video tutorial) and pick them up in 3 business days at an OhioLINK library of their choosing. It is produced by OhioLINK and the user interface is provided by Innovative Interfaces, Inc.

ACLS Humanities eBook (all full-text; title list; XLinks), formerly the History eBook Project, is an online, fully searchable digital collection of 1,500 high-quality books covering all aspects of world history and many other humanities disciplines. Books in this database have been recommended and reviewed by scholars. They are of major importance, remain vital to scholarship and are frequently cited in the literature. Books may include illustrations, graphs, charts, and maps as well as video, sound and music. Restrictions may apply to printing and downloading as specified in Section 107 of the U. S. Copyright Law. It is produced by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) in collaboration with ten learned societies, about 80 contributing publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office. The user interface is provided by ACLS. Users can also find these electronic books in XPLORE, the library's online catalog.

Credo Reference (all full-text; list of titles; XLinks; user guide; search tips), formerly Xreferplus, provides hundreds of electronic reference books covering a broad range of subjects, including art, bilinguals, biography, business, dictionaries, encyclopedias, food, geography, history, language, law, literature, medicine, music, philosophy, psychology, quotations, religion, science, social sciences, and technology. It features over 65,000 images (art, diagrams, maps and photos) and over 93,000 audio pronunciation files accessible in the advanced search. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Xrefer. Users can also find these electronic books in XPLORE, the library's online catalog.

ebrary (all full-text; XLinks) contains about 32,300 electronic books in business, marketing, economics, computers, information technology, health, biomedical sciences, clinical sciences, engineering, technology, life sciences, physical sciences, education, history, humanities, law, international relations, public policy, social sciences, and behavioral sciences. It includes books in the Vault Career Library. Users can search for words in the subject, title or full-text of books in this collection. Content can be easily copied and pasted into a word processing document. Books in this collection are protected by copyright laws and there are limitations on the number of pages that can be printed and copied. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by ebrary. Users can also find these electronic books in XPLORE, the library's online catalog. The ebrary Reader is required to view, copy and print pages in a book. Click the ebrary Reader icon or link to download the reader. The reader will install and display your ebook. Monthly system maintenance is performed the first Tuesday of each month from 8-10pm (Pacific Time) during which ebrary may be unavailable.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (all full-text; RefWorks help; XLinks) provides access to more than 1,500 electronic reference books and their individual book chapters covering the arts, biography, business, education, health, history, law, literature, multicultural studies, the nation and the world, science, and social science. There is unlimited, simultaneous usage and no special readers or equipment are required to use this resource. Users can search for keywords in the chapter title or throughout the full-text of a chapter. Book chapters can be downloaded, emailed or printed, as well as translated into eight languages. The Find It icon links to the book in print format in OhioLINK. These electronic books will also be accessible in OhioLINK's Electronic Book Center. It is produced by Gale and the user interface is provided by InfoTrac.

netLibrary eBooks (all full-text: more info; XLinks) provides access to about 15,000 electronic books on many different topics. The full-text of these eBooks may be browsed for 15 minutes or checked-out and read online for 2 hours. It includes books in the Vault Career Library. Users can also find these electronic books in XPLORE, the library's online catalog. In most cases only one person can access a netLibrary eBook at a time. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by netLibrary. Create an account (more info) at an on-campus computer workstation to add books to a list of favorites.

OhioLINK Electronic Book Center (all full-text) contains thousands of scholarly and reference e-books covering the humanities, sciences and social sciences. Users can search the collection by keyword or phrase or browse the collection by author, title or subject area. The individual collections that have links can be searched separately. The collections come from multiple publishers (ABC-CLIO, Gale, Oxford University Press, Sage & Springer) and the user interface for the combined collections is provided by OhioLINK. Users can also find these electronic books in XPLORE, the library's online catalog.

Oxford Reference Online, Performing Arts (all full-text; XLinks) is a cross-searchable database of 8 encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference works covering American theater, dance, music, opera, Shakespeare, theater and who's who in opera. It is published by and the user interface is provided by Oxford University Press. This subscription is limited to 5 simultaneous users.