Booth Library

Booth Library’s collections are continually growing to meet the research and information needs of the EIU community. During November 2024, Booth Library acquired and cataloged 281 physical items (books, DVDs, government documents, archival resources, and more) and 2641 electronic resources (including ebooks, ejournals, digital audiobooks, and streaming videos). Individual issues of current periodicals are excluded. […]

Booth Library’s collection of graphic novels and comics just got much bigger.  Our new subscription to Comics Plus includes nearly 27,000 digital comics, graphic novels and nonfiction, manga, and children’s picture books – all with no checkout limits or simultaneous user restrictions.  To access Comics Plus, first create an account, then use your login and password to browse and […]

Booth Library has signed on with MIT Press’s Direct to Open (D2O) initiative, joining over 300 libraries in helping fund the Open Access publication of a wide selection of new books from the MIT Press for 2025.  Through the D2O program, 80-90 ebooks each year are made available online, free to read by everyone.  Open […]