As well as searching for electronic books on Locate (library catalogue) there are also databases you can use. Ebrary and Myilibrary are the main ones, but you could also try the E-book collection from EBSCO. These can be found on the Subject Databases link on Locate.
The main advantage of searching these databases is that it enables you to search within the book and find chapters or part of chapters in the book. You will not be able to do this on Locate. This is particularly useful if you are looking for a book on a narrow topic and there is unlikely to be a whole book written about it.
When you have run your search the most relevant books will be at the top of the list, where the whole (or majority) of the book is about the searched topic. Further down, there will be chapters, followed by parts or mentions of your topic.
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