EBSCO eBooks
Content
EBSCO's e-book collection provides access to a growing collection of electronic books from various publishers.
- Academic Collection - subscription package with over 249 000 multidisciplinary e-books with multi-user access.
- Perpetual titles - about 250 e-books which can have user limitations. 1-3 users.
- Open Access books -about 4000
The books are searchable in OneSearch and the library catalog as well as on the EBSCO portal page.
Read online
The e-books are available for online reading. When searching in OneSearch or Ebsco ebooks, choose "Access Options" and select pdf- or e-pub-format to open the book. In the top-menu there are options for "Text to speech" if you prefer to listen to the text.
Downloading
From the books title page, chose the Download button, to start.
When reading online, choose the download icon in the top menu or from the Table of contents.
In the box that opens, choose between downloading a chapter or the full text.
For chapters: Sometimes a download limit is set by the publisher and you can not download more than 100 pages as a pdf.
Full book: You need to log in with / create your personal ebsco account to get started.
- Choose the number of days you wish to use the book. Boos with a single user licence can not be downloaded.
Choose format: PDF or epub
If the e-book is protected by Digital Rights Management you will need to use the Thorium software to read the book.
If so you will need to copy the provided pass code.
Click Download - Open the downloaded file in Thorium and enter the passcode.
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