Ebooks: E-books in the Library

Ebooks are very convenient. However, accessing them can sometimes be a little confusing because the ways of reading them and the digital rights attached to them can vary, title by title. If you have questions about any particular title, write to us or come see us.

Generally, ebooks from Bloomburg, Brill, Cambridge, De Gruyter, JSTOR, Oxford, Project Muse, Taylor and Francis, and Wiley are DRM-free. There are no restrictions on the number of concurrent users or how many PDF pages you can download.

Ebooks provided through EBSCO are the most plentiful in the Library and also the most varied in terms of restrictions. In brief, there are three ways to read EBSCO ebooks:

1. Search, borrow, and read them using the EBSCO Mobile app. So easy--we highly recommend this! On your first use of the app, you'll be prompted to create a personal login for EBSCOhost.
2. Find the ebooks listed in our catalog, and click the link to read them in a browser.
3. For many titles, you are permitted to download pages as PDFs, usually up to a maximum of 100 pages per day, which you may keep and read in the ebook or PDF reader of your choice.