Ebooks: Ebooks in the Library

Generally, ebooks from Bloomburg, Brill, Cambridge, De Gruyter, JSTOR, Oxford, Project Muse, Taylor and Francis, and Wiley are DRM-free.

DRM-free ebooks have no restrictions on the number of concurrent users or how many PDF pages you can download. In most cases, you can download the entire book, chapter-by-chapter or all at once, for you to keep.

For ebooks from most providers, when you find them in our catalog:

1. Click the link (look for "DIGITAL RESOURCE: CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ONLINE" in search results or something like "Click on the following to: Read as a De Gruyter ebook" in individual records)
2. Log in as prompted if you're off-campus (Logging in may not be required on-campus)
3. Read the book in your browser; and/or, download the book to your personal device, often chapter by chapter, as a PDF
4. Once downloaded, read the book (or individual chapters) in any PDF reader, or add them to your book reader of choice: Kindle, iBooks, Nook, Zotero, etc.

EBSCO books are the most plentiful in the Library and also the most varied in terms of restrictions. There are three main ways to read EBSCO ebooks:

1. Search, borrow, and read them using the EBSCO Mobile app. On your first use of the app, you may be prompted to create a personal login for EBSCOhost. More information can be found on the EBSCO Mobile App - Quick Start Guide.
   

   Note: As of June 2025, EBSCO has paused ebook reading through their app, while they complete updates. Until a new version of the app is released, we recommend reading EBSCO ebooks through their newly updated in-browser reader (as stated below)

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

Libby (by Overdrive) was added in August 2025. Familiar to many from your local public library, it has an easy-to-use app for phones and tablets. Books can also be read directly in a browser.

Libby is also a source for audiobooks and several dozen magazines, including popular ones like New York and The New Yorker. You can find Libby books in our catalog, but you can also find Manhattan School of Music within the Libby app (choose "Add Library" and search for Manhattan School of Music or our zip code, 10027).

After logging in with your MSM SSO credentials, you'll see all of the ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines available to you through Manhattan School of Music.

Note: Links from our catalog will direct you to the Overdrive (the Libby app's maker) site for the book. From there you can borrow it, and read it in your browser. One borrowed, you can also open and read the book in the Libby app on your phone/tablet.