Full text, searchable e-books with multi-user access
Read online or download chapters
Multi-disciplinary coverage for academic topics
| Contains | Full e-books on a range of topics, including arts and humanities, sciences, social sciences, business, technology, history, language and literature. |
|---|---|
| Best for | Academic reading and research. |
| Multi-user? | Unlimited users may access and download books simultaneously. |
| Printing Limits | Varies by book (determined by publisher); typically you can print up to 40%. |
| Download Limits |
Download chapters or whole books (depending on publisher permissions and library license). Check out books for 21 days with an account. Books can be read online without check-out. |
Most devices will have an application for both of these functions already installed.
You will need:
or
You do not need to formally check out or download a book to read it -- just click the access link and "read online" for any book you're interested in.
You will need to install the Ebook Central app for your Windows or Mac computer.
The collection is also designed to be mobile-responsive! If you don't wish to install an app, just visit Ebook Central in your device's browser.
You can usually download book chapters as PDF files, up to whatever limit a publisher has specified.
You will not usually be able to download entire books as pdf to read on a Kindle, however. DRM-free books will offer the ability to download the entire book as pdf, which you can then send to your device.
This work by Lone Star College-University Park Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
