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Ebooks: Using Ebook Central

This guide describes the many ebook resources available through the University Library and how to access them.

ProQuest Ebook Central

Note about ProQuest eBooks: This service includes publications that are both peer-reviewed academic texts and non-academic popular publications. When looking for academic peer-reviewed materials, readers are encouraged to scrutinize the author, publisher, and publication date of each text.

Adjusting Settings- citation and Accessibility

To adjust accessibility or citation settings:

While signed in, go to Settings, profile: 

 

Then choose a citation format and enable or disable accessibility mode.

Here is the statement on accessibility for ebook central 

When in accessibility mode, the book content is presented in HTML that automatically reflows and can be magnified using browser controls.

In addition, patrons may turn on OpenDyslexic typeface for ease of reading and using the Ebook Central interface.

For a short demonstration of accessibility on Ebook Central, please view our video

EBook Central LibGuide

For further information on searching, reading online, downloading, creating a bookshelf, accessibility and other topics, refer to the Ebook Central LibGuide from ProQuest 

Copying text, exporting notes, sharing links

Your bookshelf in ProQuest Ebook Central keeps track of your downloads, loans and saved books, and lets you share them with others.

Find more information here 

Export Notes will export any notes or bookmarks for that ebook to a .txt file.
Share Link to Book will create a sharable link for that ebook that may be copied. ​

  Copy To will copy that ebook to another folder of your choosing.
  Remove will remove that ebook from your bookshelf.

You can copy an entire page, or just a selection on the page:

Limits on the number of copies:

  • For each book, there is a limit on the number of pages you can copy from
  • Copying multiple selections from the same page only counts as one copy
  • For most books the copy limit is 20% of the book's pages
    • Example, if the book is 200 pages long, 40 pages can be copied from
  • And good news - these limits reset after just 24 hours!  
  • The copy limits for a book, including the number of copies you have remaining, are displayed on the book's Detail Page.  To see this information while reading a book, click  "Book Details" on the side bar to display the details in the left panel. 

If you're browsing without having signed in you will be prompted to sign in before you can copy.

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