eBooks at EWU Libraries

EBSCOhost

• You can read the book online – just scroll down and click on any of the table of contents.
• You can download individual chapters as PDFs, but only up to a certain number of pages at a time. Click on one of the table of contents, then the chapters are broken up on the left side, with download icons – click on the down arrow. (If you need more, you can exit, and go back in and grab more chapters. But you may have to use a different browser, or clear out history/cookies.)
• If you’d like to download the whole book, click Full Download on the left side. You’ll need to log in or create your MyEBSCO account. You’ll also need to download the free Adobe Digital Editions app – it will provide a link if you don’t have this app. You’ll have access to it for however long you’d like to check it out, up to 180 days. Once you have downloaded the file for the ebook, and Adobe Digital Editions, just click on the ebook file and it will open it in Adobe Digital Editions. (Detailed directions can be found here: https://support.ebsco.com/help/?int=ehost&lang=en&feature_id=eBooks&TOC_ID=Always&SI=0&BU=0&GU=1&PS=0&ver=&dbs=nlebk#downloadebook.)

JSTOR

To read online or download chapters, just scroll down a bit to view the Table of Contents. There are Download buttons for each chapter, to download it as a PDF.

ProQuest

• You can Read Online – just click the blue icon on the right.
• You can download individual chapters as PDFs, but only up to a certain number of pages at a time. (If you need more, you can exit, and go back in and grab more chapters. But you may have to use a different browser, or clear out history/cookies.) 
• If you’d like to download the whole book, click the Read Online first, then click the icon Full Download - the down arrow icon on the top menu bar.  You’ll need to download the free Adobe Digital Editions app – it will provide a link if you don’t have this app. You’ll have access to it for however long you’d like to check it out, up to a year. Once you have downloaded the file for the ebook, and Adobe Digital Editions, just click on the ebook file and it will open it in Adobe Digital Editions. (Detailed directions can be found here: https://proquest.libguides.com/ebookcentral/download.)

Sage

To read online or download chapters, just scroll down a bit to view the Table of Contents. Click on a chapter link to read online. To download as PDF, click on a chapter link, and the Download PDF button is over on the top right.

ScienceDirect

To read online or download chapters, just scroll down a bit to view the Table of Contents. There are Download PDF links for each chapter. Or you can download multiple chapters by marking the ones you want, then click the Download PDFs link on the left side, and you’ll get a zipped file.

Taylor & Francis

To read online or download chapters, just scroll down a bit to view the Table of Contents. There are Download buttons for each chapter, to download it as a PDF. Or you can download the whole book as a PDF, via the Download button on the upper right.

Wiley

To read online or download chapters, just scroll down a bit to view the Table of Contents. Click on a chapter link to read online. Just click on the PDF link below the chapter title to download it as a PDF. The button to view and download the whole book as a PDF is the blue button View and download full book towards the top.

eBooks can be retrieved from our EWU Library Catalog like any other book (searching by author, title, keywords, etc.), but extra steps and software may be required to view and download eBooks, as indicated below.