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We offer eBooks from a variety of providers, and each offers different features and restrictions for their eBooks. Use this to guide answer questions related to whether more than one person can view an eBook at once, printing options, and other common questions.

 

Platform Simultaneous Users Format Printing Can Download DRM Free
ACLS Humanities Yes; Unlimited HTML Print individual pages via browser;Print on demand service available for select titles. No Yes
Cambridge Yes; Unlimited PDF; Selected content HTML One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
Credo Reference Yes; Unlimited PDF; HTML One article at a time. One article at a time. Yes
DeGruyter Yes; Unlimited PDF; ePub One chapter at a time. PDF - one chapter at a time;ePub - check out to download entire book. Yes
Ebsco Varies. PDF; ePub Page limit - varies. PDF - page limitations; ePub - check out to download entire book. No
Elsevier Yes; Unlimited PDF One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
Gale Yes; Unlimited PDF; HTML One article at a time. One article at a time. Yes
IEEE Yes; Unlimited PDF One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
IET Yes; Unlimited PDF Entire book. Entire book. Yes
JSTOR Yes; Unlimited PDF One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
Ovid (LWW) Yes; Unlimited PDF One section or chapter at a time. One section or chapter at a time. Yes
Oxford Yes; Unlimited PDF One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
ProQuest Ebook Central Varies. PDF; ePub The typical print allowance for most titles is 40% of the book.  PDF - page limitations;ePub - check out to download entire book. No
R2 Digital Library Most are single-user. Online Reader One section at a time;Print limitations - 60 pages or 20% of book. No. No
Sage Reference Yes; Unlimited PDF One article at a time. One article at a time. Yes
Springer Nature Yes; Unlimited PDF One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
Taylor & Francis Yes; Unlimited PDF Entire book or chapter by chapter. Entire book or chapter by chapter. Yes
Wiley Yes; Unlimited PDF Entire book or chapter by chapter. Entire book or chapter by chapter. Yes

ACLS Humanities eBook Collection

  • Unlimited Simultaneous Users
  • Format: page-image; PDF; Text
  • Print individual pages via browser; print on demand service available for select titles
  • Can't download
  • No DRM

Books@OVID

  • Unlimited Simultaneous Users
  • Format: HTML
  • Print one chapter at a time
  • Can download HTML or text file
  • No DRM

Cambridge Companions

  • Unlimited Simultaneous Users
  • Format: page-image; PDF
  • Print up to one chapter or 5% of content
  • Can download PDF
  • No DRM

Cambridge Histories

  • Unlimited Simultaneous Users
  • Format: page-image; PDF
  • Print up to one chapter or 5% of content
  • Can download PDF
  • No DRM

Credo Reference

  • Unlimited Simultaneous Users
  • Format: HTML; PDF
  • Print one article at a time
  • Can download PDF
  • No DRM

EBL

  • Up to 325 unique simultaneous users per year
  • Format: page-image; PDF
  • Print up to 20%
  • Requires Adobe Digital Editions to be able to download
  • Has DRM

eBrary

  • Simultaneous users for some titles
  • Format: page-image
  • Print the greater of: 40 continuous pages, 60 pages in 1 title, or 1 chapter
  • Requires eBrary personal account and Adobe Digital Editions to be able to download
  • Has DRM

EBSCO eBooks Collection

  • Simultaneous users for some titles
  • Format: page-image; PDF available for some titles
  • Print up to 60 pages
  • Requires Adobe Digital Editions to be able to download
  • Has DRM

Gale Virtual Reference

  • Unlimited simultaneous users
  • Format: HTML; PDF
  • Print one article at a time
  • Can download PDF
  • No DRM

IEEE

  • Unlimited simultaneous users
  • Format: PDF
  • Print one chapter at a time
  • Can download PDF
  • No DRM

IET

  • Unlimited simultaneous users
  • Format: PDF
  • Print one chapter at a time
  • Can download PDF
  • No DRM

Safari Tech Books

  • 2 simultaneous users
  • Format: HTML
  • Print one page at a time
  • Can't download
  • DRM not applicable

Sage Reference

  • Unlimited simultaneous users
  • Format: HTML; PDF
  • Print one article at a time
  • Can download PDF or HTML
  • No DRM

Springer-Verlag

  • Unlimited simultaneous users
  • Format: PDF
  • Print one chapter at a time
  • Can download PDF
  • No DRM

 

Created by Meghan Finch / Updated on November 18, 2019 by Meghan Finch

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