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Read ebooks on your computer w/o Internet

  1. First create an Adobe ID https://accounts.adobe.com/
  2. Download and install Digital Editions Download
  3. Enter your Adobe ID
  4. Create an EBSCO ID.
  5. Search for ebooks from EBSCO, download and read them on your computer.
  6. ebooks will automatically delete when the checkout expires.

EBSCO eBooks

Read online, or:

  1. Create an EBSCO ID
  2. Install Adobe Digital Editions
  3. Download ebook
  4. Select 7 or 14 loan based on publisher availability
  5. Select PDF or EPUB
    (​Computer will only get PDF)
    (Your phone will only get EPUB)

EBSCO checkout

eBook Resources

  • over 5 million items online EBL. 
  • Books can be read online or downloaded (Adobe Digital Editions required for download).
  • A collection of 80 full-text business books to read, print, and download.
  • Hundreds of free PDF Christian ebooks. Search box is at the bottom of the page.
  • Provides preservation and access services for public domain and in-copyright content from a variety of sources. Microsoft, and in-house partner institution initiatives. Open Access
  • Hundreds of free open access audio books.
  • From the University of Pennsylvania. Offers 35,000 titles including women writers, banned books and foreign language.
  • 30,000 public domain ebooks with free open access
  • Online database that includes the complete content of Critical Insights, Critical Survey of Long Fiction and Critical Survey of Poetry, Magill's Literary Annual and Masterplots.
  • Collection of approximately 1,200 primary works features original books, maps, photographs, and various other materials provided by 27 institutions around the world.
  • Many digital collections worldwide.

To Download or Not

Should I read online or download?

Click and read online, easy.

If you want to download...

  1. Create free Ebsco or ProQuest account
  2. Create free Adobe account
  3. Download and install Digital Editions
  4. Authorize Digital Editions
  5. Download your ebook

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