eBook central facilitates research and document exploration in a wide range of subject areas. Use the powerful search capabilities to gradually narrow your focus by specifying subjects, keywords, authors, publishers, publication years, or other information available for the documents
Access the Ebook central help pages here
Its is advised that you read ebrary eBooks online.
Most eBooks come in PDF format, the files are only available to you for the number of days you select, you cannot renew an e-books, but you can download the eBook again. It is not possible to copy or print from downloaded eBooks, so you may find the Read Online option is more convenient.
For more information on reading and downloading from eBook Central click here to go to the eBook Central help guide.
You can download an eBook Central ebook for offline reading on a computer, an iPad or Android mobile device
Instructions
To download eBooks you will need
You will be asked what kind of device you are using
Note, When you are downloading from a phone or tablet for the first time, you will be prompted to download Bluefire Reader first.
To do this select Get Bluefire Reader and down from your App Store, for more information click here
Bluefire Reader opens automatically once you download your book.
For non-Android, non-iOS devices (e.g., Windows phone or Surface tablet), select “Laptop/Desktop” as your device, then use an Adobe-DRM-compatible reader app available on that platform (e.g. DL Reader).
If a book cannot be downloaded, it might be that:
· Book is provided as a loan –loaned books cannot be full downloaded
· Publisher doesn’t allow full downloads, check: >more info
· It’s a limited-user book and no more downloads allowed for the book
· User has the max 10 books downloaded. Return books: >more info
Important note! Notes made in downloaded files are not retained after the download expires or is returned.
To read an EBook Central eBook online, select the 'Read Online' button.
In the left panel inside the Online Reader, click the 'Contents' tab to view and select any chapter.
Inside the Online Reader, select the 'Search' tab at left to full-text search within the eBook.
EBook central eBooks load as a continuous image in the Online Reader screen. You can scroll through the whole eBook.
Use the toolbar along the top of your screen to access the EBook central page forward/back, page sizing, printing, and copying tools.
You can navigate between pages using the toolbar's advance and reverse arrows; can enter a specific page number you would like to go to; or can navigate by chapter headings to the left of the Reader screen.
Tip: Your can use the 'Notes' tab in the left-hand frame to add your own notes and save them for future visits, export them in a .txt file, or print them along with the page
Further information about using Ebook central can be found here