Library Research Skills Tutorial How do I access an ebook? Library Research Skills Tutorial

Finding ebooks On library.concordia.ca, in the Discovery Search and the Library Catalogue, you will see ebooks in the search results. These books are exactly the same as our print books except that they are accessible online rather than on the Library’s shelves.

Here’s an ebook in the Discovery Search results

Click on “Show library holdings” …

… then click on the link provided next to “Available Online” to view the ebook

You can also click on the title to view the ebook’s record

“Library Holdings” section to access In the ebook record, click on the link provided in the “Library Holdings” section to access the ebook

Here’s the same ebook in the Library Catalogue

Click on the link provided in the results list to view the ebook online.

You can also click on the title to access the record for the ebook in the Library Catalogue.

In the ebook record, click on the link provided in the “Connect to full-text” section to access the ebook

Downloading ebooks Not all ebooks are accessible in the same way; each ebook provider has different rules for downloading, accessing and reading their ebooks. You might need to read a Concordia ebook on your computer, or you may be able to download parts or chapters of an ebook as PDF files.

Downloading ebooks Concordia Library’s ebooks are different from the ebooks you might purchase from Kindle, Kobo or iTunes. The ebooks you access through Concordia Library are meant for education, rather than personal use. Visit Concordia Library’s “How to download ebooks” webpage for more instructions: https://library.concordia.ca/help/using/ebooks.php

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