VLeBooks
VLeBooks is the Online Library's principal e-book database, and contains a growing collection of e-books including a number of core textbooks.
Click here to log into VLeBooks
E-Book Central (ProQuest)
The Online Library also provides access to a growing collection of e-books in E-Book Central. You can login from the E-Book Central database page.
E-Books in a Nutshell
E-Books in a Nutshell Guide (PDF) - A guide to the e-books available in our multi-disciplinary databases.
Law eBooks in a Nutshell Guide (PDF) - A guide to the law e-books available in the Online Library databases.
Downloading E-books
You need to use Adobe Digital Editions to read an e-book in VLeBooks or E-Book Central that you have downloaded. You can download Adobe Digital Editions for free from the Adobe website. The How can I download e-books? page explains further.
Waiting to access e-books
For some e-books, you will be asked to wait before you can read it. The Why do I sometimes need to wait to access an e-book? FAQ has details.
When it is your turn to read the book, we recommend that you download the book so that you can read it until the download period ends. This is because when you read a book online in your web browser you might lose access to it if somebody else is waiting for it.
Printing from e-books
On the e-book's page in VLeBooks or E-Book Central, click the 'Read Online' button. Then click on the printer symbol at the top of the page.
You will notice that there is a limit on how many pages you can print. This is a restriction imposed by the publishers of the book. But you can print the pages you have chosen as many times as necessary.
Free e-books
Here are some websites which host open access e-books we can recommend:
Internet Archive (eBooks and Texts) - This project aims to provide free, universal access to all knowledge. It currently contains 44 million books and texts
Directory of Open Access Books - This community-driven discovery service indexes and provides access to over 82,000 scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books
Project Gutenberg - A library of over 70,000 free e-books, including the world's greatest literature, with a focus on older works
Getty Publications Virtual Library - Getty is a leading global arts organization committed to exhibiting, conserving, and understanding the world’s artistic and cultural heritage