E-books at AMBS

Remote access
The ProQuest site can be accessed remotely by entering your library barcode and password when prompted.

Print a selection
Choose "Read online" and then choose the printer icon to download a printable PDF selection. Each book has a limited number of pages available for printing. The interface will tell you how many pages you can print.

Download a chapter
The ProQuest reader has a chapter download option, signified by an icon that looks like a page with a down arrow. Choose "Read online," find the chapter you want to download, then choose the chapter download option to download a PDF. This download will not expire, so it can be saved for later.

Download the whole book
For most devices, but not Kindle, entire e-books may be downloaded to your computer, e-reader or mobile device for 14 days. You have to first install Adobe Digital Editions, create an Adobe account, and activate your device. The ProQuest interface takes you through the steps needed to download a book.

Get the Bluefire Reading App
ProQuest utilizes the free Bluefire reading app, available for Apple and Google Play. You may want to access helpful Bluefire support information.

Remote access
EBSCO's site can be accessed remotely by entering your library barcode and password when prompted.

Print a selection
You may print a selection from the book. Often, this is up to 60 pages or a single chapter, but the limits vary by publisher. You may not print more than one copy of the same pages. See this brief video tutorial for instructions.

Access Limitations
Many of the EBSCO e-books are limited to one user at a time. If someone else is using the book, EBSCO will display a message indicating you cannot access it because it is already in use. You will need to wait until 15 minutes after the other person closes the web browser where they were viewing the book. Out of courtesy to other users, please close EBSCO e-books immediately when you are finished reading them.

Download a selection
You save selections of up to 60 pages or a single chapter as a .pdf and transfer it to your computer, e-reader or mobile device, including a Kindle. See this brief video tutorial for instructions.

First, you will need to create a personal account in Open Library.
Remember that Open Library books can only be used by one person at a time. One copy is shared by all Open Library users everywhere.
When you are not reading an Open Library book, please click on "Return Book" in the upper left hand corner so it is available to others.

HathiTrust is a consortium of research libraries whose books were scanned by Google. As part of their arrangement with Google, they were given copies of Google's scans to post on their own. The HathiTrust libraries have also added content to their repository that was not scanned by Google, but keep in mind that there is significant overlap with Google Books.

Many of the HathiTrust books are still in the public domain and are listed as "search only." Others are available in their entirety.