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eBook Publisher and Platform Guide

Guidelines for accessing, printing, and downloading digital content varies by publisher.  This chart includes these guidelines for our main publishers and platforms.  

If you have questions about access for a specific eBook, please send an e-mail to the eResource team.

Platform Simultaneous Users Format Printing Can Download DRM Free
ACLS Humanities Yes; Unlimited PDF; Online Reader One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
Cambridge Yes; Unlimited PDF; Selected content HTML One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
Credo Reference Yes; Unlimited PDF; HTML One article at a time. One article at a time. Yes
DeGruyter Yes; Unlimited PDF; ePub Entire book or chapter by chapter. Entire book or chapter by chapter. Yes
Ebsco Varies PDF; ePub Varies. Varies. Varies
Elsevier Yes; Unlimited PDF One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
Gale Yes; Unlimited PDF; HTML One article at a time. One article at a time. Yes
IEEE Yes; Unlimited PDF One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
IET Yes; Unlimited PDF Entire book. Entire book. Yes
JSTOR Yes; Unlimited PDF One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
McGraw Hill AccessMedical Yes; Unlimited PDF; HTML One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
McGraw Hill eBook Library Yes; Unlimited PDF; Online Reader Entire book or chapter by chapter. Entire book or chapter by chapter. Yes
Ovid (LWW) Yes; Unlimited PDF One section or chapter at a time. One section or chapter at a time. Yes
Oxford Yes; Unlimited PDF One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
ProQuest Ebook Central Varies PDF; ePub The typical print allowance for most titles is 40% of the book. »  PDF - page limitations.
»  ePub - check out to download entire book.
No
R2 Digital Library Most are single user Online Reader »  One section at a time.
»  Print limitations - 60 pages or 20 percent of book over a 24 hour period.
No. No
Sage Reference Yes; Unlimited PDF One article at a time. One article at a time. Yes
SpringerNature Yes; Unlimited PDF One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
Taylor & Francis Yes; Unlimited PDF Entire book or chapter by chapter. Entire book or chapter by chapter. Yes
Thieme Yes; Unlimited PDF; HTML One chapter at a time. One chapter at a time. Yes
Wiley Yes; Unlimited PDF Entire book or chapter by chapter. Entire book or chapter by chapter. Yes