Aston University Library has 1000's of titles in eBook format. You can find and access all of our eBook titles by searching Library Search.
For 2016 / 2017, the Library has decided to fund an Evidence Based Acquisition project and have made arrangements with several major publishers to provide access to a large number of their e-book titles for the 2016/2017 academic year. After the year is over, we’ll analyse the usage statistics for these e-books and make informed decisions about which ones to keep in our permanent collection. All the titles are discoverable via Library Search
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OSO (Oxford Scholarship Online) provides access to 12,645 e-books covering the celebrated scholarly list of Oxford University Press. OSO covers subjects across the Humanities, Social Sciences, Medicine and Law. |
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SAGE Knowledge has selected 4,000 titles by world class authors on hot topics across the social sciences including titles in core areas of research and debate, student reference and professional education titles. |
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The Library has carefully selected subject collections that match the teaching areas at Aston University including Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, Behavioural Sciences, Built Environment and Law. |
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The Library has selected from 18,000 titles in the Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Physical Engineering and Life Sciences |
Printing and copying from e-books
Downloading e-books
E-books are subject to DRM (Digital Rights Management) controls. In order to download an e-book:
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eBook access
MyiLibrary Platform
Bookboon.com publishes free and openly available eBooks for students and business professionals. The books can be downloaded in PDF without registration
If the book is out of copyright, or the publisher has given permission, you'll be able to see a preview of the book, and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free to download a PDF copy.
The Library purchases individual titles from Dawsonera and they are all available via Library Search. You can also search Dawsonera as a single database of e-books which will include titles that the Library does not have a licence to view online. You may not be able to access every title but it will give you an insight as to what is available and you can notify your Information Specialist if you would like to access something for your research.
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Ebook Central How to Guides...
Ebook Central is a large database covering multiple subjects. The Library has provided access to over 120,000 e-books on this platform, all of which are available via Library Search.
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The Library purchases individual titles from EBSCOhost e-books and also provides access to a large Business collection. All titles are available via Library Search.
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In order to download the e-book, you'll need to log in to your Ebsco account. You can create an account at the time you download the item.
The Library purchases individual titles from VLeBooks and they are available to search via Library Search.
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Are you unable to access an e-book?
Licence Restrictions
Some e-books are restricted to a single user or 3 concurrent users. The e-book may have reached the limit of users logged in at the same time. If this is the case, you can place a reservation or try again later. If the problem persists please notify your Information Specialist and we will investigate whether we can purchase additional licences.
Hints and Tips
If you experience a problem accessing an e-book please let us know. Contact your Information Specialist with the details of the book you are trying to access. A screenshot of the error message is also really useful
