You can find ebooks in four ways:
- Find ebooks in the library catalogue. You can search the catalogue the same way you would for print books. For more help see the page on finding books. Use the "Online resource" link to access the online text. You may also limit your book search results to "Online resource" from the left sidebar.
- Search ebook platforms. eBook platforms provide books from a variety of publishers. A list of ebook platforms is provided below.
- Search publisher ebook collections. These collections provide ebooks from that specific publisher only. The publisher ebook collections page provides a full list of these collections.
- Search primary source text collections. The Library has access to a variety of platforms that provide access to primary text collections across subjects and formats.
ebook platforms
- EBSCOhost
- Includes about 2,000 titles plus many free books across a wide range of subject areas. Note: many titles only allow one user at a time.
- ProQuest Ebook Central
- Includes titles from the Canadian Publishers Collection, the Canadian Public Policy collection, Taylor & Francis, Duke, Cambridge, Oxford, Springer, as well as books that have been individually selected across disciplines.
- Scholars Portal Ebooks
- Includes titles from Cambridge, Canadian Publishers Collection, Canadian Public Policy, Duke, Emerald, Open Content Alliance, Oxford, PsycBooks, SPIE, Springer, and 280,000 freely available books.
