Many of our ebooks are available as PDFs and this format is supported by many ebook readers. Here's a chart listing the capabilities of several major e-reader devices. Some of our downloadable ebooks use Abobe Digital Editions to set expiration periods; here's a list of compatible devices. We do not provide support for loading ebooks onto your device.
We recommend these apps for reading most of our downloadable ebooks:
Looking for help with your ereader? Here's some books from our collection:
If the provider is listed as requiring Adobe Digital Editions, you'll need that software to move the downloaded ebook from your desktop/laptop to an ereader or mobile device. That will require installing the software and setting up an Adobe ID.
Provider | Format | Download? | DRM? |
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ACS Symposium Series | PDF, by chapter | Yes | No |
Ebook Central from ProQuest | PDF and EPUB | Yes | Yes, requires Adobe Digital Editions |
Ebooks on EBSCOhost | PDF by page | Some | Yes, requires Adobe Digital Editions |
Gale primary source and literary databases | PDF and images | Yes | No |
HathiTrust Digital Library | Yes, for out of copyright books | No | |
IEEE Xplore Digital Library | Yes | No | |
Knovel Online Interactive Library | PDF, by chapter | Yes | No |
National Academies Press | Yes, requires free registration | No | |
O'Reilly Safari Books Online | HTML and page image | Very few | Only when using the mobile app |
PsycBOOKS from EBSCOhost | PDF, by chapter | Yes | No |
SAGE Research Methods | Yes | No | |
ScienceDirect | PDF, by chapter | Yes | No |
Springer ebooks, including Lecture Notes | Yes | No | |
Synthesis Lecture Series from Morgan and Claypool | Yes | No | |
Wiley ebooks | PDF, by chapter | Yes | No |