E-books

Use LibSearch (external link) to search for e-books. If you already know the title or author of the book, use these as search terms. If you want to see which e-books the library has in a particular subject area, you can filter the results in LibSearch by Source type - eBooks.

You can access all e-books from home with the help of your university log in. You do not need a library card.

You can read an e-book online. Sometimes you can also download an e-book and read it offline. The possibility of downloading, and the loan period time, vary.

To download an e-book that has Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection, you often need to create an account in the specific database or with the provider where the e-book is available. You also need a special program to read the e-book. When the loan period is over, you will not be able to open the file and you need to download the e-book again.

Depending on the type of licence the e-book has, the number of people who can read a book simultaneously can vary between one to an unlimited number of users. This information is available in the information about the e-book in LibSearch. If you have questions, please contact the library for assistance.

Sometimes it is possible to print out a limited amount of an e-book for your own personal use. You will find more information on Libsearch's page about the e-book or at the publisher's website.

Depending on which provider the e-book comes from, there may be an option to listen to the e-book directly in the browser. Note that not all providers offer the possibility to listen to an e-book.

You can also listen to e-books using the program TorTalk. TorTalk is a text-to-speech software, and you can download the program from the TorTalk website. To use TorTalk, you need an activation code, which you can obtain by filling out the activation code form for TorTalk in the Student Portal.