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, you often need to create an account in the specific database which contain the e-book.

When the loan period has expired, you will not be able to open the file. If you want to continue reading the book, you will need to download it again.

To be able to read a downloaded e-book, you will need Adobe Digital Editions for computers and an app like Aldiko for mobiles and tablets.

• Adobe Digital Edition (external link)
• Aldiko (external link)

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.