There are several ways to read ebooks online -- the methods differ from platform to platform. This page will offer an overview of online reading with information about three major ebook platforms. Each platform provides an option to save ebooks to an online account for later access.
We highly recommend that you read entire books online, and then save them for further reading. Both Ebook Central and EBSCO require additional software for offline reading of entire books.
If you will be reading just a few pages or a chapter, then downloading (as PDF) and reading offline is quite simple.
Methods for reading books and chapters from ebooks online differ by the platform (or database):
|
Database |
Read a chapter? |
Account needed to read a chapter? |
Read entire book? |
Account needed to read entire ebook? |
Save book for later? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
as .PDF |
no, but must be signed in via HWS |
yes (some limits) |
no, but must be signed in via HWS |
yes (to Bookshelf) |
|
|
as .PDF |
no, but must be signed in via HWS |
yes (but only chapter by chapter) |
no, but must be signed in via HWS |
yes (to Workspace) |
|
|
as .PDF (some limits) |
yes (free EBSCO account) |
yes (limits) |
yes (free EBSCO account) | yes (to Folder) |
