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E-Books by Collection

You can find ebooks from all of these collections in the catalog. Use this chart to find out what you will be allowed to do with the ebooks in the various collections that we have. )

NAME OF E-BOOK COLLECTION	VENDOR	CAN I DOWNLOAD?	CAN I PRINT/COPY?	CAN I MAKE NOTES?	IMPORTANT!
ABC Clio	ABC Clio	No	You may print the exact page you are viewing, the entire chapter you are viewing, or a range of pages within the chapter.	Yes, if you create an account.
ACLS Humanities E-Book	American Council of Learned Societies	Only titles that have a PDF option-- only 10 pages at a time.	Only titles that have a PDF option-- only 10 pages at a time.	No	You can print only for personal research use. Instructors may provide the permanent URL (on the title record page) and the page numbers to students; to copy pages for your course, you must apply directly to the original publisher for permission.
Cambridge Books Online	Cambridge University Press	Yes, one section at a time.	Yes, one section at a time.	No
Credo Reference	Credo Reference	Yes, one section at a time.	Yes, one section at a time.	No
Early American imprints. Series I, Evans (1639-1800)	Readex	Yes, one page at a time	Yes, one page at a time	No
EBSCOhost ebooks	EBSCO [platform with books from many publishers]	(1) You must create a free account and sign in whenever you want to download. (2) Some publishers only allow reading online and not downloading. (3) More information	Differs by publisher. (Help for printing/saving ebooks pages as PDF)	Yes, if are signed in.	(1) Each book can only be used by one person at a time! If the book is already checked out, note will say "this book is in use." (2) You cannot return it early. (3) On laptops and computers, free ADE (Adobe Digital Editions) software is required. For iPad or Android, use free Bluefire app from iTunes. (4) Different publishers give different loan periods.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)	Gale	Yes, up to 250 pages at a time.	Yes, up to 250 pages at a time.	No
Gale Virtual Reference Library	Gale	Yes, 100%, chapter by chapter.	Yes, 100%, chapter by chapter.	No
JSTOR	JSTOR [Platform has books from many publishers]	Yes, 100%, chapter by chapter.	Yes, 100%, chapter by chapter.	No
Oxford Biblical studies Online	Oxford University Press	No	Yes, 100%: Bible texts chapter by chapter; Reference works by article	No
Oxford Reference Online	Oxford University Press	Yes, each article separately.	No	If you create an account and sign in you can save articles and assign tags to them.
Oxford Handbooks Online	Oxford University Press	Yes, 100%, chapter by chapter.	Yes, 100%, chapter by chapter.	If you create an account and sign in you can save articles and assign tags to them.
Palgrave Connect	Palgrave	Yes, 100%	Yes, 100%	No
Project Gutenberg	Project Gutenberg	Yes, 100%	Yes, 100%	No
Project Muse UPCC	Johns Hopkins Univ. Press/UPCC (Univ. Press Content Consortium)	Yes, 100%, chapter by chapter.	Yes	No
Springer	Springer	Yes, 100%	Yes, 100%	No
Wiley	Wiley	Yes, 100%, chapter by chapter.	Yes, 100%, chapter by chapter.	No
Wright American Fiction	Indiana University	Yes, one page at a time	Yes, one page at a time	No