{"id":3107,"date":"2013-02-04T15:04:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T20:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/?page_id=3107"},"modified":"2025-07-08T11:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T15:03:05","slug":"ebrary-access","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/ebrary-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Options for accessing Ebook Central ebook content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly all of the ~100,000 electronic books available <em>via<\/em> the <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.bates.edu\/ebrary\">Ebook Central\u00a0Academic Collection<\/a> can be accessed in any of four ways:<\/p>\n<h3>1. Access directly from your browser.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>After identifying an Ebook Central book from either a library catalog search or a search of the Ebook Central site itself, you can simply select the link to the book of interest to open it for viewing in your web browser.<\/li>\n<li>With browser navigation, you can advance a page at a time, skip to a desired page or navigate through the book using the table of contents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Print\u00a0or download a specific chapter or page range.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the link for the Ebook Central\u00a0book in the library catalog.<\/li>\n<li>From the e-book details page, select the &#8220;Read Online&#8221; button on the left of the screen.<\/li>\n<li>Select the &#8220;Chapter Download&#8221; button from the menu banner at the top of the screen and indicate the chapter or page range you&#8217;d like to print.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/02\/2015-07-16_1203.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6057\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/02\/2015-07-16_1203.png\" alt=\"Selecting the chapter download button\" width=\"819\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/02\/2015-07-16_1203.png 819w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/02\/2015-07-16_1203-400x77.png 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/02\/2015-07-16_1203-200x39.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of chapters or pages available per download per session is indicated on the details page for the book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. \u00a0Download the entire book to a desktop\/laptop or personal device.<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 14px;\">Note: A personal Ebook Central\u00a0account and <a title=\"ADE page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/digital-editions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adobe Digital Editions<\/a> (ADE) account registration are required.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em; font-size: 14px;\">Also Note: This WILL NOT WORK with general access campus workstations.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select the link for the Ebook Central\u00a0book in the library catalog.<\/li>\n<li>Select the\u00a0&#8220;Full Download&#8221; button. \u00a0Follow the onscreen prompts for logging in to your Ebook Central\u00a0account, installing Adobe Digital Editions (if necessary) and downloading the book to your computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/02\/2015-07-16_1215.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6056 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/02\/2015-07-16_1215.png\" alt=\"2015-07-16_1215\" width=\"758\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/02\/2015-07-16_1215.png 758w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/02\/2015-07-16_1215-400x280.png 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/02\/2015-07-16_1215-200x140.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are not already logged in to the Ebook Central\u00a0site, you will be prompted to do so now.<\/li>\n<li>Follow the onscreen instructions for selecting your device type (i.e. laptop\/desktop, iOS device, Android device, other), installing Adobe Digital Editions (if not already installed), and downloading your e-book selection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly all of the ~100,000 electronic books available via the Ebook Central\u00a0Academic&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-3107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3107"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10542,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3107\/revisions\/10542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}