Ebooks at Unitec Library

Using ProQuest Ebook Central E-books at Unitec Library

The majority of our e-books at Unitec are available through ProQuest Ebook Central.

1.  In the library catalogue record, look for the View Online section and click on the link beside 'Full-Text available at:'

2. Log-in with your Unitec user-name and password. NOTE: Your user-name here is your short user name (e.g. bloggj01 (students) or jbloggs (staff)).

3. The e-book should open. 

Click on 'Read Online'

OR

To go straight to a chapter, scroll down and click on the relevant chapter heading on the right-hand side. (Note: It is sometimes necessary to click on 'Show Subsections to see the chapter headings)

NOTE:  After reading an e-book for 5 minutes, you will likely be asked to borrow the e-book.  This is normal and at no cost to you.  You should accept.

4. Once you have opened the e-book or chapter, there is a 'Search within book' search box on the left hand side where you can search within the book for keywords (like searching in an index of a print book.)

At the top of the e-book, there are a range of buttons. The most useful ones are:

 Download the whole e-book (note: Requires Adobe Digital Editions software - see the 'Downloading Ebooks' page on this guide for more information.

Download the chapter you are looking at to PDF format.

 Print the page you are on or a range of pages

Highlight part of the text

Make a personal note on a part of the text

Enter a personal bookmark on the page you are looking at

 Change the font size of the page

For more information on using ProQuest Ebook Central ebooks, watch this video:

Downloading from a ProQuest Ebook Central e-book

Downloading a whole e-book

There are two possible ways to download a ProQuest Ebook Central e-book.

Option 1: Using Adobe Digital Editions

For downloading to computers and laptops, you need the free software Adobe Digital Editions.

For downloading to devices that have apps (for example phones, tablets, Kindle Fire), you need the Adobe Digital Editions app. 

Both of these options require you to create a free Adobe ID. 

Note: Ebooks are only able to be downloaded for up to 21 days (at a time).

Downloading to a Laptop/Computer

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Option 2: No extra software required

A few ProQuest Ebook Central e-books don't require you to use Adobe Digital Editions to download the e-book. In these cases, you should be able to download the e-book directly to PDF format.

Downloading a Chapter of a ProQuest Ebook Central e-book to PDF

It is often possible to download a whole chapter of an e-book.  Here are the steps.

1. Open the book by clicking on 'Read Online'. 

2. Go to the chapter you want to download.

3. Click on the icon. 

4. On the next screen, hit 'Continue'. 

The chapter you are in should now download to PDF format. 

Printing, Saving & Copying parts of Proquest Ebook Central e-books

For print books, you can photocopy the pages you like the look of. For e-books, the alternative is to print, save or copy the parts of the e-books that you need.

Each ProQuest Ebook Central e-book has a limit as to how many pages you can print or copy. Look for these limits on the front page of an e-book under Availability - for example

The allowed number of pages differ for each e-book. Please note that you are logged-in when using e-books so the software keeps track of the number of pages you have copied or downloaded to PDF over time. Also note that we require you to read the book before you can print, copy or download.

When the actual e-book is open, you can download a section or subsection of the book to PDF (and then print it or save it to your hard drive).  You can also copy parts of the e-book or print parts of the ebook.  These three things can be done using the buttons shown below. 

You will probably need to borrow the e-book (if you haven't already).  If you are prompted to do this, agree, and then click on the relevant print, copy or download to PDF button again.

Accessibility Options for ProQuest Ebook Central E-books

The majority of our e-books at Unitec are available through the ProQuest Ebook Central Platform.

If you need them, the following options are available:

* Having e-books read out in Accessibility Mode

* Increasing the font size in Accessibility Mode

* Compatibility with screen readers using JAWS (for Internet Explorer) and VoiceOver (for Safari) software

* Choice to turn on the OpenDyslexic typeface.

Should you require any of these options, talk to your Subject Librarian.