eBooks & Digitized Texts
The Library subscribes to an increasing number of eBooks, or electronic books, from a variety of suppliers and publishers. The entire texts are available online for users to search, browse, download and print sections from.
How do I find them?
Most eBooks have individual entries on the Library catalogue, so you can do title, author or keyword searches to find ebooks.
Digitized Texts
In addition, you can access collections of digitized texts using the links at our eResources and eJournals or the database pages, and then browse or search for available texts within the collection.
For instance the digitized texts held in:
EEBO: Early English Books Online
ECCO: Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Making of the Modern World: Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature 1450-1850
Do I need passwords to access them?
Our eBooks or digitised texts are available from Off-Site to ULRLS members who are University of London staff and students. You will not normally need a password for access when in the ULRLS libraries.
Copyright
Users should be aware that eBooks are covered by copyright legislation in the same way as printed books, and excessive downloading/printing is not permissible. Suppliers of these resources will monitor excessive copying and a screen message will warn the users concerned. Notification is also sent to Library staff to enable them to intervene if appropriate.
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