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Download for Checkout

Some platforms such as EBSCOhost provide an option to download an entire book for a loan period. This session will describe these platforms, the collections that are available on them, the digital rights management software required, and how to transfer the book to a mobile device.

• Speaker: Christine Jewell• Location: Davis Conference Room - DC 1568• Date: Friday March 23rd

• Time: 9:30 am

Download for CheckoutBorrow ebooks to read on

your mobile device

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Agenda

1. Overview2. Content• Platforms that support borrowing• Collections available on these platforms• Adobe Digital Editions software • Steps for transfer to device

3. Questions & Discussion

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Overview:Outside our Scope Today

• Fully downloadable public domain titles• eBooks with portions that are downloadable– Limited by copyright restrictions– Including books on Scholars Portal

• Chapter downloads – Publisher platforms, e.g. SpringerLink

• Copy and paste to download

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Overview: What will be Covered

• Ebooks that can be downloaded for checkout– Platforms that provide this option– Collections available on these platforms

• Procedures– Digital rights management (DRM)– Getting it on your reader

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Platforms

• EBL• Ebrary• EBSCOhost

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Collections • Ebooks on EBSCOhost (previously NetLibrary)

– one user at a time, no early returns, loan period 1 – 21 days

• Canadian Electronic Library ebrary – Canadian Publishers Collection

• Over 60 leading Canadian publishers, over 10,000 titles

– Canadian Public Policy Collection• over 16,000 titles from public interest groups

• Publisher packages ebrary– Taylor & Francis 11,697 + – Cambridge 2,431 + – Oxford 5,038 +– Springer

• Titles individually selected by selectors and e-reserves– EBL, ebrary

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EBSCOhost

• Collections– OCUL NetLibrary collections

• Individual account – Create a MyEBSCOhost account

• Can be used on any EBSCOhost databases• Log into your MyEBSCOhost to download

• Loan period– 21 days for OCUL purchased; 7 for locally purchased– Warning: no early returns on EBSCOhost

• Though they have promised to correct this

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Ebooks on EBSCOhost

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ebrary

– Collections• Individually selected

– Users determined by selector

• CRKN packages– Unlimited

• Not all titles are downloadable– E.g. Duke University Press

– Create an individual ebrary account• Login required in order to download

– Loan period• 14 days• Can be returned early

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ebrary

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EBL

– Proxy log-in required, even on campus– Collections

• Individually selected and e-reserves• Non-linear lending model (effectively unlimited)

– Loan period• Usually 1 – 7 days• Sometimes only 1 day

– Personal account• Includes your bookshelf that keeps track of your recently

accessed items

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EBL

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Digital Rights Management (DRM)• Adobe Digital Editions (ADE)

1. Download software to personal computer2. Create an Adobe ID3. Authorize the computer• Up to 6 computers/devices can be authorized

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Transfer to your Device• Connect your device – ADE will list it as one of the

bookshelves– ADE will prompt

authorization

• Supported devices – Not supported

• Kindle• iPAD/iPhone, • Blackberry Playbook• Android

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Adobe Digital Editions (ADE)

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Simply drag and drop the book onto the device bookshelf

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iOS

• iPad, iPhone– These don’t show up as a bookshelf in ADE– Get the free Bluefire app from the app store– Connect device to computer with iTunes and ADE• Select device• Open the Apps tab• Bluefire will be listed in the File Sharing section• Click on “add” and go to My Digital Editions folder• Select the title

– Selected book is transferred to device

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Useful Links

• EBSCOhost Downloading Tutorials• ebrary’s Download Feature• Digital Editions Supported Devices• Bluefire Reader Support Center• Aldiko Book Reader Android app