Download e-books with a limited loan period

Only one of the library's e-book vendors use DRM protection (Digital Rights Management) on their e-books. When you download DRM-protected books for offline reading you might experience some limitations in usability, such as how long you can keep the book and if you can choose which app you want to open the book with.

The DRM protection only applies when you download an e-book, not when you choose to read the book online in your browser. If you want to make annotations or highlights in the texts online, you need to use a computer and log in with a personal account.

Ebook Central

Download a temporary loan (up to 21 days) of an entire e-book

You can install the Ebook Central Reader App on up to 6 devices. The app is available for Windows, Android, macOS, and iOS. The app supports EPUB and PDF formats.

To install the Ebook Central Reader App, follow these steps:

1. Select Download Book from the book details page on the Ebook Central platform.
2. You will be prompted to log in to your Ebook Central account if you are not already logged in.
3. Select loan length.
4. You will be prompted to download the Ebook Central Reader App.
5. You will also see a code that you will need to use to register the app after downloading it.
6. Follow the instructions to download the app.
7. Open the app and enter the code.

When you are logged into your Ebook Central account on the Ebook Central platform, you can go to your profile and click on “Manage/Get Code”. On the “Manage Your Devices” page, you will see the device(s) you have registered. From there, you can also download the app to more devices and generate codes to register more devices. You will need to generate a new code for each device you install.

Download a part of a book permanently

1. Find the e-book that you want to download.
2. Use the Download PDF Chapter link, to download an entire chapter directly.
3. Select the chapter you want to download and click Download.
4. Open the PDF in your preferred PDF reader.