eBooks at UMass Amherst Libraries

ADOBE DIGITAL EDITIONS FOR PCS, MACS AND WINDOWS-RUNNING DEVICES

Link:  http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions

ADE provides free digital rights management and an e-book platform.  Your borrowed e-books stay with your ADE account and your copy of the software, so you must set it up on your own computer, not shared Library computers. Once set up, your account can be synched between multiple devices.

When you click to download (borrow) an eligible e-book, indicate in the pop-up box that the .acsm file (a "key" file for ADE, not the book itself) should open in Adobe Digital Editions. ADE opens in a separate window with the book displayed within. The actual pdf file will be stored in your computer.

EBSCO EBOOKS/NETLIBRARY

Description: All subjects, many publishers. They're all single-user books, so if a book has been borrowed or is being read online (until 30 minutes after the last click), it's not available to another user.
UMass holdings: At least 8,000 volumes from NetLibrary, and more.

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Find along with other books:

• Five College Catalog (limit to UMass e-books here -- specify e-book in format). Click the e-book title, then Click for call number and availability, then click the online link.
• WorldCat Local (be sure UMass owns it). Click the e-book title, then click the link.

Or search the Ebsco E-book database directly.

Read/Print:
Once you're viewing a book, here are your options.

Read Online
In the Ebsco screen, click eBook Full Text. Use the arrows to move from page to page. Page forward and zoom using bottom menu commands.

Print/Email/Save Up to 60 Pages
Click eBook Full Text. Go to the page you want, and click the printer on the right-hand menu. Indicate end page. Click Print PDF, or Send as Email. If printing or saving, next click Open with Adobe Acrobat. on the next screen, click the printer and either print, or, to save, indicate Adobe PDF in the drop-down printer menu. Note: Reading online "checks out" the ebook, making it unavailable to other users, for 30 minutes after you last click. The second user gets this message: "Sorry, this ebook is in use." 

Borrow/Download to Read Offline on Your Own Computer or Device
Requires Adobe Digital Editions (see left sidebar on this page) and Ebsco e-books account (click Sign In, upper right corner of Ebsco page).

1. Sign in to Ebsco
2. Click the Download This eBook button.
   a. If the button is absent, we don't have download rights. Read online instead.
   b. if you get "Sorry, this ebook is in use," try later.
3. Choose a loan period from 1-7 days after which the file will self-destruct. Click to Checkout and Download.
4. A pop-up window will say The eBook was checked out successfully. In the next pop-up, specify Adobe Digital Editions, then click OK. Your ADE window should open with the book in it. If not, open ADE to find the book.

BLUEFIRE FOR IPHONE, IPAD AND IPOD TOUCH
Borrowing library e-books on an IOS device requires BlueFire Reader synched to your Adobe Digital Editions account.

1. If you don't have one yet, create an ADE account on your computer. Allow for multiple devices.

2. If you don't have one yet, get an Apple ID.

3. Download Bluefire Reader on your IOS device. As prompted, authorized for use with Adobe ebooks using your ADE account.

4. When downloading your e-book, follow prompts to open in Bluefire.

Borrowing Ebsco e-books requires the Bluefire app.

Ebrary has created its own app for the Android.