How do I download an eBook from one of the Library databases?
EBSCO, PROQUEST etc... let the user view eBooks in the browser but also download them.
Answer
Note: Due to publisher restrictions, some ebooks cannot be downloaded or only sections can be downloaded.
Here are the very basic steps to download an eBook:
Remember that off campus, prior to anything, you will be asked to authenticate with your AUP credentials.
- ADE = Adobe Digital Edition
- Download/install ADE Adobe Digital Editions on your personal laptop/PC. Note ADE ins't installed on AUP computers as unfortunately it isn't an application that can be deployed.
- Create an ADE account
- "Authorize Computer" ("Help" menu): enter you ADE credentials
- Library Database
- Sign on : prior to downloading an eBook, the database provider (EBSCO, Proquest...) will ask you to sign on; i.e. you need to create your account with the eBook vendor
- ! This sign on step is different from authentication with your AUP credentials when off campus; this is an extra step
- You will need to sign on on campus
- Exception: for Proquest (former eBrary), you sign on with your AUP credentials; whereas for EBSCO you need to create your own account.
- "Download" your ebook
- Select for how many days you need it (1 to 21 days)
- A file with and extension .acsm will be downloaded
- Sign on : prior to downloading an eBook, the database provider (EBSCO, Proquest...) will ask you to sign on; i.e. you need to create your account with the eBook vendor
- Launch ADE
- You should see the eBook in your Library or...
- ...You may have to "Add to Library" first via ADE "File" menu
- Locate the downloaded file
- Note: The books you download on one device will appear automatically across all the devices you have ADE on, provided you have "Authorize[d] [this] computer"