Ebook Central
In Ebook Central you will find books in many different subject areas.
Searching for e-books from Ebook Central
The easiest way to find e-books from Ebook Central is in the library search tool Primo, using subject or title as criteria. In Primo you delimit your search to Fulltext - Books to find the e-books.
You can also do a direct search in the Ebook Central database.
Reading e-books
You can read Ebook Central e-books online or log on with your SEDU account and download them offline in pdf or e-pub format using the Ebook Central Reader App.
The app can be installed by all students at SEDU. Employees at SEDU have to do it through IT Service.
Downloading
Follow these steps when downloading an e-book from Ebook Central for offline reading.
- Make sure you are logged in with your SEDU account when at the Ebook Central site.
- Find the book you want to download and click Download book.
- Choose your loan period (between 1 and 28 days).
- If the app is not installed yet you will be transferred to a page and prompted to download the app. You will receive a seven digit code.
- Choose type of device for reading and download the app.
- Open the app and register the seven digit code.
- Begin your reading!
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You can register up to six different devices. You can continue your reading where you left off even if you switch devices.
If the book is on loan
Most of the Ebook Central e-books are multi-reader.
Occasional books can have a limited number of simoultaneous users, depending of publisher, and then a book can have the max loan status. You can queue up for it and will get an e-mail when the book is available.
The loan period can vary between 1 and 28 days depending on publisher.
Notes, strikeouts and bookmarks
When logged in to Ebook Central and reading an e-book online you can do bookmarks and strikeouts, copying, mailing and printing. How many pages you can print will appear with each title under the header "Availability".
In the app it is currently possible to do bookmarking. Strikeouts and notes will work in future versions.