How to Download Ebooks from SVA Library: On a Computer
Instructions
Most ebooks allow you to read the full text directly in the database interface. If you want to download the ebook file to your computer to read later, you’ll need Adobe Digital Editions.
Create a free Adobe ID to use with Adobe Digital Editions on your computer and/or mobile device.
Download Adobe Digital Editions for your computer.
Search for ebooks in Ebook Central or SVA Library’s Prism Search.
Open the item record for the ebook you want to read, and choose to Read Online or Download. Reading online can be done in your browser with an internet connection. Select Download if you want to download the ebook to your computer for offline reading.
After you click Download, select which device you are using:
Then, follow the link to download Adobe Digital Editions if you haven't already, or click Done with this step:
Select the length of time you'd like to borrow the ebook. When the loan period is up, you will no longer be able to open the downloaded file.
Click download, and the ebook file in ACSM format will be saved to your Downloads folder. Open Adobe Digital Editions, and then open your Downloads folder and drag the ACSM ebook file into the program.
You can open the ebook in Adobe Digital Editions either with or without an Adobe ID. Signing in with your Adobe ID will sync any checked out items to other devices where you have downloaded Adobe Digital Editions. Opening the ebook without an Adobe ID means that title will only be locally accessible on the single machine you are downloading it to.
Your ebook will appear in your Adobe Digital Editions library for the length of its checkout period.
Ebook Databases
- Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Ebook Central's Academic Complete collection contains over 207,000 multidisciplinary ebooks with unlimited, multi-user access, powerful research tools and DRM-free chapter downloads.
- ACLS Humanities Ebook Collection This link opens in a new window
ACLS Humanities E-Book is an online, fully searchable collection of over 5,500 books of high quality in the humanities and related social sciences. Users may also access online book reviews from the major journals.
*Note that most ACLS Humanities ebooks cannot be downloaded and must be read in the database interface with an Internet connection.
- Open Access Monograph Collection This link opens in a new window
This is a DRM-free collection of thousands of Open Access ebooks from university presses and scholarly publishers including University of Michigan Press, Taylor & Francis and Temple University Press.
- Art & Architecture Source This link opens in a new window
Formerly Art Source. Offers broad coverage of art topics, including painting, photography, sculpture advertising art, art history, film, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design archaeology, architecture, decorative arts, folk art, textiles and more. Full text access to over 630 art and design journals with coverage from 1929 to the present.
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new window