When using E-books, it is important to know that you do NOT need to download E-books for general reading purposes. You can view online or on your device. Reading E-books will resize and are formatted to work on any device, smartphone, or tablet. It may perhaps be more challenging to read on mobile phones but it can be done. We actually do not recommend downloading E-books at all, even on laptos. We do recommend just reading the work whatever device you are using. If you need to download, please email reference@hc.edu and let us know about your needs.
The library has two E-book collections: EBSCO Academic E-books and Ebook Central (ProQuest). The easiest way to find E-books is to go to the Library's Database page and click the Need E-books option.
You will see a PDF button for EBSCO E-books that you find.
Before accessing:
You may also see citations that look like this from EBSCO:
In this case, click the EPUB button.
Go to Ebook Central (formerly known as ebrary) and click Sign In with your HCU Network ID and password. Results will look something like this:
Click on the "An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web' click to view" button. Next, you will see this:
Just click Read Online. It doesn't get any more simple than that!