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Ebooks at the CSUSB Libraries: EBSCOhost eBooks

How ebooks from Pfau Library work, including download options.

EBSCOhost Ebooks

User Limits?

Yes, usually 1 or 3 users.

Link to it!

Instructors, you can link to Pfau Library ebooks in your Blackboard course pages!

Special handling is required to ensure off-campus access. Please check our instructions on Linking to Library Resources: Ebooks.

Steps: Download a portion of a book

Display the full text of the EBSCOhost ebook, then look on right side of the page for the table of contents. A download icon will appear next to every chapter:

Table of contents showing Preface, Acknowledgements, and Chapters 1, 2, and 3, with download icons next to each one. Chapter 2 is highlighted.

You will see the download options in a new dialog box. You can choose to do the entire chapter, or you can specify a page range:

Download options for this book, with Chapter 2 chosen for PDF.

In most cases, there is no option to download the entire book.