1. Download for Checkout
Some platforms provide an option to download
an entire book for a loan period. This session
will describe these platforms, the collections
that are available on them, the digital rights
management software required, and how to
transfer the book to a mobile device.
Christine Jewell, University of Waterloo Library
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2. Download for Checkout
Borrow ebooks to read on
your mobile device

3. Agenda
• Platforms that support borrowing
• Collections available on these platforms
• Adobe Digital Editions software
• Steps for transfer to device
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4. Overview:
Outside our Scope Today
• Fully downloadable public domain titles
• eBooks with portions that are downloadable
– Limited by copyright restrictions
– Including books on Scholars Portal
• Chapter downloads
– Publisher platforms, e.g. SpringerLink
• Copy and paste to download
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5. Overview:
What will be Covered
• Ebooks that can be downloaded for checkout
– Platforms that provide this option
– Collections available on these platforms
• Procedures
– Digital rights management (DRM)
– Getting it on your reader
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6. Platforms
• EBSCOhost
• ebrary
• EBL
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7. Collections
• Ebooks on EBSCOhost (previously NetLibrary)
– Mostly one user at a time, no early returns, loan period up to 7 or 21 days
• Canadian Electronic Library ebrary
– Canadian Publishers Collection
• Over 60 leading Canadian publishers, over 10,000 titles
– Canadian Public Policy Collection
• over 16,000 titles from public interest groups
• Publisher packages CRKN ebrary
– Taylor & Francis 11,697 +
– Cambridge 2,431 +
– Oxford 5,038 +
– Springer
• Titles individually selected by selectors and e-reserves
– EBL, ebrary
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8. EBSCOhost
• Collections
– OCUL NetLibrary collections
– Individually selected
• User account
– Create a MyEBSCOhost account
• Can be used on any EBSCOhost databases
• Log into your MyEBSCOhost to download
• Loan period
– 21 days for OCUL purchased; 7 for locally purchased
– Warning: no early returns on EBSCOhost
• Though they have promised to correct this
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9. ebrary
– Collections
• Individually selected
– Users determined by selector
• CRKN packages
– Unlimited
• Not all titles are downloadable
– E.g. Duke University Press
– Create an individual ebrary account
• Login required in order to download
– Loan period
• 14 days
• Can be returned early
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10. EBL
– Proxy log-in required, even on campus
– Collections
• Individually selected and e-reserves
• Non-linear lending model (effectively unlimited)
– Loan period
• Usually 1 – 7 days
• Sometimes only 1 day
– Personal account
• Includes your bookshelf that keeps track of your recently
accessed items
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11. Digital Rights Management (DRM)
• Adobe Digital Editions (ADE)
1. Download software to personal computer
2. Create an Adobe ID
3. Authorize the computer
• Up to 6 computers/devices can be authorized
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12. Transfer to your Device
• Connect your device
– ADE will list it as one of
the bookshelves
– ADE will prompt
authorization
• Supported devices
– Not supported
• Kindle
• iPAD/iPhone,
• Blackberry Playbook
• Android
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13. Adobe Digital Editions (ADE)
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14. iOS
• iPad, iPhone
– These don’t show up as a bookshelf in ADE
– Get the free Bluefire app from the app store
– Connect device to computer with iTunes and ADE
• Select device
• Open the Apps tab
• Bluefire will be listed in the File Sharing section
• Click on “add” and go to My Digital Editions folder
• Select the title
– Selected book is transferred to device
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15. Useful Links
• EBSCOhost Downloading Tutorials
• ebrary’s Download Feature
• Digital Editions Supported Devices
• Bluefire Reader Support Center
• Aldiko Book Reader Android app
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