ProQuest Ebook Central is your ultimate Ebook Platform providing breadth and depth of authoritative content, courtesy of your institution.
For more information about purchasing ebooks and adding major collections within Ebook Central, navigate to the Content Page.
Ebook Central Research Assistant: The Ebook Central Research Assistant is officially live, offering students enhanced research support powered by responsibly developed AI. In this FAQ please see details about the AI-powered Research Assistant in Ebook Central. You are welcome to register for webinars meant for end-users.
Changes to Ebook Central’s online reader: Starting May 1, 2025, the Ebook Central platform will prioritize EPUBs, making EPUB the default display format in the online reader instead of PDF. This EPUB Preferred initiative is part of our ongoing commitment to create a more accessible, user-friendly experience on the platform. Learn more about this upcoming change in our FAQ article. If needed, please also see How do I update a page-specific link that is not resolving correctly after the change to EPUB Preferred?
This session will showcase how to discover relevant titles, how to utilize the online reader and bookshelf functionalities and how to perform downloads. Duration: 34 minutes
This session will showcase the importance and regulations of accessibility, how to navigate the accessibility features of Ebook Central and locate text-to-speech and screen reader software. Duration: 33 minutes
This session will cover how to locate titles applicable to your courses, create lists of books and share them with others, and discover Ebook Central helpful online reader tools. Duration: 32 minutes
This session will cover upcoming features in Ebook Central. Duration: 31 minutes
This session covers using Ebook Central to create and share online course reading lists, subject or topic focused ebook collections, and new title lists. Duration: 4 minutes.
Ebook Central Online Reader
This session will showcase how to use Ebook Central's online reader functionalities such as searching through the book, annotating, printing, downloading and chapter downloading. It will detail the differences between the EPUB reader and the PDF reader. Duration: 6 minutes
Ebook Central Downloading
This session covers differentiating between a Chapter Download and a Full Download in Ebook Central. It will also cover Adobe Digital Editions, a third party software, used to download books from Ebook Central for offline access. Duration: 4 minutes
Place Holds on Ebook Central
This session covers placing a hold for a book in use, finding holds that you placed, and accessing your hold when it becomes available. Duration: 2 minutes
This sessions covers using the accessibility features, including activating Text Only Mode, the EPUB format and using screen readers. Duration: 6 minutes
