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eBooks: About Ebsco eBooks

A guide to finding and using e-books at Atlantic Cape

About Ebsco eBooks

The Atlantic Cape libraries subscribe to three e-book packages from the vendor Ebsco:

  • eBook Collection
  • eBook Academic Collection
  • eBook Community College Collection

These three collections give us access to over 175,000 titles. These books can be read online, or 'borrowed,' and downloaded to a desktop, laptop, or mobile device for off-line reading.

Learn more about borrowing Ebsco eBooks.

Using Ebsco eBooks Online

You can search the eBook databases and read ebooks in the library or at any computer connected to the campus network.

You can search the eBook collections and read ebooks on any computer connected to the campus WiFi. Mobile devices, too.

If you are using your personal computer or mobile device,

You can search the Ebsco eBooks collections from any place where you have an Internet connection. You can use a desktop or laptop computer, or most mobile devices.

To access our eBook collections from off campus:

  • Make sure that your web browser meets the minimum requirements for EBSCO Interfaces. 
  • Make sure that you have javascript Campus Login band cookies enabled on your web browser.
  • When you connect to the collections from the library page, make sure that you use the Off Campus Login button.

Login required for off campus access  Off Campus access username and password can be found in Blackboard on the Institution Page section for Student Tools to Stay Connected at Atlantic Cape or you can Contact the library for username and password.

Search Atlantic Cape eBook Collections

eBook Collections

padlock Requires login when off campus

Features of the EBSCO eBook Collection

  • Save a list of favorite ebooks to your free My EBSCOhost account for easy access.
  • Get a citation in multiple formats, including APA and MLA.
  • Save notes on ebooks to your free My EBSCOhost account.
  • 'Borrow' ebooks and download to a mobile device.
  • View ebook Table of Contents from search Result List.
  • Navigate to ebook chapters or sections directly from Result List and Detailed Record.
  • Search within a book for specific terms, yielding a list of hyperlinked pages.
  • Create notes and retain links to the ebook pages viewed when notes were added.

Credits

This guide was originally developed by Michael Stirm for the Atlantic Cape Libraries, and has been extensively adapted by Leslie Murtha.
Originally published 2011. Revised 2018. Updated by Robert Mast, Spring 2020.