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ProQuest Ebook Central: Platform Features

Search Results in Ebook Central

Search for books by entering a keyword, ISBN,Author or other terms into the the basic search box. E.g Engineering 
All the book relevant with term engineering will be shown in the result page.

Search Result Page

To find the exact keyword enter the quotes around the keyword phrases e.g "Manufacturing Engineering".   Your search results can be futher refined by Book Status, Year Published,Subject,language and author.

 

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In this page,you can perform full download,Read Online,view the Table of Contents and add your selected book to Bookshelf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Book Details Page

After you have completed your search, Ebook Central will take you to the Book Details Page where you can find important information about the book. Book details such as publisher, ISBN, BISAC subject headings and more are found on the right hand side. You can also view the availability of the book in the online library as well as a description of the book before you open it.

Read Online

The button and the link will open the Online Reader, allowing you to enjoy the book in full screen

Download Book

Download the book for online access.  You can use Adobe Digital Editions to read the book offline. Once the download period is up, the book will expire and automatically return to the online library.

Download PDF Chapter 
This link will take you to the Table of Contents

 

Online Allowances

These online allowances are per book and reset after a 24 hour period. As you copy pages, print or download pages in PDF, your online allowances will count down. Once you reach your limit, you will have to wait 24 hours before the allowances reset.

 

 

You can also save your book to your Bookshelf, share a link to the book and get a citation for the book. The citation feature will also allow you to export to RefWorks or Endnote/Citavi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

Scroll through the relevant chapters in the Table of Contents. The pages for each chapter is listed allowing you the option to download the chapter in PDF whilst keeping track of your online allowances. Clicking Read Online will open the Online Reader to that chapter.

 

Online allowances for Course Reserve eTextbooks

Please note that the online allowances for Course Reserve eTextbooks are not reset after a 24 hours.