How to Access Electronic Books

Our e-books collections

Unitec subscribes to two collections of electronic books, distributed by organisations named Ebrary and Books24x7. There are over 17,000 books in Ebrary, on a wide variety of topics. Books24x7 is an IT- focused collection containing over 3000 books. For more information about using the e-books collections see our Guide to e-books (pdf) and the Ebrary patron user guide (pdf).

Search for e-books via the Library Catalogue

Links to thousands of electronic books can be found on the Library Catalogue. You will often come across them in a normal Catalogue search. Follow the steps below if you want to restrict your search to electronic books only.

First set your search limits as follows:

1. Go to the Library Catalogue Basic Search screen and click the More Limits button on the lower right corner of the search box.
2. Set limits as illustrated below: i.e. Select 'Electronic Library items' under the Location/Collection limit, and 'Book' under the Type/Format limit.
3. Click the 'Set Limits' button and you will be taken back to the Basic Search screen.

Once the limits are set search for e-books and view them as follows:

1. In the search box type in your search terms in the usual way, e.g. the book title or author or keywords.
2. Click the Search button and browse the search results for the title you are looking for.
3. Click on the title and the brief record will display.
4. A link to the e-book will display under Linked Resources/URL - click the link to view the e-book.