eBooks & downloadables

 

WCC Library has eBooks and downloadable audiobooks available for students, staff and faculty. We have a large range of titles to choose from, everything from the classics like Jane Austen to computer technology manuals. We also support a variety of formats (WMA, mP3, ePub, .PDF) that can be used on a wide range of devices (Nooks, Sony eReader, Kindle, Android, and more).

Our librarians are available to assist you in connecting to and downloading content.

EBSCO eBooksebraryOnline-Only eBooksFree eBooksAudio Books

eBook Collection – EBSCO

Read EBSCO eBooks in your browser by clicking the “eBook Full Text” link below each book title in your results list, or …

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Download EBSCO eBooks onto your portable devices or to read offline

1.  Sign in to your My EBSCOhost account. If you don’t have one, you’ll need to make one.
2.  Click “Download” from your results list (or from a detailed record view).
3.  Select your preferred checkout period and click “Checkout & Download”.
4.  A window will prompt you for which program to use to open the eBook.  You will need to have Adobe® Digital Editions installed on your computer to read or transfer your eBook to your eReader.
4.  Drag and drop titles to your portable device (list of supported devices)* from within Adobe® Digital Editions.
5.  Read offline at your desktop or with an eReader.  Enjoy!

Additional information on eBooks can be found in EBSCO Help

 

*In order for a portable device to be used with eBooks on EBSCO, it must be compatible with Adobe® Digital Editions (available for free).

ebrary logoA growing collection of eBooks from ebrary is now available spanning many academic subject areas.  

  • ebrary – on campus link — and

  • ebrary – off campus link

    • Download an entire eBook for up to 14 days in Adobe® Digital Editions format.

    Kindle users can download up to 60 pages as a .pdf for use on their Kindle device or app or any .pdf enabled device.

    Please see the “Quick Guide” and the training video, or visit the online training site for further support and troubleshooting.

    Some of the eBooks the library subscribes to can only be read online — downloading isn’t an option for these.

    Searchable Collections

  • Credo Reference — 600 eBooks to read online in a large number of subjects including Art, Business, Food & Beverage, General Reference, Geography, History, Language, Law, Literature, Medicine, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Social Sciences, and Technology.

  • eLibrary — More than 200 full-text reference books such as The World Almanac; dictionaries and encyclopedias of science, history, arts and culture; and the DK Eyewitness series.

  • Gale Virtual Reference Library — 15 full-text reference books, including the Encyclopedia of Education, the Encyclopedia of Religion, and the Encyclopedia of World Biography.

  • Salem Health — Five medical encyclopedias: Magill’s Medical Guide, and four from Salem Health: Cancer, Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Genetics & Inherited Conditions, and Infectious Diseases & Conditions.
     

     

    Additional Single Titles

  • Encyclopedia Britannica

    • Washington State Library’s listing of free eBooks, including Bookboon, Feedbooks, and more.

    • Google Books – Digitized books and periodicals. Use the Advanced Book Search interface to limit to items that can be read in full online for free. On the Search line, select “Full view only.“

    • HathiTrust Digital Library – Joint repository of digitized items by a consortium of major universities.

    • Project Gutenberg – Thousands of digitized books, all freely available.

    • Open Library – A project of the non-profit Internet Archive.

    • The Library of Congress has also produced a guide on searching for eBook content within their catalog.

       

    Download or Listen Online to OneClickdigital Audiobooks

    Search the eAudiobook Collection.

    For help getting started, see OneClickdigital’s  Help for downloading and using eAudiobooks.

    Freely available online

    Washington State Library’s Public Portal for eAudiobooks.

    LibriVox contains freely recorded audiobooks of public domain material.

    The Internet Archive also has a section where you can “Listen to free audio books and poetry recordings! This library of audio books and poetry features digital recordings and MP3′s from the Naropa Poetics Audio Archive, LibriVox, Project Gutenberg, Maria Lectrix, and Internet Archive users.”

    Our Reference Librarians (383-3285 | Chat | libref@whatcom.ctc.edu ) are always there to help you get the most out of this resource and to answer any questions you may have about downloading to your device.

    Rowena McKernan

    Ro is an instructional librarian and would love to answer any questions you may have. Email her at rmckernan@whatcom.ctc.edu