ebrary Knowledge Base

OVERVIEW of download options (start here!)

On most ebrary sites, ebrary now offers the following two download options for offline access to ebrary content:

• Create an image PDF of a specific chapter or page range
  Learn more:  http://support.ebrary.com/?p=655 
  • Same page limits as for printing.
  • Accessible on most computers and devices, including the Kindle.
  • Additional (free) software is typically not needed.
  • Files do not expire.
  • Unfortunately the image quality is somewhat reduced in these PDFs.

• Download an entire document as an e-book in Adobe Digital Editions
  Learn more:  http://support.ebrary.com/?p=687 
  • Patrons first need to install Adobe Digital Editions (free online).
  • Accessible on most computers and devices, but not the Kindle.
  • Up to 10 documents at a time per patron.
  • By default, full-document downloading is only available for multi-user documents (not single-user-only documents), but admins can override this setting.
  • Multi-user documents can be full-document downloaded for 14 days*.
  • If allowed, single-user-only documents can be full-document downloaded for 7 days*.
  • Some publishers prohibit full-document downloading of their documents.  See here for a list: http://support.ebrary.com/?p=868

* These check-out times are currently not configurable.

Note: both types of downloading are triggers for purchase in Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA).

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