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eBooks at CSIRO

Learn how to find and access eBooks, with specific guidance and support for the main eBook formats.


Access and authentication ProQuest Ebook Central. IP recognition on site, CSIRO ident and MFA required offsite.

Digital Rights Management (DRM)?

 Yes. Restricted printing and copying. The download maximum for whole books varies from 3 to 21 days, depending on the publisher.
Formats available     Read online (desktops, tablets and laptops, NOT phones). PDF for chapter downloads and EPub for whole book downloads (whole book downloads available on phones).
Downloading Yes. Download limits are displayed on the detail page. Book sections can be downloaded as pdfs and kept indefinitely. Whole books are available as full downloads to EPub for between 3 and 21 days. EPub requires Adobe Digital Editions.
Read online Yes. Unlimited read online.
Print Yes. Page limits are displayed on the detail page.
Accessibility

Ebook Central is designed for accessibility needs, especially for the blind and visually impaired. Users can toggle accessibility mode themselves. For further information see Ebook Central: Text Only Mode for Screen Readers.
Further Support ProQuest Ebook Central user guide.

Reading online

Note: Your read online session begins when you click your institution’s link to ProQuest. Read online sessions are indefinite unless you are inactive from engaging with the resource for 30 minutes or longer, or exit the resource.


To read online, select the Read Online links on the details page of the book, or select a section from the Table of Contents.

Two rectangular 'Read Online' buttons are highlighted with a red rectangle. Both buttons allow the user to access the document online

Read online navigation

Selecting Read Online allows you to interact with the online book via the expandable Table of Contents and navigation panel. Expand your book to full screen by closing the navigation panel. You can also:

  • Search within the book. Click on the chapter name to see the results per page and a contextual snippit.
  • View and manage your annotations including highlighted sections, notes or bookmarked pages (Star icon).

 

An X close button located in the top right-hand corner is encircled by a red circle. Two red circles outline the Table of Contents and star icon on the left hand side, which provide access to the book's content and any personal annotations. Finally, the search box located at the bottom of the navigation panel is circled with a red outline.

Downloading

Download a chapter

Choose Download PDF Chapter or scroll down to the table of contents and select the Download PDF button.

You can also download a chapter or part of the book from within the read online view.

  • select the PDF icon to download the chapter
  • select the Printer icon to download a page range

Download an entire book (where available)

To download eBooks for offline access, you will need Adobe Digital Editions or a similar e-reader that supports Adobe DRM. Please read the Digital Rights Management page for more information about Downloading eBooks with DRM.

Printing and copying

Printing and copying allowances are displayed on the Book Details page. This is the first page that will display once you have selected a title you wish to look at:

Note: Once you have printed/chapter downloaded a page, the allowance automatically counts down. For most books, the allowance will reset after 24 hours, giving you the full number of pages to copy/print/download again. A small number of books have a lifetime copy/print/download allowance.