Q. How do I access e-books?
Search for your book (title and author/editor) in the following places:
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Library Search - Select ‘e-books’ or ‘Electronic Books’ before you start searching.
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Senate House Library - You can access Senate House e-resources from home (for free). Register or renew online if you do not have a current Senate House Library account.
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Search engines - Check on Google or another search engine. Try using '.pdf' in your search, but watch out for copyright infringements.
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Free e-book collections, for example, Project Gutenberg.
If none of these steps give you access, you can do the following:
- Check Proquest E-book Collection to see if the e-book is available to rent. E-books that are available for rental will be marked as “Available on request”. Click on the title of the e-book. You will see the option to either “read this book” for 5 minutes or “request this book”. We will let you know if your rental has been approved.
- Suggest the book for purchase or email your Subject Librarian.
- Check out some of our alternative e-resources on the same topic on Library Search or on our Subject Guides.