Ebook Library (EBL) provides 24/7, multi-user access to an online collection of books in a wide range of subject areas. Titles can be browsed, read online, downloaded to a PC or laptop, or transferred to Palm-based PDAs.  The EBL site is searchable using keyword, full text, or advanced search options, or by browsing lists of books by category.  One may search within an individual EBL title or across all owned EBL titles.  Printing and copy/paste are allowed within the following restrictions:  print up to 20% of a title or copy-and-paste up to 5% of a title.  In most instances, EBL allows more than one user to access a title at the same time. Also, the maximum number of uses of a book is generally set at 325 loans per book per year. All EBL titles are fully cataloged in BISON.

For help using EBL, please see EBL's Ebook Library User Guide.

Internet Explorer users, please note the following steps to take to stop the Information bar from blocking your file downloads:

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options.
3. Click the Security tab, and then click Custom level.
4. To turn off the Information bar for file downloads, scroll to the Downloads section of the list, and then, under “Automatic prompting for file downloads,” click Enable. Click OK, click Yes to confirm that you want to make the change, and then click OK again.

Most of the books in EBL are not duplicated in print in the UB Libraries; to check for those that are, use University Libraries’ online catalog, BISON.