All OHSU eBook collections allow you to read eBooks using a web browser.For offline viewing most eBook providers allow users to print or download content. Additionally some eBook providers restrict the number of users who can read an online book simultaneously. The table below outlines options for each provider.
Collection Name | Printing | Downloading | Concurrent Users Allowed | E-Reader Software |
AccessAnesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Surgery | Print entire chapters | Download chapters as PDFs | Unlimited | Web browser & PDF viewer |
American Heart Association eBooks (ACLS, BLS, PALS) | Not available | eAccess Download Information | Unlimited | Web browser viewer or AHA eBook Reader app for computers, iOS, & Android devices |
Books@Ovid | Outputting Books@Ovid | Outputting Books@Ovid | Unlimited | Web browser & PDF viewer |
ClinicalKey for Nursing | Not available | Not available | Unlimited |
Web browser viewer only |
Elsevier ClinicalKey Books | Not available | Available after creating free account | Unlimited | Web browser viewer only |
EBSCOhost eBooks | Printing eBook pages | Download book | Varies by title | PDF viewer (ePub viewer available for select titles) |
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McGraw-Hill eBook Library | No printing restrictions | Download entire books as PDFs | Unlimited | Web browser & PDF viewer |
NCBI Bookshelf | No printing restrictions | Varies by publisher | Unlimited | Web browser, PubReader viewer, & PDF viewer |
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) eBooks | Print multiple pages at a time | Download chapters or entire books to mobile devices using the AAP eBooks Reader App | Unlimited | Web browser viewer & AAP eBooks Reader App for iOS & Android |
How to use the AAP eBooks Reader App | ||||
Oxford Scholarship Online | Printing | Saving chapters to PDF | Unlimited | Web browser & PDF viewer |
Pediatric Care Online | Print one page at a time | Not Available | Unlimited | Web browser viewer only |
ProQuest eBook Central | Printing and Downloading | Printing and Downloading | Varies by title | Web browser, PDF viewer, and Adobe Digital Editions for iOS & Android devices |
PsychiatryOnline | Not available | Not available | Unlimited | Web browser viewer only |
R2 Digital Library | Print entire chapters | Not available | Limited to 1 user at a time | Web browser viewer only |
Science Direct eBooks | No printing restrictions | How do I download articles and chapters? | Unlimited | PDF viewer only |
SpringerLink eBooks | No printing restrictions | Download chapters or entire books as PDFs or the entire book as an EPUB | Unlimited | PDF or EPUB viewer only |
Thieme MedOne Education | No printing restrictions | Download chapters as PDFs | Unlimited | Web browser & PDF viewer |
Wiley Online Library | No printing restrictions | Download chapters or entire books as PDFs | Unlimited | PDF viewer only |