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E-Book Collections Available at the SRJC Libraries

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An e-book is a digital version of a print book, containing the same words and images that you would find in its print counterpart. These e-book collections are available to SRJC students, faculty and staff.

SRJC ID and PIN are required for off campus access. Visit each page of this guide for in-depth information about the features of several e-book publications or begin searching the collections from the links below.

  • ABC-CLIO eBooks
    A digital collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks and guides that is cross-searchable. Topics include American history, military history, and economics.
  • eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
    A large selection of multidisciplinary e-book titles representing a broad range of academic subject matters. More than 97,400 titles represent subject coverage included in: Art, Business & Economics, Education, Language Arts, Literary Criticism, Health and Medicine, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Poetry, Political Science, Religion, Social Science, Technology & Engineering, and more. New titles are continuously added each month.
  • eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
    Search the full text of a collection of electronic books that you can read online. There are over 24,000 books in subject areas including Psychology, Sociology, Literature, Business & Economics, Computer Science, Education, History, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Health & Wellness, and more.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Center
    A reference library contains the full-text of several titles in the areas of history, medicine, religion, science and social science.
  • Sage Knowledge Online
    A collection of over 50 subject-focused encyclopedias and handbooks that cover a wide range of topics, from African American Studies through Environment and Politics to Sociology.
 

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Macs and Adobe Acrobat Reader

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If you are having problems reading e-books

using Adobe Acrobat on your Mac, try this PDF browser plugin:

1. Download at http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/

2. Open the .dmg file

3. Copy PDF Browser Plugin to the Library/Internet Plug-Ins folder of your hard drive.

Once installed, the plug-in should work with without additional configuration.

 

Macs and Firefox

Problem: 

When reading EBSCO's eBook Collection on a Mac with Firefox, each page is being individually downloaded.

Solution:

Check if Display PDF in browser window is enabled. If not:

1. Open Adobe Reader

2. Go to Edit, choose Preferences

3. Under Categories, choose Internet

4. To the right under Web Browser Options, check the option “Display PDF in browser”.

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