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Unlimited. You can download or print up to 100 pages of the book per login. 

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For 2 weeks. Use only when necessary, as this will prevent other users from accessing the title for the duration of the loan. You must have an Adobe Digital account and an EBSCO account in order to borrow the book.
For offline reading, the Adobe Digital Editions app (available for free) is required.
On mobile devices, it is available in the App Store or Google Play.
The borrowed book will only be downloaded to the device from which it was borrowed.

The books are purchased for permanent use, so you can also find them in the library on-line catalog Aleph and the Summon System.

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The eBooks Business, Management & Economics (2013-2017) collection is purchased, containing over 700 titles.

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Over 400 e-book titles in the humanities and social sciences have been purchased.

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We have purchased nearly 200 textbooks on philosophy, linguistics, law and criminology.  

http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/

List of purchased e-books
Philosophy e-book collection:
https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/browse?t1=ORR:AHU02720
Linguistics e-book collection:
https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/browse?t1=ORR:AHU01290
Law e-book collection:
https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/browse?t1=ORR:LAW00010
Criminology and Criminal Law e-book collection:
https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/browse?t1=ORR:SOC00500

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Západočeská Univerzita v Plzni

We have access to over 2,700 e-books, mostly in the humanities.

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/zcup-ebooks/

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Unlimited. You can download or print up to 60 pages of the e-book per login.

Offline borrowing

You need to download the Ebook Central Reader App to read complete e-books offline from the ProQuest Ebook Central platform.

Registration and downloading the application: Instructions [.pdf]

Procedure:

1. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/zcup-ebooks/ – login with your Orion account;
2. Profile – EBC Application Device (Manage / Get Code) – download and install the application on your device (max. 6); 
3. generate a seven-digit registration code – enter the code into the application and activate.

On the ProQuest Ebook Central platform, the user searches for a specific e-book and, by requesting offline reading (borrowing), selects “Download Book”. In the next step, the user selects the borrowing period. During the borrowing period, the given title is not available to other users.

Key features:
The app allows you to save the entire e-book in EPUB or PDF formats. It allows users to manage their loans, create bookmarks, and in future versions, text highlighting and writing their own notes will also be supported.

System requirements for the Ebook Central app:

• Windows: Minimum OS version: Windows 10;
• MacOS: Minimum OS version: MacOS 10.15;
• iOS: Minimum OS version: iOS 14;
• Android: Minimum OS version: Android 13.

Download the app at: Ebook Central na Google Play | Ebook Central v App store

More information about the app for users:

• Detailed answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ): Ebook Central App – FAQ
• Webinar recording: Discover the Ebook Central Reader App – User Experience Walkthrough and Getting Ready for the Ebook Central Reader App – Initiating the Switch and Next Steps.
• More information:
• Discover the Ebook Central Reader App for End Users (webinar for end users)
• Ebook Central Reader App LibGuides

The e-books are purchased for permanent use, so you can also find them in the library on-line catalog Aleph and the Summon System.

You must use direct links to the e-book collections. ProQuest has two different platforms for journals and e-books.

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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/zcup-ebooks/

List of OA titles (as of 16 Feb 2022, DRM free and for unlimited simultaneous access).

https://www.sciencedirect.com/

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We have access to more than 22,000 e-books and 12,000 conference proceedings. 

https://link.springer.com/

If you use the following link, you will only see the e-books we have access to:
https://link.springer.com/search?showAll=false&facet-content-type=%22Book%22

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Nearly 1,500 e-books, evenly distributed among technical fields, social sciences, including economics, and the humanities.

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/

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100 e-books, a third of which are in the field of technology.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

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