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eBook Databases

Guide to Downloading E-Books and E-Audiobooks

= Searchable from the box on the Seneca Libraries homepage
= Significant amount of Canadian content
= Does not require a Seneca Polytechnic username and password
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Skillsoft Books (formerly known as Books24x7) This link opens in a new window
(SkillSoft) Provides access to thousands of e-books in the fields of computer and information technology, business, and engineering (ITPro, BusinessPro, FinancePro, and EngineeringPro, respectively), as well as "Leadership Channel" videos.
(NOTE: Only selected content from titles' companion CDs is available: "If a title has CD content available, a link to the content will be in the Table of Contents, as well as in appropriate chapters. Also, a direct link to any companion websites is available via the Companion Website tool for applicable titles.")
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ChiltonLibrary (formerly: Chilton Auto Repair) This link opens in a new window
(Gale) Do-it-yourself car repair manuals, searchable by year, make, and model.
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CRC ENGnetBASE (via Taylor & Francis eBooks) This link opens in a new window
(Taylor and Francis / CRC Press) A collection of electronic handbooks in civil, mechanical, industrial, electrical, electronic, environmental, mining, and general engineering.
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desLibris
Replaced by Canada Commons in June 2022. Please see Canada Commons under "C".

EBL - Ebooks Library
Merged with ebrary into Ebook Central (April 2017).

Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
(ProQuest) Thousands of downloadable e-book titles covering all academic disciplines.

- Titles may be single-user or multiple-user. Check the information in the "Availability" field of each record.
Users must have Adobe Digital Editions (free download) and a personal Adobe account in order to check out and download e-book titles for extended use. Many titles in this collection are one-copy/one-user-at-a-time titles that may be "signed out" for up to 21 days. Users may place a request for titles that are currently checked out by other users.
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ebrary
Merged with EBL into Ebook Central (April 2017).

EBSCO eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
(EBSCO) Provides access to a large collection of e-books in art, business, computer science, education, history, literature, health and medicine, law, and the humanities and social sciences.

- Titles may be single-user or multiple-user. Check the information in the "Concurrent User Level" field of each record.
NOTE: In February 2024, audiobooks formerly on this platform were moved to a different database Boundless Audiobooks from Baker & Taylor.
Users must set up their own "My EBSCOhost" account (free of charge) and also have Adobe Digital Editions (free download) and a personal Adobe account in order to check out e-book titles for extended use. Many titles in this collection are one-copy/one-user-at-a-time titles that may be "signed out" for up to 7 days. Users may place a request for titles that are currently checked out by other users.
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Gale Ebooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new window
(Gale) Provides access to a collection of reference books (encyclopedias, almanacs etc.) via a single searchable interface.
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National Academies Press This link opens in a new window
(National Academy of Sciences) Provides access to a multidisciplinary digital library of book length studies and policy reports by leading experts in their fields.
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Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) This link opens in a new window
(Various) Advanced research and scholarship. Free to find, free to use. Records of graduate-level theses that are freely available online.
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PQDT Open (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses) This link opens in a new window
(ProQuest from various sources) Read the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge.
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Safari Books Online (also known as O'Reilly for Higher Education) This link opens in a new window
(ProQuest / O'Reilly) Provides full-text access to thousands of e-books and videos in IT, Business, Math, Engineering, Design, and other topics.

- If prompted for your 'Academic email' while in the Safari platform, enter your full Seneca Polytechnic e-mail address. If it does not work the first time, enter it a second time. If still unsuccessful, try a different browser.
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Seneca@York Zines Collection This link opens in a new window
(Seneca Polytechnic) A collection of contemporary zines including works created by students in the School of Creative Arts and Animation's Independent Illustration program.

- Please note that the link above is to a collection of mostly zine cover thumbnail images only. The actual print publications are kept at our Seneca@York campus library.
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ScienceDirect This link opens in a new window
(Elsevier) Provides users with access to a wide range of journal articles and full-text e-books in Health and Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering, Computers and Technology, and the Social and Behavioural Sciences.

- In this database, there is no way to limit a search to our subscribed content only. Only those results with the words "Full text access" or "Open access" are content to which we have access.
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Theses Canada Portal This link opens in a new window
(Library and Archives Canada) Provides full-text access to Canadian theses and dissertations.
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