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eBook Platform Homepages

  • Proquest's eBook platform homepage will tell you which books you last viewed
  • Askew My VLeBook platform homepage will give you which titles have been last read, most read, and also which titles have just been added to library stock 

 

Contact Us

Any queries about ebooks contact the libraryhelpdesk@staffs.ac.uk

Finding Individual eBooks

Most eBooks are on our A-Z Databases Page, or can be found via our Library search (Primo). To see if there is a ebook on a subject you are looking on your library search, you can refine your search by content type by selecting books/eBooks on the left-hand side and then selecting full text online.

       

eBook Platforms

This is a list of our current ebook platforms which can be found on Databases A-Z

  • Blackstone's Police Manuals This link opens in a new window: Reference texts for the Police Promotion Examinations for the police service
  • Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons - Medicines Complete This link opens in a new window The definitive source of analytical data for drugs and poisons. sections include: drugs and alcohol in driving, drugs in sport, workplace drug testing and postmortem toxicology.
  • Creo Manufacturing for CAD/CAM ebooks This link opens in a new window: Series of ebooks detailing aspects of Creo Manufacturing for CAD/CAM
  • Ebook Central
  • Ebrary is an academic collection of over 100,000 ebooks covering all subject areas.
  • eBooks on EBSCOhost 
  • OECD iLibrary OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. It replaced SourceOECD in July 2010.
  • PsycBOOKS A comprehensive collection of academic psychology ebooks.
  • Smashing Library provides instant access to over 70 quality eBooks covering web design, mobile applications and design software, as well as exclusive first access to new books as they become published. With more than 24 new eBooks every year, the Smashing Library is constantly expanding.
  • VLeBook  Askews eBook platform which has replaced Dawsonera