Download periods

In most cases, you can either download the whole book or just a chapter. However, for some e-book platforms, you can only download a page-range.

If you download the whole book, information as to the amount of time that the download will be available to you will feature in the drop-down options that you are given. Please see Library Help for further information on e-book licences.

In establishing the time period for which an item can be downloaded the Library has aimed to achieve a balance between the following needs: 

• providing access to the title to as many users as possible at any one time,
• ensuring that content is meaningfully used for the full duration of the download, 
• providing individual access as generously as possible.

In some cases where access has been restricted by the publisher to 1 User at a time, the Library has chosen not to enable downloads, in order to preserve access for other readers.

Information as to download periods on specific e-book platforms is available on the following help-pages.