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Ebooks with Restrictive Terms

Package Simultaneous Users DRM Copy/Paste Print/Download Offline Reading (Loan) ILL Course Reserve Purchase/ Subscription

Ebook Central 1-User

1 user at a time. No annual limits on usage.

Adobe Digital Editions

Up to 20% of the book may be copied/pasted (publisher may limit to lower amount) 

Up to 40% of the book may be printed or saved as a PDF (publisher may limit to lower amount) 

Not available

Prohibited

Link

Purchase

Ebook Central 3-User

3 users at a time. No annual limits on usage.

Adobe Digital Editions

Up to 20% of the book may be copied/pasted (publisher may limit to lower amount) 

Up to 40% of the book may be printed or saved as a PDF (publisher may limit to lower amount) 

Limited to 1 user at a time. Limited to 3 days.

Prohibited

Link

Purchase

Ebook Central Nonlinear

Unlimited simultaneous users. Annual limit: 325 uses. 1 Use = 1 User, lasts 24 hours.

Adobe Digital Editions

Up to 20% of the book may be copied/pasted (publisher may limit to lower amount) 

Up to 40% of the book may be printed or saved as a PDF (publisher may limit to lower amount) 

Limited to 3 days

Prohibited

Link

Purchase

Ebook Central Unlimited

Unlimited simultaneous users. No annual limits on usage.

Adobe Digital Editions

Up to 20% of the book may be copied/pasted (publisher may limit to lower amount) 

Up to 40% of the book may be printed or saved as a PDF (publisher may limit to lower amount) 

Limited to 180 days

Prohibited

Link

Purchase

Ebook Central Academic Complete

Unlimited

Adobe Digital Editions

Up to 20% of the book may be copied/pasted (publisher may limit to lower amount) 

Up to 40% of the book may be printed or saved as a PDF (publisher may limit to lower amount) 

Limited to 180 days

Prohibited

Link

Subscription

Ebook Central Purchased CSU Pilot

3

platform restrictions

Up to 20% of the book may be copied/pasted (publisher may limit to lower amount) 

Up to 40% of the book may be printed or saved as a PDF (publisher may limit to lower amount)

Not available

Prohibited

Link

Purchase

EBSCO old NetLibrary

1

Adobe Digital Editions

Can copy/paste quotes from individual pages (publisher agreement may prohibit)

Up to 60 pages of the book may be printed or saved as a PDF (publisher agreement may prohibit)

Limited to 1 day

Prohibited

Link

Purchase

EBSCOhost Unlimited User

Unlimited

Adobe Digital Editions

Can copy/paste quotes from individual pages (publisher agreement may prohibit)

Up to 60 pages of the book may be printed or saved as a PDF (publisher agreement may prohibit)

Limited to 1 day

Prohibited

Link

Purchase

EBSCOhost Concurrent Access Unlimited simultaneous users. Annual limit: 325 to 365 uses. 1 Use = 1 User, lasts 24 hours. Adobe Digital Editions Can copy/paste quotes from individual pages (publisher agreement may prohibit) Up to 60 pages of the book may be printed or saved as a PDF (publisher agreement may prohibit) Limited to 3 days Prohibited Link Purchase

EBSCOhost 3-User

3

Adobe Digital Editions

Can copy/paste quotes from individual pages (publisher agreement may prohibit)

Up to 60 pages of the book may be printed or saved as a PDF (publisher agreement may prohibit)

Limited to 1 day

Prohibited

Link

Purchase

EBSCOhost 1-User

1

Adobe Digital Editions

Can copy/paste quotes from individual pages (publisher agreement may prohibit)

Up to 60 pages of the book may be printed or saved as a PDF (publisher agreement may prohibit)

Not available

Prohibited

Link

Purchase

O'Reilly Technical Books

35

platform restrictions

1 page at a time

1 page at a time

Not available

Prohibited

Link

Subscription

VLeBooks 1-user

1

platform restrictions

Copy/paste up to 10% of the book.

Up to 10% of the book may be printed or saved as a PDF.

Not available

Single chapter or maximum print range

Link

Purchase

VLeBooks Concurrent

Unlimited simultaneous users. Annual limit: 400 uses. 1 Use = 1 User, lasts 24 hours.

Adobe Digital Editions

Copy/paste up to 10% of the book.

Up to 10% of the book may be printed or saved as a PDF.

Limited to 5 days

Single chapter or maximum print range

Link

Purchase