Search Library Search for over 600,000 E-Books from publishers such as Springer and Cambridge Press:
Please see our 'Library Search' platform providing access to all our E-Books, E-Journals and more. You can see guides and video on using the platform. To log in click 'Sign In' (top right corner) then select 'University Members'. To provide us feedback please contact your Librarian.
Note - the link below will focus your search for online resources, to search our print resources held in the Library, see the campus Library Web site.
You can also browse All E-Book collections or select collections below:
Students encountering DRM (Digital Rights Managed) E-Books with restrictions on printing, copying text etc. may encounter access difficulties when reading these digital texts, if you need to request an alternative format, please see our request form at https://libguides.liverpool.ac.uk/dsa
Note – students with our E-Learning partners (such as Kaplan) should contact their online Student Support Advisor/Manager in the first instance to make a request for an accessible text, or raise this with the online Librarian.
Adobe Digital Editions is an application to read ebooks in the ACSM format, this is a token downloaded from an ebook supplier or publisher, when you open the ACSM file, the ebook will be unpacked in the Adobe Digital Editions application on your device. If you opt to register your installation of Adobe Digital Editions, you can transfer/open the same ebook instance between devices, if you opt out of an Adobe registration you cannot transfer/open ebooks in this way.
Only a small number of our ebook platforms/publishers use Adobe Digital Editions, this uses a DRM (Digital Rights Managed) format similar to Kindle, ITunes and other DRM platforms. Our main ACSM ebook provider is 'Ebook Central' where you can also typically download individual chapters in PDF format. Ebook platforms will also typically provide an on-screen version of the book in addition to DRM or PDF versions.
Note, when registering your copy of Adobe Digital Editions (ADE), you can opt out of registering for an Adobe ID, by checking the tick-box "I want to authorise my computer without an ID", see screen in the presentation/guideline attached.
After installing ADE, you will need to download the ACSM file (ebook file) from the publisher or collection and double-click or open this within Adobe Digital Editions, the book will be unpacked within the ADE application.
Also note ACSM files for Adobe Digital Editions are not conventional PDFs, but have to be unpacked or downloaded once opened in the ADE application.
If the book is provided in the 'ebook Central' platform please note that all individual chapters are also downloadable in normal PDF format, these are listed a little way down the ebook page.
If you are having particular issues using an ADE book or have accessibility difficulties, please schedule a discussion with your Librarian to assist, we also have services for alternative document supply for students who have registered an accessibility statement due to individual needs, if you think you require this service please let us know.
You can also schedule a consultation with the online Librarian to go through the issue in Adobe Digital Editions.
The Library provides a range of online Leisure, Fiction, Wellbeing and Cultural textbooks, we also provide audio-visual streaming and audio books (spoken word).
You can access fiction titles on our OverDrive platform or by downloading the Libby app from Google Play or the AppStore.
The Overdrive platform also provides access to curated reading lists on a variety of topics including Transgender Visibility, Anti-Racism, Wellbeing and more. Also see our audio books collection (spoken books). Please also see this FAQ for details.
Also see our Wider Reading Collections on Library Search, including Leisure reading and Fiction books, Wellbeing, LGBTQ+ and BAME collections.
Add your recommendations to our international cultural text collection!
This is a project to gather titles relating to cultural or regional significance recommended by international and overseas based students, please see this page for details. To browse or search the collection see this page.
Also see our leisure collection Library Guide:
