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Taylor & Francis (T&F) eBooks

Taylor & Francis eBooks
Access eBooks from across the Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, Behavioural Sciences, Built Environment and Law. Imprints include CRC, Routledge, Psychology Press, and Focal Press.
Publishers include:
ACSESS| American Counseling Association| American Geophysical Union| ASM Press| Audel| Bloomberg Press| BMJ Books| BPS Blackwell| Capstone| Ernst & Sohn| For Dummies| Jossey-Bass| Pfeiffer| RSMeans| Standards Information Network| Sybex| Visual| Wiley| Wiley-AIChE| Wiley-American Ceramic Society| Wiley-ASME Press Series| Wiley-Blackwell| Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press| Wiley-IEEE Press| Wiley-Interscience| Wiley-ISTE| Wiley-Liss| Wiley-OSA| Wiley-Scrivener| Wiley-Spektrum| Wiley-TMS| Wiley-VCH| Wrox

T&F Online Help Center: Using an eBook
A guide to using the T&F eBook platform from T&F online help centre.

Although we have access to the complete Taylor & Francis (T & F) eBook collection, unfortunately this does not mean that we have access to everything that T & F has published. Some exclusions apply. The most notable exclusions are titles deemed textbooks by the publisher.

If you have any questions, please contact us at askus@uvic.ca

Wiley Online Books (oBooks)

Wiley Online Books (oBooks)
Over 20,000 ebooks in a variety of subjects including Business, Finance & Accounting; Chemistry; Physical Sciences & Engineering; Health & Medical Sciences; Humanities; Life & Earth Sciences; Math & Statistics; Social Sciences & Psychology; and Veterinary Sciences.
Publishers include:
ACSESS| American Counseling Association| American Geophysical Union| ASM Press| Audel| Bloomberg Press| BMJ Books| BPS Blackwell| Capstone| Ernst & Sohn| For Dummies| Jossey-Bass| Pfeiffer| RSMeans| Standards Information Network| Sybex| Visual| Wiley| Wiley-AIChE| Wiley-American Ceramic Society| Wiley-ASME Press Series| Wiley-Blackwell| Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press| Wiley-IEEE Press| Wiley-Interscience| Wiley-ISTE| Wiley-Liss| Wiley-OSA| Wiley-Scrivener| Wiley-Spektrum| Wiley-TMS| Wiley-VCH| Wrox

A guide to Wiley Online Books
A guide to accessing Wiley Online Books

Although we have access to the complete Wiley Online Books collection, unfortunately this does not mean that we have access to everything that Wiley has published. Some exclusions apply. The most notable exclusions are titles deemed textbooks by the publisher.

If you have any questions, please contact us at askus@uvic.ca

SAGE Knowledge eBooks

SAGE Knowledge eBooks
SAGE Knowledge is a searchable social science eBook platform, where you will find an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content. Subject coverage includes business & management, counseling & psychotherapy, criminology, education, geography, health & social care, media, communication & cultural studies, politics, psychology, social work, and sociology.

If you have any questions, please contact us at askus@uvic.ca.

Springer eBooks

Springer eBooks (SpringerLink)
Access available to eBooks published 2005 onward and from sciences, social sciences and humanities disciplines. Subjects include: Computer science, engineering, political science, business & management, life sciences,education and more.
Springer allows unlimited simultaneous access to eBooks.
The eBooks' PDF and HTML documents are fully searchable and can be downloaded and printed.
Springer's online platform, SpringerLink integrates Springer eBooks with millions of articles from Springer's peer-reviewed journals.

If you have any questions, please contact us at askus@uvic.ca.

Canada Commons (formerly desLibris eBooks)

Canada Commons
Platform for Canadian Electronic Library content. (Formerly desLibris)
The University of Victoria subscribe to the collections:
Canadian Electronic Library Publishers Collection
Canadian Health Research Collection
Canadian Public Policy Collection (federal, provincial, municipal, think tank)
Irwin Law Collection
Primary research and opinion publications from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, think-tanks, university research centres and other public interest groups.

Some titles are excluded. If you have any questions, please contact us at askus@uvic.ca.

desLibris Help Guide
User guide for desLibris on the Canadian Electronic Library platform

eBook Central (Proquest)

Ebook Central
Discover full-text eBooks in multiple academic and general interest subject areas, sheet music titles and reports. Popular, professional and academic eBooks from the world's leading publishers including some university press titles.

Wherever possible, UVic Libraries will purchase unlimited simultaneous user access to eBook titles however in some situations access may be limited to either one (1) or three (3) simultaneous users.

If you have any questions or you have trouble accessing any titles, please contact us at askus@uvic.ca.

eBooks on EBSCOhost

eBooks on EBSCOhost
Full-text scholarly, reference and professional eBooks from leading university, academic and professional publishers. The eBook titles are available to unlimited number of simultaneous users and includes a broad range of subjects including business, education, language arts & literature, political science, and technology & engineering.

EBSCOhost eBooks User Guide
EBSCOhost eBooks user guide

Wherever possible, UVic Libraries will purchase unlimited simultaneous user access to eBook titles however in some situations access may be limited to either one (1) or three (3) simultaneous users.

If you have any questions or you have trouble accessing any titles, please contact us at askus@uvic.ca.

ElgarOnline eBooks

ElgarOnline
Includes content from Edward Elgar in various formats: eBooks, journals, reference works such as handbooks, companions and more.
UVic Libraries subscribes to following subject packages: Business, Economics, Law, and Social & Political Science.

ElgarOnline Help
Help guide to ElgarOnline

ElgarOnline User Guide
User guide to ElgarOnline

UVic Libraries subscribes to the following eBook subject packages:

Business & Management,
Economics
Geography, Planning and Tourism
Law
Social & Political Science
Political Science & Public Policy
Sociology, Social Policy & Education
Indigenous Studies eBook Collection

Starting in 2023 we are also purchased:

Essentials in Climate Change
Essentials in Environmental Economics
Essentials in Environmental Law
Essentials in Environmental Policy
Essentials in Responsible Business
Essentials in the UN Sustainable Development Goals

If you have any questions, please contact us at askus@uvic.ca.

InfoSci eBooks (IGI)

InfoSci-Books (IGI)
The IGI Global book collection contains book titles in over 200 different topic areas covering cutting-edge research in the fields of business and management, computer science and information technology, education, engineering, environmental science and technologies, library and information science, media and communications, medicine, healthcare, and life sciences, public policy and administration, security and forensics, and social science.

InfoSci User Guide
The user guide to accessing eBooks from InfoSci published by IGI.

Some titles are excluded from the UVic Libraries' subscription.

If you have any questions, please contact us at askus@uvic.ca.

O'Reilly Learning (fka Safari eBooks)

O'Reilly Learning (fka Safari Books Online)
O'Reilly (formerly known as Safari) provides access to leading titles in business, coding, technology, communications, management, design, marketing, leadership, sales, and operations. Content includes thousands of eBooks, videos, learning paths, expert-curated courses, and interactive learning environments.

O'Reilly Learning: Support Center
FAQs from O'Reilly Support on most common support questions

If you have any questions, please contact us at askus@uvic.ca.