eBooks can be accessed through the provider platform. If you choose this method you will only have access to eBooks available through that provider. There are links to the portals through the databases page.

To access the platforms, click the logo:

EBL covers many subjects and allows you to preview and recommend books for purchase.

Safari offers eBooks on technology.

EBSCO offers eBooks in many areas. EBSCO eBooks has taken over NetLibrary, so if your eBooks were previously in NetLibrary, they are now available via EBSCO.

Check your subject guide to find more subject specific eBook portals.

How to search for e-books in Summon:

1. To begin, go to the library's homepage at: http://www.utas.edu.au/library/

2. Enter your search query in the Summon search box at the top of the page, select the "Book" radio button

3. Refine your search, by selecting "items with full text online"

Use the "refine your search "options such a publication date, languageto further narrow your result list

• LexisNexis U.S. serial set digital collection 300,267
• Eighteenth century collections online 136,280
• Early English books online 102,362
• Early American imprints. First series 37,370
• United States. Congress. Senate. S. hrg 12,389
• Gerritsen collection of women's history online 4,215
• Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) 1,976
• North American immigrant letters and diaries 1,250
• more »

The eBook portal is an A- Z listing of  available eBooks. A good tool to use if you already know the name of the title you wish to read or to do a title keyword search.

eBook portal

You can keep up with our latest eBooks by looking at the Library's New eBooks page