Electronic Books (E-Books)
Below you will find information on how to access different types of e-books. Off-campus users will need to log in.
Ebrary
Our largest ebook collection. Provides access to over 75,000 digital titles.
Note: To download titles from the Ebrary collection you must have Adobe Digital Editions loaded on your computer.
About Ebrary
- Comprehensive Guide to Ebrary -- created by GFU librarian Robin Ashford. Covers key features, including creating an account, reading and downloading books and using ebrary books on a mobile device.
- Quick Start Guide (PDF 1.1MB)
EBL: E-Book Library
Growing collection of over 16,000 e-books available through the Orbis Cascade Alliance consortium.
To download titles from the EBL collection you must have Adobe Digital Editions* loaded on your computer.
Instructions for accessing these titles are listed below.
- For the item you want in FoxTrax, click the “View Ebook Online” link.
- Select George Fox University from the drop down menu. Click GO.
- Enter your last name and GFU ID (all 14 digits, without dashes).
Some of the titles require you to click “Read Online” before you can download them. Don’t forget to log out when you have finished viewing the ebook.
MyiLibrary
MyiLibrary provides access to ebooks from major academic publishers.
***Mac users should use the Safari browser.
Ebooks on EBSCOhost
Ebooks on EBSCOhost provides access to over 80,000 digital titles.
Features: Links from the table of contents, an embedded dictionary, full-text searching, page-by-page or chapter-by-chapter access.
Note: To download titles from the Ebooks on EBSCOhost collection you must have Adobe Digital Editions loaded on your computer.
Video Tutorial on Searching for Ebooks in EBSCOhost
***Mac Users: Use a browser other than Firefox for viewing Ebsco e-books.
SpringerLink
Search the nearly 2,000 journals published by Springer, most of which are available through our libraries, as well as nearly 30,000 full text ebooks.
Book chapters are available as separate printable PDFs.
PsycBooks
PsycBOOKS® from the American Psychological Association (APA), includes over 38,000 chapters in PDF from over 2,500 books, published by APA and other distinguished publishers. It includes over 1,600 classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology dating from the 1600s, and the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500 authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.
