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The Graduate Health & Life Sciences Research Library at Georgetown University Medical Center

eBooks-Reading and Using

Welcome! This guide will help you interact with the eBooks in DML's collection.

Saving to PC

EBSCO allows only a certain number of pages to be saved per book in DML's collection. Along with that, some titles can be saved an unlimited number times while others are more restricted. Please open each book to determine the amount of pages available to download and the number of available saves. 

In order to Save to PC:

Open a needed title

Select PDF from the left of the text to be taken to the PDF of the text. 

Select Save Pages from the Upper left menu, which sits between "Add to folder" and "Email pages".

Then, select the starting and ending pages. In this example the maximum number of pages available is 60 pages. When finished select Save PDF:

Save Pages to PDF

 

 

Saving to Mobile Device

EBSCO allows only a certain number of pages to be saved per book in DML's collection. Along with that, some titles can be saved an unlimited number times while others are more restricted. Please open each book to determine the amount of pages available to download and the number of available saves. 

In order to Save to a mobile device: 

  • Go to the EBSCOhost Mobile App and open a needed title. 
  • Select the Details icon in order to see book details
  • Underneath "Chapter download, print, email & save" it will tell you how many pages are allowed.
  • From the open title, select the right arrow from the abstract page to save single pages to mobile devices.