e-Books

What is an e-book?

An electronic book is a book published in a digital form so that it can be read by electronic devices such as e-readers, computers, tablets and mobile phones, in an ePub, Portable Document Format (pdf) and Mobipocket form.

The Hellenic Open University (HOU) Library provides access to the following electronic resources:

• Wiley Online Library: This is an annual subscription of the Hellenic Academic Library Link (heal-Link) to the entire collection of Wiley Online Library. Through this database access is being given to an unlimited number of users to more than 18,877 titles covering many different subjects. Users can also download files in pdf form as well as photocopy material.
• Open Edition Books : 31 e-books of Humanities in French and English Language which have been purchased by the HOU. To find the 31 e-books , please click hereAlso, οpen access to 9.106 e-books of Humanities and Social Sciences as long as you click on 'Hellenic Open University access' and two sections will appear: 8.462 titles Read online & 644 titles Read and download ePub/PDF.
• ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete και Ebook Central University Press Collections: These two collections include 215,673 titles of academic eBooks of various thematic subjects, licensed to an unlimited number of users, with an overwhelming majority being available for full download through Ebook Central, the new ProQuest e-books hosting platform.
In particular, copy and print rights in Ebook Central are as follows: each user can copy a certain percentage of the pages of any book on a daily basis, as well as print a percentage of its pages (again on a daily basis) . The percentage of pages one is allowed to copy or print varies depending on the title. The copying and printing of a book made by one user within a single-day does not affect copying and printing limits for the same book by other users. here.
• perpetual access to 1,081 electronic book titles which have been purchased by the HOU and can be located in the Library and Information Center OPAC κάνοντας αναζήτηση με λέξη κλειδί “electronic book”.
• 3,451 electronic books, offered for free by EBSCO Information Services, which can be accessed by searching for FB Y.

You can search for all available e-book titles via the library's federated search service. The Summon Discovery Service is a ProQuest search tool that allows you to search all the electronic journals, e-books, and bibliographic and full-text databases included in the Hellenic Open University's subscriptions and purchases. It also searches all digital resources from the HEALink consortium of Hellenic academic libraries, as well as open-access material. Please note that e-books can be accessed using the username and password provided to members of the HOU academic community for digital educational services. Further information can be found in the General Access Guide to E-Books and the Summon Discovery Federated Search Service User Guide

Printing and Copying

Please note that electronic books are protected by international laws on copyright. In cases of excessive printing as well as violations of copyright rights, both the user and the library are warned and serious penalties may be imposed.
Finally there is also available the Open Access Electronic Material.