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Ebook - green dot

An ebook which the libraries have purchased, or which is freely available on the web. See the sections on Finding and Using ebooks for information on these.

Electronic Legal Deposit (eLD) - orange dot

The electronic equivalent of a 'library use only' print book - UK publishers donate us these texts because we are a Legal Deposit library. They can only be read on library computers (not your own laptop) from within one of the Bodleian Libraries. See the full eLD LibGuide for information on these items, including printing, and the tab on citing ebooks. The rest of this LibGuide does not apply to them.

If you are struggling with something, you can contact your subject librarian (see this list), or Hilla Wait, who is the Chair of the Ebooks Steering Group within the Bodleian Libraries.

There are a number of benefits to using ebooks:

• With remote access, ebooks are there when you need them; not just in library opening hours.
• Full text searching helps save you time when looking for relevant sections, passages and quotes.
• Multiple ebooks are easier to carry around when they are stored on your laptop, tablet, ereader, or phone.