Ebook Collections: Wiley E-books

This guide highlights a range of ebook collections, giving details on the content of the collections, and how to use them

About Wiley Online Library E-books

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Wiley Online Library  provides access journal articles and E-books published by Blackwells, Wiley or Blackwells/Wiley. This page focuses on the E-book content.

Do I have access to all Wiley Online E-books?

There are over 20000 e-book titles on Wiley Online Library, we have access to over 1200 titles, so you won't be able to access all Wiley e-books.  Those you can access will display an open padlock icon displayed beside the book title.

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Finding E-books on Wiley Online Library

All the E-books available to you through Wiley Online Library can be found using Library search. When you find a Wiley E-book, click the blue eBook button image - background in blue with white text reading eBook

Viewing and Searching Wiley E-books

Viewing Wiley Ebooks


When you access a Wiley E-book  you will see information about the title including Author, Title, etc; a summary of the book, followed by the content of the book.

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Click the title of a chapter to view it or select the PDF option.

 

Searching within Wiley Online Library for E-books


All Wiley Online Library E-books can be found using Library search, however you can search within Wiley Online Library for e-books.  To do so:

  • From the Wiley Online Library homepage select Publications located at the top left of the page
  • To limit a search to e-books, select the Books option at the right of the page 
  • Search using your search terms. NB: there's no function to limit to content which you have full-text access to
  • Items which are available to you full-text will have an open padlock icon  to the left of the title.  For items without the open padlock icon, you will only be able to view the table of contents.

Printing and Downloading from Wiley Ebooks

All Wiley Online Library ebooks which you have full-text access to are supplied on a Digital Rights Management (DRM) Free basis, allowing you to print or save up to 100% of the ebook for your own use.

All ebooks on Wiley Online Library provide a table of contents, with a PDF of each chapter/section within the book.

Printing/Downloading


To print or download from a Wiley Online Library ebook, select the PDF option for the chapter you want to print.  You can print as many chapters as you need.  Currently there's no option to print or download the whole ebook, you need to do this a chapter at a time.

Using Wiley Online Library E-books with Mobile Devices

Wiley Online Library E-books are provided in PDF format, allowing you to download and read these on mobile devices using your internet browser.  Ensure you have a suitable PDF reader installed on your device, e.g. Adobe Digital Editions, or Bluefire App before you try to download a PDF.

Examples of Wiley E-books

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