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Help, Guides and Instructions: ACLS Humanities eBooks

This Research Guide helps patrons of the NWC Library make the most of their library experience by introducing important electronic resources and collections available to them. It serves as a starting place to learn how to use the library online search too

ACLS Humanities eBooks


 

ACLS Humanities E-Book Collection

This comprehensive electronic library consists of scholarly and peer reviewed books in the humanities.   This collection of seminal works represents the best of the humanities from the disciplines of law, medicine, anthropology, history and philosophy from the 1880s to the present. These titles are sought out by scholars and students because they are often cited in research. Search ACLS when looking for any major humanities title that NWC Library does not have in its print collections.

  • ACLS books cannot be checked out or downloaded in their entirety
  • Ten pages at a time can be printed or saved to a digital file

 

Printing in ACLS Humanities eBook Collection:

You can print one page at a time when viewing the e-book in image or text mode. Print from your web browser as you would any other webpage.

 

Downloading from ACLS Humanities eBook Collection:

If you see the  icon, it is possible to download 10 pages of the e-book in PDF at a time. While viewing any page in the e-book, look for the  icon at the top right of the page. From the drop-down menu, select PDF. This will display the current page plus the subsequent pages in PDF within the browser. You can then print the file as you would any other PDF.

You can e-mail or transfer  PDFs to Amazon Kindle and other devices. Download and install the free software program Adobe Digital Editions to transfer the PDF to other e-readers or mobile devices.

NWC Library Instruction: ACLS eBooks