Library Basics

eBooks are books that are presented in a digital format. Although a majority of our eBooks allow for an unlimited number of simultaneous users, there are exceptions. In some cases, there is a limit to how many Library users can read one ebook at the same time. 

Most eBooks are listed in OneSearch. If asked to login, use your John Jay email username and password.

The Lloyd Sealy Library offers a variety of ebook collections across multiple disciplines. Notable resources include: 

• eBook Central (formerly Ebrary): Collection of 44,000 eBooks on scholarly subjects.  Covers a range of disciplines, including some science.
• Ebsco Ebooks (formerly NetLibrary): Nearly 6,000 commercially published electronic books. Covers a range of disciplines, including some science.
• FORENSICnetBASE: A searchable collection of over 120 reference books in forensic science and related fields.

The Library's collection of electronic historical primary texts includes:

• Early English Books Online (EEBO): Contains page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English printed elsewhere from 1473 to 1700.
• Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO): A digital archive of 150,000 books published in the eighteenth century, covering a broad spectrum of topics like law, history, science, and art.
• Law Library Microform Consortium (LLMC): A non-profit cooperative of libraries that preserves and makes accessible legal titles and government documents from around the world. 
• The Making of the Modern World: Provides the full text of over 62,000 works, including books and other monographs, on business, politics, and economics published from 1450 to 1850. 

The Online Books Page from the University of Pennsylvania indexes over 1 million books, including those from Project Gutenberg and the Hathi Trust Digital Library.