E-Books

Notes on Remote Access
Finding E-Books across E-Book Collections

Collection	Subject Coverage	Info/Guides	Available Titles
Apabi eBook	multi-disciplines	info, notes on access, search guide	law books, yearbooks, standards, others
Books24x7 - ITPro	information technology	info, notes for first-time users, search guide	available titles
ebrary	multi-disciplines	info, search guide, Quick Start Training Program, other training videos	available titles
FORENSICnetBASE	forensic science and criminal justice	info, search guide	available titles
IEEE Conference Proceedings and Standards (in IEEE Xplore)	engineering	info, search guide	available titles
NetLibrary	multi-disciplines	info, search guide, guide on downloading ebooks for offline reading	available titles
Oxford Scholarship Online	multi-disciplines	info, search guide, tutorial	available titles
PsycBOOKS	psychology	info, search guide	available titles
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Book Series	chemistry	info	available book series: Specialist Periodical Reports: Spectroscopic Properties of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds Organometallic Chemistry
Safari Books Online	IT, computer science and engineering	info, search guide	available titles
SpringerLink eBooks	multi-disciplines, mainly sciences, mathematics and engineering	info, search guide	available titles
ScienceDirect Books	multi-disciplines, mainly sciences and engineering	info	available titles
SpringerLink Book Series	sciences and engineering	info	available book series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology Advances in Polymer Science Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, The Lecture Notes in Computer Science Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences Lecture Notes in Mathematics Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science Topics in Organometallic Chemistry
Wiley InterScience Online Books (limit your search to Product Type "OnlineBooks"; full text available for subscribed titles only)	multi-disciplines, mainly sciences, technology and engineering	info, search guide	available titles

See also Highlighted E-Reference Collections

Remote Access to e-Books:

All e-books in the ebook collections listed above can be accessed remotely via ISPs (Internet Service Providers) by following the instructions on remote access.

Notes on Access to Apabi eBook:

• Please use Internet Explorer to access Apabi eBook.
• DO NOT check out ebook or request ebook at public workstations as ebooks checked out and requested will be locked up with the workstation being used.

Notes for First-time Users of Books24x7:

• You will be prompted for authentication before you can see the login page of Books24x7. A personal Books24x7 account is required to access the ebook collection.
• To register for an account:
  1. Click on the hyperlink Books24x7 - ITPro in the above table. Enter your CityU ID Number and your Library PIN to authenticate yourself.
  2. At the Books24x7 login page, click on Register.
  3. Fill out and submit the registration form. You must register with your CityU email address. Books24x7 will then email the initial password to you.
• At the Books24x7 login page, registered users can log in the ebook collection by entering your CityU email address as the username and your personal Books24x7 password.