New eBooks April 2025
The following is a list of new ebooks received by the Library during April. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page.
Tag: ebooks
Changes coming to Proquest Ebook Central
From 1 May 2025, our main ebook provider, Ebook Central, will change its default ebook format from PDF to the more modern and accessible EPUB format. EPUB is a flexible and screen reader accessible format that presents text, images, videos, links and other embedded interactive elements in a screen reader friendly format.
Princh – printing at Portsmouth libraries
he cheapest way to print anything is always to use the University’s printing services but there might be times you need to print something vital and cannot make it in to the campus. Or perhaps someone you know who isn’t a student needs to print something in a hurry. That’s where the public library service comes to the rescue!
You can now print anything through your local public library at competitive prices using a simple new streamlined, cloud-based printing solution called Princh. Send your printing through the mobile app or website, pay, and tell Princh which public printer you want it printed for instant quality printing.
Public library popping up on campus
The tuk-tuk on campus - come say hello when it next visits!
Looking for fun fiction and pleasure reading? The public library tuk-tuk truck is visiting the campus twice in two weeks!
The public library offers a vast collection of fiction and popular nonfiction that goes far beyond what is taught at the University and therefore is beyond what the University Library can hope to offer. If you love listening to audiobooks (fact and fiction), browsing digital magazines (do check out our PressReader app as well!), and reading fiction in print or downloading novels to read on your ebook reader, you will love the free collections available from your local public library.
New eBooks February 2025
The following is a list of new ebooks received by the Library during February. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page.
Get ahead with Wiley etextbooks from Kortext
There are a vast number of Nursing and Psychology ebooks available from Kortext that nobody seems to be using! Here’s a quick guide to logging into Wiley resources on Kortext.
Tired of fact? Try fiction!
Whether you are looking to experience lives you will never live, uncover astonishing new worlds of the imagination, keep up with your hobbies, learn about the world beyond academia, listen to an audiobook while out for a run, or you are into browsing digital magazines on the bus, the public library service has something for you.
New eBooks January 2025
The following is a list of new ebooks received by the Library during January. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page.
VLeBooks
The VLeBooks platform will be unavailable next Saturday night, between 10 pm on Saturday 25 January and 4 am on Sunday 26 January while the supplier carries out essential maintenance on the platform. You won’t be able to access any …
Taylor & Francis launch new ebook reader
Taylor & Francis eBooks now come with a redesigned eReader available from Taylorfrancis.com offering a redeveloped, simpler, seamless and inclusive reading experience. Available now for ebook chapters and downloads, and replacing the old ereader for reading entire ebooks online from 16 February, the new ebook reader supports the more accessible and feature rich ePub format as well as sporting a more intuitive interface.
