ProQuest Ebook Central  |  The platform

With over 1.89 million e-books, ProQuest Ebook Central is one of the largest and most renowned e-book platforms in the world. You can use this platform to acquire e-books according to your needs, manage them optimally, and use them at any time - with full cost control. Find out here what special features and advantages the platform offers in general and for libraries in particular.



  Key figures

  • 1.9 million e-books from over 900 international and German academic publishers (approx. 1,500 imprints)
  • Of which over 250,000 German-language e-books
  • Over 1.7 million e-books available for Demand-Driven Acquisition
  • Approx. 330,000 DRM-free e-books
  • Approx. 870,000 e-books are available for Access-to-Own
  • 47% STM  |  53% Humanities and social sciences

  One of the largest & most renowned e-book platforms

  • Full cost control through budget tracking
  • Flexible use on desktop, laptop or other mobile devices
  • No installation required, direct access via the platform
  • Responsive web design
  • Transparent prices
  • Test 30 days completely free of charge and without obligation

ProQuest Ebook Central for Libraries

ProQuest Ebook Central provides a comprehensive e-book offering for university, college, and professional libraries. The platform provides libraries with various purchase, loan, and EBS options for licensing e-books. ProQuest Ebook Central operates browser-based and supports various single sign-on (SSO) authentication strategies such as Shibboleth, EZproxy, and OpenAthens.

E-books: Campus licenses for libraries

ProQuest Ebook Central offers libraries the possibility to purchase e-books as campus licenses. In the Unlimited-Access model, an unlimited number of readers can access the e-book simultaneously.

Demand-driven acquisition (DDA): e-book acquisition for libraries

ProQuest Ebook Central enables various customer-oriented acquisition options: from the entire moderation of customer requests to partially and/or fully automated rentals and purchases, everything is possible. You decide and can adjust the workflow to your needs at any time. Price limits also give you full cost control.

Open access e-books for libraries

At the touch of a button, you can add a constantly growing collection of countless open access e-books to Ebook Central itself at any time.

E-Book Theme Packs for Libraries

You can also stream Collections or subject and publisher packages: Ebook Central subscriptions give your library unlimited access to thousands of ebooks in all subject areas from the most respected publishers.

Interesting facts about services for libraries

Free webinars, attractive publisher discounts and exciting news: You'll find all this on our  service page for libraries. There, in addition to the "classic" e-book offering, you will discover a special selection of digital media that support learning, teaching, and research. If you have any questions - also about ProQuest Ebook Central - please do not hesitate to contact your  personal contact person in Library Sales directly.

Support

Our German-speaking Ebook Central experts will support you in all processes related to Ebook Central: from the test phase to setting up profiled, content-based DDA profiles. You can also take advantage of our webinars or screencasts tailored to your needs at any time. In addition, Schweitzer Fachinformationen is the exclusive partner for the aggregation of German e-books on Ebook Central.

Torsten Bux

Ebook Central-Support
support.ebooks@schweitzer-online.de

Juri Rebkowetz

Ebook Central-Publisher aggregation
support.ebooks@schweitzer-online.de