Info for Regional Centers: Accessing Books

Ryan Library subscribes to thousands of eBooks through two different ebook collections:

• Ebook Central: This exciting collection of scholarly ebooks provides access to over 140,000 scholarly and reference books, including many award-winning titles. Users can create a "bookshelf" to organize their own content. This collection is integrated into WorldCat, or may be searched separately using Ebook Central link.
• EBSCO ebooks: This collection provides full-text access to hundreds of digital version of books on a variety of subjects.

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You can also connect via text message at 619-592-8884 or by email.

WorldCat is the tool you need to research books (and more). With one search, you will find:

• Books and media materials at PLNU
• ebooks available through PLNU
• Articles from some of our most-used databases
• Books available for InterLibrary Loan through Camino
• Books available through WorldCat at other institutions (request through InterLibrary Loan)

A few things you should know:

• For books found in Ryan Library, the check out period for PLNU students is 3 weeks, with an option to renew for an additional 3 weeks.
• For books borrowed through Camino, the check out period is 5 weeks, with no option to renew.
• You can renew books online by logging in and using the "My Library Account" link in the upper right of the screen.

• Use ILLiad, PLNU's Interlibrary Loan program, to request books that are unavailable at PLNU or Link+. 
• ILLiad requests take 7-10 business days.
• FYI, ILLiad works best in Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari browsers (there are some problems with Internet Explorer).