Look under the Availability section of the e-book to see the limits of how many pages you can print, copy and download each day.

• Remember that print/save allowances in ProQuest refresh every 24 hours.
• You can also try clearing your cache and opening/closing the browser to reset it. 

If the e-book you are using has a limited number of copies available and all the copies are being read online by other users or are currently downloaded, you will see an In Use message. 

When a user does one of the following, the book's status will change to Available , and you can access the e-book. 

• Signs out of their Ebook Central account
• Returns to searching or opens a different book (in the same tab)
• Closes the tab or the browser they were reading in
• Is idle with the book for 30 minutes (that is, no page turns, copies, prints, etc. for 30 minutes)
• Reaches the end of their download period for full document downloads

For more information, read the Ebook Central: Access to limited-user books help page from Proquest. 

This option is only available for unlimited-access e-books. If you are using a limited-user e-book, this option will be grayed out, making it unavailable. 

Step 1 - Getting Started

Click on the Download Book button under the book cover of the e-book. 

• If you haven't already logged in, it will prompt you to sign in with your Davenport University username and password. 
  • It will also ask you to select what device you are using.
  • And if it's your own computer or a public computer.

Step 2  - Download Setup

You will need to download Adobe Digital Editions to read the e-book offline. 

• Click on Get Adobe Digital Editions button to download.
• If you have already downloaded Adobe Digital Editions, click on Done with this step. 

After you download Adobe Digital Editions

• Select the number of days you want to check out the e-book.
• Select the download format: PDF or EPUB.
• It will download it into the Adobe Digital Reader on your computer.

Remember that you can only read this file through Adobe Digital Editions.

Step 3 - Reading E-book

• Click on the e-book file ending with .ascm  in the download folder on your computer.  The e-book will open in Adobe Digital Editions Reader on your computer.
• You can also click on the e-book located in  Bookshelves- All Items in the Adobe Digital Reader on your computer. 

If you selected PDF format:

• The pages will appear one at a time by scrolling up and down.

If you selected EPUB format:

• The e-book will appear in sections you navigate with the left & right arrows. 

The e-book will expire from your Adobe Digital Editions reader when the time is up. You can check it out again if you need more time. 

After you click on the link to get into a chapter, look for the PDF or Printer icon on the toolbar at the top to download the chapter into a PDF or print the chapter..

Or click on the Download PDF link next to the chapter name.

For more information take a look at the Chapter Download section of the Proquest guide. 

There are limits placed on library e-books as to how many pages you can download at one time.
If the chapter you are trying to download exceeds that amount,

• click on the show sub-sections link to download chapter sections instead. 
• You will see a link that says What can I do? if this happens. 

To link to a specific chapter, click on the Read Online link next to the chapter and look for the paperclip icon at the top. Click on the paperclip and a box will open with the link you can copy and paste into a course shell. 

What do I do when ProQuest E-book Central says  You have been timed out due to inactivity. To continue, please refresh this page.

• This means that E-book Central has detected the existence of a previous session that has timed out.

With Proquest E-books, they will time out after 30 minutes of inactivity. So when you try to return to the e-book, it will give you that message. Usually, refreshing the page will bring it back.

If that doesn't work, try the following:

• Clear your cache.
• Close and then open your browser. Try using Chrome or Firefox.
• Then click the link to the e-book again. It should open up after that.