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Literature and e-books

Links to the library catalogues and e-book services.

Library Catalogues

  • Library catalogue for Åland libraries — Information on all books available at Åland libraries.
    Database Type: Reference

    Search bibliotek.ax

  • Joint catalogue for university and higher education libraries in Sweden.
    Database Type: Reference

    Search LIBRIS

  • Finna.fi gives you access to material from museums, libraries and archives in Finland.
    Database Type: Reference

    Search Finna.fi

E-books

If you are a student or employee at the Åland University of Applied Sciences you have access to three e-book providers.

E-books have many advantages:

  • Their entire content is searchable
  • Multiple people can read the same book at the same time
  • The books are accessible 24/7
  • There are no queues to reserve books
  • The university library provides access to over 200 000 e-books through Ebook Central. Ebook Central offers mostly academic books in English. You can also access e-books from home.

    You can read the e-books directly online or you can choose to download them. To download e-books and read them offline, you need to create a user account on Ebook Central and download the Ebook Central app.

    1. The Ebook Central app is available for different types of devices and can be found in, for example, App Store and Google Play.
    2. To activate the app, log in to your Ebook Central user account (use the link to Ebook Central on the university library website).
    3. Click on “Profile” and navigate to “EBC App Devices”. Here you will also find a link for downloading the app to different devices.
    4. Once you have downloaded the app, click the link “Manage/Get Code” and select “Get Login Code”. You will receive a registration code that you need to enter the first time you open the app.
    5. To read an e-book, download it to your Ebook Central bookshelf via the website. The e-book will then become visible in the app.

    When you have created an Ebook Central account, you can save interesting books to your personal bookshelf, mark pages, underline passages, make notes and more. You can also save and print out a limited number of pages.

    Read more about Ebook Central

    Search for e-books in Ebook Central

  • E-books from EBSCO. This service also include some course literature. Please note that the books may have different licenses.

    Read more about EBSCO eBooks

    Search for e-books in EBSCO eBook Collection

  • Åland’s libraries collectively subscribe to Biblio, an e-book and e-audiobook service with both fiction and non-fiction books, mostly in Swedish.

    Use the app Biblio to borrow your e-books. The app can be downloaded from App Store or Google Play.

    To borrow e-books through Biblio you will need a library card and a PIN code. Library loans via Biblio last 28 days and are limited to two loans per month.

    Information on how to borrow e-books and e-audiobooks (webpage in swedish)