All of our e-books are in the library catalog. Try doing a search in the catalog and using the "Format" facet on the left of the search results screen to limit results to e-books.
Printing varies by vendor/platform but many allow you to print up to one chapter. It is generally impermissible to print out the entire e-book.
This varies from platform to platform. Some only allow online viewing, others allow you to download a chapter or section, while other allow you to download entire titles.
Depending on the vendor and our license agreements, there may be a limited number of concurrent users for certain titles, we may not own particular titles, or the title has been dropped from the subscription package. If you have question or problems accessing titles, please contact lib-ejournals@virginia.edu. To suggest a purchase, please fill out the purchase request form.
All of our e-books can be opened through the Safari web browser. Several of our vendors provide .pdf documents, which can be downloaded and viewed on the iPad. Some e-book publishers also provide free apps for smartphones and tablets that allow you to access and download their content.
Several of our e-books open as .pdf documents. To read on e-ink devices like a Kindle, you'll need to download the .pdf file and transfer it your device. See our e-book comparison chart on this guide to find some publishers who allow the option of downloading a .pdf file. Note - though PDFs can be read on Kindles, not very easily or very well - reading books on Kindle is best with their propriety ebooks.
Tutorials:
EBSCO - searching ebooks
Gale - general tutorial on using Gale Ebooks
Safari/O'Reilly - text and video tutorials on using Safari/O'Reilly e-books
Proquest Ebooks Central - video overview with searching advise