LibGuides at USA: Ebooks: Using Marx Library Ebooks with Ereaders: Sony Reader

Sony Reader

Compatible Ebook Collections

ACLS Humanities Ebooks
Files can be converted to text or pdf, but only a few pages at a time.
EBSCO Academic Collection
Although these books need to be checked out, more than one person at a time can access, view and checkout these titles.
EBSCO ebook Collection
EBSCO ebooks can be checked out, downloaded and transferred to your Sony Reader since the Sony Reader is supported by Adobe Digital Editions.

Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window
Book chapters are in pdf and html formats.

Project Muse ebook Collections
Downloadable chapters in pdf format.

Springer E-Books This link opens in a new window
Downloadable chapters in pdf format
Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
Downloadable chapters in pdf format.

Deleting Unwanted Ebooks

Attach your Reader to your computer
Go to your Reader drive
Open the Documents folder
Highlight the document to be deleted
Hit delete

Transferring Files to the Sony Reader

The Sony Reader can be used with Springer and ACLS ebooks since these books are in pdf format. It cannot be used with ebrary titles because it doesn't have a web interface.

Download your ebook chapter to your computer.
Connect your Reader to the computer using the USB cable
Open Computer (Windows 7) or My Computer
Double click on your Reader file so that the database, Documents and tmp folders appear
Find where you saved your ebook file and highlight the title
Drag and drop it into your Reader's Documents folder

Opening Transferred Files

Because you've saved your book chapter to Documents folder, it will show up on the Sony Reader Menu Screen. Books on the Reader can be sorted by title, author and date. I recommend sorting by date for the quickest access to your new download. Then just scroll to the title and open it.