OCOM students and staff have access to eBooks through a number of resources, including EBSCO, Overdrive, and Ovid platforms. You can find and access eBooks by searching our Primo catalog, or you can browse the individual platforms to view eBook titles. When searching for materials in Primo, eBooks will look like this:
Click on "Available Online" or the title of the item. In the "View It" section, you will find a link for access to the full text.
In Primo, if you only want to see titles that are available online, you can filter your search to "OCOM Online Resources".
If you'd like to browse our eBook collection databases, you can search the EBSCO eBook Collection, Overdrive Collection, or the Ovid eBook Database.
Looking for an eBook that we don't have access to? Fill out the Suggest a Purchase form and note that you are looking for the eBook version.
PDF Full Text: PDF view of book (choose this if no EPUB version).
EPUB Full Text: Newer format for eBooks, choose this format for better viewing and accessibility.
Download: Choose this option to view from your device offline later.
After choosing the format, you will be able to view the book. From there, you can also save, print, or email selected pages for later use.
EBSCO only allows you to save/print/email 100 pages (or less) at a time.
Click on the first page of the section you want to save/print/email.
Select Save, E-mail, or Print Pages at top of page. Choose the number of pages.
To check out an EBSCO eBook to read offline later, you will need to create an EBSCO account in order to use this function (only takes a moment to create an account). Once you are signed in, you can click on Full Download to check the book out.
You can find OCOM Library's Overdrive collection of eBooks and audiobooks at ocom.overdrive.com.
New books are added all the time ranging from medical texts, self-improvement, and sociology! Browse by subjects to get a sense of what is available.
When you've found a title you are interested in borrowing:
Overdrive eBooks can be opened in Overdrive's Libby app.
Once you have download the Libby app to your device and set up your account, select Oregon College of Oriental Medicine for the library. If you are already using the Libby app for another library (Multnomah County Library uses this app), you can add the OCOM library to your account by clicking on the icon in the upper left corner to view your account. Click on Add A Library and Search for Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (searching OCOM will not work). Now you can easily switch back and forth between your libraries to view your loans!
OCOM has purchased a collection of eBooks from OVID (all listed below in the Popular OVID eBook Titles).
If you'd like to read the book in your browser, click on New Book Reader.
To save, print, or email pages, find the chapter or section you'd like and select it. From there, you'll have the option to Save, Print Preview (which you can save as a PDF), or Email the text.
