E-Resource Guides: Vitalsource

E-Books

• O'Reilly for Higher Education
• ProQuest Ebook Central
• United States Pharmacopoeia & National Formulary (USP-NF)
• Vitalsource
• VLeBooks

Journals & Magazine Articles

• EBSCOHost Databases
• ProQuest SciTech & Technology
• PsycARTICLES
• ScienceDirect

Newspapers

• Newslink
• Straits Times

Reports & Statistics

• Passport
• WARC
• Worth Global Style Network (WGSN)

Specialist Resources

• AccessPharmacy
• Device Evaluation Plus
• Gartner Core Research
• Growth Opportunity Analysis
• Singapore Standards Subscription Service

Videos

• JoVE
• LinkedIn Learning
• O'Reilly for Higher Education

Recommended textbooks are now accessible online covering a variety of subjects, via VitalSource. Browse VitalSource or search Poly LibSearch for your required etextbook by author or title!

Facts about the e-textbooks:

• Loan period = 3 hours
• Each e-textbook has a limit on the number of students who can read it at the same time
• Read online (User may continue reading without creating an account)
• Read offline with desktop/mobile app, "VitalSource Bookshelf" (login account required)

Just like regular hardcopy library books, e-textbooks have limits on how many students can borrow or read the e-textbook at one time. If you find the e-textbook already loaned out, please wait and try again after 3 hours.

If you face difficulty with downloading due to slow network speed, please try to read online instead.

If you are still facing problems, please screencap the error messages and email the screencap to libacq@tp.edu.sg.

To read downloaded e-textbook offline from VitalSource, install VitalSource Bookshelf app.

Please refer to online guide for video tutorials and steps on how to download VitalSource Bookshelf apps for desktop and mobile devices.

If you'd like to read the downloaded e-book on your mobile device, please access it on your mobile device then download it (ie. not download on your laptop and transfer to mobile device).

There is no renew function. Please access the e-textbook again and borrow it again.

Downloaded or viewed online e-textbooks will automatically not be accessible after loan period. There is no action needed on your part, and no overdue fines to worry about.