To celebrate Pride Month we are highlighting some LGBTQIA+ ebooks recently added to our collections. Please see our blog for the list! ebookscambridge.wordpress.com/2026/06/24/p...

A new collection of Criminology books, published by Bristol University Press, have been purchased in perpetuity for Cambridge users. Please find out more at ebookscambridge.wordpress.com/2026/06/16/n...

We are sorry to report an issue affecting access to the Brill platform. Off-campus users trying to access through iDiscover or A-Z Databases might see an error message “Max challenge attempts exceeded”. The supplier has been alerted, and we hope the issue will be resolved soon.

A new ebooks collection is available for medical students; 18 "Pocket Medicine" titles are available for unlimited access hosted on Ovid. Find out more from the following ebooks@cambridge blog post; ebookscambridge.wordpress.com/2026/05/20/n...

An issue with the Peter Lang ebook platform has caused the Library Access download buttons to disappear & is preventing access to a number of books. The publisher is investigating and will hopefully find a resolution soon. We apologise for the inconvenience and will post an update as soon as we can.

Two new ebook collections, featuring over 40 titles exploring AI and computing, have been made available to University of Cambridge users: De Gruyter AI eBooks Library 2025 and Manning eBooks Library 2025. For more details, please see our blogpost: ebookscambridge.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/n...

Bloomsbury reports that the issue should now be resolved. Please do let us know if you have any further trouble accessing ebooks on the platform. You can write to us at: eresources@lib.cam.ac.uk

ebooks@cambridge@ebookscamb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We’re aware of an issue affecting access to all titles on the Bloomsbury Collections ebook platform. The issue has been reported, and we hope it will be resolved soon. We apologise for any inconvenience in the meantime.

We’re aware of an issue affecting access to all titles on the Bloomsbury Collections ebook platform. The issue has been reported, and we hope it will be resolved soon. We apologise for any inconvenience in the meantime.

Studying Physics? A new collection of 50+ Wiley published etextbooks hosted on the Kortext platform may be of interest. You can find out more from this blogpost; ebookscambridge.wordpress.com/2026/05/11/n...

The 2026 publications from Oxford Handbooks Online are now available for University of Cambridge users. This blogpost will tell you more... ebookscambridge.wordpress.com/2026/04/21/c...

We're pleased to say that the issue affecting full-text downloads of Adobe-DRM-protected EBSCO ebooks has now been resolved. We're sorry for the inconvenience. status.ebsco.com/incidents/9l...

Service Issue Reported – Adobe DRM Full eBook Downloads Error

EBSCO's Status Page - Service Issue Reported – Adobe DRM Full eBook Downloads Error.

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EBSCO are performing scheduled maintenance today (April 1st) from 1 PM, which is expected to last approximately 10 minutes. During this time users may see errors when downloading ebooks or viewing the online reader. For errors in the online reader, please try refreshing the page to restore access.

New ebook collections: 2026 published titles from Hart Publishing (Law) and Film & Media Studies are now available on the Bloomsbury Collections platform. Find out more from the blogpost at ebookscambridge.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/n...

Please note that due to scheduled maintenance, Kyobo eBook Library will be unavailable during the following period: Date: March 19, 2026 (Thursday) Time: 7pm until 8.50pm GMT We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

The DOI issue is now resolved and the situation is being monitored. doi.statuspage.io If you continue to experience issues with connecting to ebooks please get in touch with the ebooks team at ebooks@lib.cam.ac.uk.

There's a widespread issue with DOI links this morning, many of our ebooks link via DOIs. The people at the DOI_Foundation are aware and they are working on a fix. Apologies for the inconvenience. doi.statuspage.io

From today the new Ebook Central Reader App has been launched for all University of Cambridge users of ebooks on Ebook Central. The ebooks team advise users to please watch this short video before trying to download the App; videos.clarivate.com/watch/p3uote...

Ebook Central Reader App

Vidyard video

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We're aware that some users are still having problems accessing Ebook Central following a recent technical issue on the platform. We have written a short blogpost with advice on how to resolve the issue: ebookscambridge.wordpress.com/2026/02/17/e...

The UL and ebooks@cambridge have subscribed to the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series, 2017-2026. The 2026 titles are purchased in perpetuity (print and ebooks). Please read the blogpost to find out more information, ebookscambridge.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/n...

New ebooks collection: Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment Print & Online

The ebooks@cambridge team and the UL are pleased to announce that we have subscribed to the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment Print & Online series, until 31st December 2026. The s…

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ProQuest report that this issue was caused by expired cookies. If you are still seeing an error, they have created a tool to remove the cookies and enable a fresh browser session. To use the tool, please click the following link: ebookcentral.proquest.com/clearcookie/...

ebooks@cambridge@ebookscamb.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Some users are reporting issues accessing ebooks on Ebook Central. ProQuest are investigating as a matter of high priority. In the meantime, the following solutions may help:

We believe this issue is now resolved but please do get in touch with ebooks@lib.cam.ac.uk should you continue to experience problems with linking to ebook content.

ebooks@cambridge@ebookscamb.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Other collections in iDiscover are currently affected by this issue, including Taylor & Francis, Bloomsbury and selected OUP. We advise searching for the books you need on the relevant platforms but please contact ebooks@lib.cam.ac.uk if you need any help. We are very sorry for the inconvenience.

Other collections in iDiscover are currently affected by this issue, including Taylor & Francis, Bloomsbury and selected OUP. We advise searching for the books you need on the relevant platforms but please contact ebooks@lib.cam.ac.uk if you need any help. We are very sorry for the inconvenience.

ebooks@cambridge@ebookscamb.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We are aware of an issue affecting ebook iDiscover links for Cambridge Core and Cambridge Aspire (Textbooks). You may see the following error: "You do not have access to the resopurce [sic] you have requested. If you believe this to be in error, please contact the Library for further details."

We are aware of an issue affecting ebook iDiscover links for Cambridge Core and Cambridge Aspire (Textbooks). You may see the following error: "You do not have access to the resopurce [sic] you have requested. If you believe this to be in error, please contact the Library for further details."

We are pleased to announce @theul.bsky.social has purchased two further 2026 ebook collections; University of Chicago Press and University of Pennsylvania Press. Please read this blogpost for more details, ebookscambridge.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/c...

Some users are reporting issues accessing ebooks on Ebook Central. ProQuest are investigating as a matter of high priority. In the meantime, the following solutions may help:

EBSCO will be performing scheduled maintenance on Friday 9th January at 11AM, which they expect to complete in about 2 hours. During this time, users may lose access to EBSCO ebooks for approximately 10 minutes. Access should be automatically restored once the maintenance work is complete.

The ebooks@cambridge team will soon be logging off for the holidays, and we will return on Monday 5th January. Wishing you all a wonderful festive break! Photo by Chinda Sam on Unsplash

We're pleased to annunce that @theul.bsky.social is supporting "Opening the Future" from Liverpool University Press, opening up access to their Modern Languages ebook package. Please read the following blogpost for all the details, ebookscambridge.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/o...

Festive greetings to all! @theul.bsky.social has purchased two 2026 publisher collections, hosted on JSTOR: Cornell University Press and State University of New York Press (SUNY). Backlist title access is included. ebookscambridge.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/c...