A multidisciplinary collection of e-books, which were previously available on the Dawsonera platform. Books can be browsed on the VleBooks platform. There are currently no links to VLeBook e-books in MetCat Finna.
Currently VLeBooks can only be accessed remotely outside the Metropolia network. If you try to access VLeBooks on campus computers or via VPN connection, you will see the following error message:
Further instructions can be found in the Help section of the platform.
For Metropolia students and staff.
Only owned e-books are available for reading and downloading. Restrictions vary from title to title:
With Metropolia user name and password.
You can read an e-book directly in a browser ("Read online").
See VLeBooks video about using the VLeBooks reader.
Many e-books (PDF or EPUB) can be downloaded onto your computer or mobile device. Required reader: Adobe Digital Editions. Loan period is 1-5 days.
The possibility to download varies per title, not all books can be downloaded. These books can be read online.
See VLeBooks video about downloading e-books.
Printing and copying for personal use is permitted. Printing and copying varies from title to title, check what is allowed by clicking the book title in VLeBooks.
1. Install Adobe Digital Editions e-book reader
2. Authorize Adobe Digital Editions:
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