Ebook FAQ for VCU Libraries

Licensing Overview

• User Licenses: Unlimited simultaneous access allowed.
• Subscription or Permanent Access? VCU Libraries permanently owns the ebooks on this platform that are part of the SRM Books & Reference (Core) package, as well as SRM Cases Part 1 and 2. Titles will be updated through 2029, but after that, new editions may or may not be updated depending on our budget.
• DRM-free? Yes.

List of all Ebook Titles in This Collection

A list of SAGE titles is available online.

• How often are titles added? Check What's New page for new titles 

Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)

An accessibility statement is posted online. To request a VPAT contact online.accessibility@sagepub.com.

YES. The ebooks that are found on our SAGE Research Methods (SRM) platform are unlimited and permanently owned, so if you see a required ebook available on this platform for your class, you may use it for your classroom. Please note that we do not offer access to all SAGE titles and that this platform may or may not continue to be updated with new ebook editions after 2029, depending on our budget.

More information on this topic is available at our Library Ebooks as Course Materials research guide.

Entire Ebook Download: Sage does not provide an option for whole-book downloads, so you must download each chapter individually.

Chapter Downloads: A download button will appear after you select a chapter from the book's table of contents. The chapter downloads are more in a web-text format than digital versions of the print pages, but you can check the "Show page numbers" box to include indicators of the print version's page numbers. 

The best ebook link to provide library users is the Primo (library website) permalink. Finding a permalink that includes "alma" (rather than "cdi") in the last part of the URL is your best bet, since those records are more likely to be stable.

If you require a direct link to the ebook, however, you can follow either of the instructions below to provide library users with links that should work on and off campus. Please be aware that if the publisher changes their ebook URLs that the links you generate below may stop working.

On campus
If you are creating this link on campus, use the following instructions to generate a URL that will allow your on- and off-campus users to access this ebook.

• On the ebook's main page that includes the Table of Contents, copy the DOI URL, which should include "VCU" somewhere in it.

Off campus
If you are creating this link off campus, use the following instructions to generate a URL that will allow your on- and off-campus users to access this ebook.​

• Follow the on-campus instructions above.

SAGE has its own LibGuide that includes interface tutorials and subject-specific title recommendations.