Penrose Library subscribes to a wide variety of electronic books, and many of these can be downloaded to e-readers.  We’ve added instructions for transferring EBL, ebrary, and EBSCOhost e-books to iPad, NOOK, Kindle Fire, and Kobo e-readers in our E-Book Research Guide.

Safari Books Online requires an app, which can only be used with personal accounts and doesn’t work on academic accounts such as ours.  

Books 24×7 has very few books that can be downloaded.

Penrose Library has purchased four Jewish-American historical newspapers from ProQuest:

American Hebrew and Jewish Messenger (1857-1922)

• The American Hebrew was a weekly Jewish newspaper published in New York City. In 1903 it merged with the Jewish Messenger. The paper covered many topics of Jewish interest internationally. Many prominent Jewish writers and communal workers in the United States have been contributors to its pages.

American Israelite (1854-1922)

• The American Israelite is the longest-running English-language Jewish newspaper still published in the United States. The newspaper’s two goals were to spread the principles of Reform Judaism, and to keep American Jews in touch with Jewish affairs and their religious identity.

Jewish Advocate (1905-1990)

• The Jewish Advocate serves as a primary source of news and information as well as a forum for discussion and debate, providing lines of communication uniting the community and supporting the efforts aimed at reinvigorating and broadening Jewish religious and cultural life.

Jewish Exponent (1887-1990)

• The Jewish Exponent has carried news of developments in Israel, efforts to rescue Jews the world over from repressive regimes, and the ever-expanding role of Jews in American public life. Along the way, it has garnered honors each year from the American Jewish Press Association for excellence in Jewish journalism for its news, features, reviews and commentary.

To access these historical newspapers, click on the “Databases” tab, then on “Databases by Subject,” and then on “Newspapers-Historical” -> “Also Useful.”

The WLA Book Stack is having its semi-annual sale on Friday May 11 and Saturday May 12 from 9 AM- 3 PM.  All books are ½ price.  The WLA Book Stack is located in the Mary Reed Building (2199 S.University).

All proceeds benefit the University of Denver Penrose Library. For more information, please see the WLA Book Stack site.

Directions to WLA Book Stack:  From University turn west on Iliff (toward the mountains) and then turn right at first stop sign into the parking lot .  Mary Reed Building is directly north (red brick building with big square tower).