Download Book PDFs

Many entries for books and periodicals like Trade Journals have links to repositories from which you can download Portable Document Files to save on your computer. However, it isn’t always obvious how to find the download links.

Internet Archive

Scroll to the list of “Download Options” at the bottom of the book’s page. Click the “PDF” link:

screenshot of the "Download Options" section of an Internet Archive book page

Google Books

Click the gear (⚙) button in the upper right corner:

screenshot of a Google Books book page with the gear icon button highlighted

Click “Download PDF”:

screenshot of the "Download PDF" highlighted in the drop-down menu that appears under the gear icon button