Why does OneSearch say a digital book is unavailable?

If you see "Unavailable, ARC - Digital Lending" in the LOCATIONS section, this only refers to the physical copy of the book. 

A screen capture of the locations of a book at the American River College library.

  • To make a book available digitally, the library must remove the print copy from circulation.
  • The digital version is still available online.

To access the digital book:

  1. Scroll up to the View Online section of the OneSearch record.
  2. Make sure you have signed in at the yellow ribbon in the book record
  3. Click the Digital Textbook link to open the book in your browser.
  4. See our guide on accessing a digital book for step-by-step instructions and more information.

A screen capture of the OneSearch record for the book Visualizing Nutrition, including links to view the book in a digital format. The words View Online are underlined in red.

Last Updated: Sep 04, 2025     Views: 3

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