Accessing West Academic eBooks and Quiz Banks: Home

To access West Academic Publishing and Foundation Press products (the eBooks you have purchased and assessment quizzes), you will need to create an account through eproducts.westacademic.com and click "Create an Account". Use your law school email when creating your account, do not use a personal email address. West Academic cannot verify whether you are a student without your .edu email.

Once you create your account, you will receive a verification link in your email inbox. Double check your Barracuda Spam filter for this email. Click the link provided in the verification email to verify your account. Once your account has been verified, you will have access to your West Academic products, including eBooks and quiz banks.

West Academic Foundation Press eBooks will be located in a separate location than the West Academic Digital Study Aids. To view your eBooks, visit eproducts.westacademic.com and sign in to your account using your West Academic credentials.

Once you sign in, you will be able to view any OCU law eBooks available for purchase and any eBooks that are on your personal e-bookshelf.

West Academic Assessment provides access to multiple-choice, short answer, and essay questions on a variety of legal topics. Several of these quiz banks are also connected to specific casebooks. You can access these quiz banks through the same page as your eBooks. Follow the steps below to add quizzes to your test bank and access these quiz banks through your West Academic account.

Step 1: Sign in to your account using your West Academic credentials.

Step 2: To access your quiz bank, click on the blue icon labeled "Add a Quiz."

Step 3: Select the quiz subjects you wish to access from the provided list. Then, click the "Next" button at the bottom of the screen.

Step 4: Select which casebooks your quiz banks should be connected to from the list provided. Then, click "Add Quizzes to Bookshelf" at the bottom of the screen.

Step 5: You may now access your selected quizzes from your library.

You can download and access select eBooks and Audiobooks from West Academic Digital Study Aids offline. To access these resources offline, complete the following steps:

Audiobooks:

1. Download the West Academic Audio app through the app store available on your device (e.g., App Store for Apple devices, Google Play Store for Android devices).
2. Sign in to the app using your West Academic username and password. These sign-in credentials will be separate from your OCU network credentials.
3. Use the browse and search features to find an audio title.
4. Download an entire title/book or individual tracks.
5. Click the "play" button to begin listening to downloaded titles using the West Academic Audio app.

eBooks:

1. Download the VitalSource Bookshelf app from the App Store (iOS/Apple Devices) or the Google Play store (Android devices).
2. On your mobile or desktop device, go to West Academic Digital Study Aids.
3. Select the eBook you would like to download for offline view and click "Open in eReader". You will be directed to sign in to your VitalSource account. If you have not already created an account, you will need to sign up for VitalSource.
4. Click the "Read Offline" button.
5. Visit the VitalSource Bookshelf app on your device and sign in with your credentials to view your downloaded books.