Activation of item download links require you to be signed in to EMMA (although certain non-restricted items may be freely downloadable, depending on the originating partner repository). After performing a search, scroll to the item of interest, and click on the download link to initiate a download.
Downloading an ACE / Scholars Portal item
Because these items are made available to EMMA users via Internet Archive, see Downloading an Internet Archive item below.
Downloading an Internet Archive item
EMMA dynamically accesses Internet Archive to retrieve files from it. Depending on the item, the file may be immediately available, or it may require "on-the-fly" generation before Internet Archive can provide the file in the requested format.
If on-the-fly generation is required, expect a significant delay before the item has been prepared for download. (Internet Archive is actively working to make this process faster for their website, which will benefit downloads of IA items through EMMA as well.)
When it is ready, a button will appear. Click this to perform the actual file retrieval via your browser.
Due to the way that EMMA interacts with Internet Archive to retrieve protected content, it may seem as though nothing is happening after you click the button but the content is actually on its way to your browser via the EMMA server. (This behaviour should be addressed in the near future to make the download act like you would expect in your browser.)
Downloading an OpenAlex item
Any download link for an index entry associated with OpenAlex is actually a link to the original source of the file.
Downloading a University of Michigan Press item
The University of Michigan Press collection comes to us courtesy of Bibliovault. These items are delivered directly to the signed-in user from an internal EMMA collection server.
Downloading an item from a BiblioVault collection
The University of Michigan Press collection comes to us courtesy of Bibliovault. These items are delivered directly to the signed-in user from an internal EMMA collection server.
Downloading an EMMA item
Items that are "native" to the EMMA repository (that is, items that have been uploaded by EMMA users and/or are otherwise not to be found in any of the other partner repositories) are delivered directly from the EMMA repository to the signed-in user.