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ebrary: Electronic Books Library
What is ebrary?
Ebrary is a database with thousands of books in a digital format. The electronic
books collection covers a broad scope of academic subject areas. Hundreds of titles
are added every month and most of ebrary's content has been published since 2000.
This is a great resource if you are...
- looking for recently published books on a particular topic
- conducting book-based research in any academic discipline
- searching for books that you can download
- not able to visit the library to borrow books on the shelf
How do you get to ebrary?
The ebrary database is accessible from the library's
Online Catalog. Use this
approach if you are looking for both print and electronic books in the library. You
can limit your search by adding "ebrary" to your search term.
If you want to search for electronic books only, you can access the ebrary database
directly by going to one of the library's database pages, either
alphabetically or by subject
(ebrary is listed under each subject for which it has a significant number of books).
Beginning your ebrary session
Before you begin searching, you need to install the ebrary reader program on to
your computer. To do this,
- Go to ebrary.
- Under Getting Started, option 1 enables
you to download the ebrary reader.
- Click on the Get ebrary Reader link to begin
installation. This takes seconds to download and must only be done once.
Under Getting Started there is also a Quick Guide, User Guide, and a
Tutorial for extra help.
Searching ebrary
Click the Search tab on the left frame of the screen.
- Use the Simple search for all titles relating to a topic. Your search term will
be highlighted in the text of the books that you retrieve.
- Use the Advanced search if you are looking for a particular title, author or
document type (books, maps, reports or sheet music). You can refine your search
with boolean, field, and proximity operators, and also enhance the relevance of
your retrievals by using quotation marks. Check the search tips on the ebrary
Advanced search screen for details.
- To expand or limit your search, you can click on the More and Fewer buttons
beneath the search form. This allows you to fine tune your search by adding or
deleting terms.
- If you want to see the most recent materials first, click on Sort Results by: Date.
- Use the Browse feature to browse the electronic books by discipline. Titles
are listed alphabetically.
Creating your Personal Bookshelf
You can create your own bookshelf and make and save highlights and notes in the
books you are reading by establishing a personal account in ebrary. To do this, first
Sign In and click on Do You Need to Create a New Bookshelf? Follow the
instructions to customize your library. Don't forget to Sign Out of your session
when you are finished!
Printing & Downloading
Ebrary is set up to only allow printing in a range of up to 5 pages at a time (40
pages per ebrary session). To print, use the print icon at the top of the reader screen
and follow the instructions. Do not use the browser print icon.
Ebrary allows you to copy and paste text into Word, email or any text application
for printing. When you are in a book that you'd like to read and save, use the
InfoTools button at the header of the page to save and search within the document.
You can navigate through the text of an article by using the directional guides at the
bottom of the page.
Emily Walshe
and Marilyn Rosenthal
HTML by Robert Delaney, April 2006
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