E-books @ UCN Libraries

What are E-books?

• An electronic book (e-book, ebook, digital book) is a book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both.

• Many different formats and readers. The most popular is the epub format

• Most popular readers: Kindle, Nook, tablets, smartphones and pcs.

Does UCN Have E-books?

• Yes, UCN Libraries has over 120,000• Subjects covered are: the Humanities,

Social Sciences, Health and Science. • These items can be found in the

Library Catalogue.

How Do Students Use E-books?

• Use table of contents/index to location information

• Copy & paste information into another document

• Print pages from document• Download e-book to their computer/

flashdrive• Copy/Print limits is 15% of total book

Finding E-books

Click on URL to open up e-book.

E-bookicon

Selecting only E-books

• After searching a topic, left side under Genre gives you the number of e-books

• Click on it and screen will display only e –books for your topic.

E-books

Viewing an ebook• Click on URL to

open• Use Table of

Contents

Copying From E-book• Hightlight or select text• Press Copy icon on toolbar • Copy window opens showing selected

text• Press Control-C• Paste information into new document

Citation added automatically to end of pasted information

Downloading an E-book

• You will need an ebrary account• You will need Adobe Digital Editions on

your pc• You will need an Adobe ID or account• Adobe Digital Editions needs to be

authorized for your pc

Creating an Ebrary AccountTo create an ebrary account:1.Click the Sign-in button in the upper right corner.2.On the Sign In page, click Create an account.3.Complete the form, and then click Create New Account.4.Fill out the form, accept ebrary’s conditions and press Create Account.

Troubleshooting

• Adobe Digital Editions doesn’t always recall your authorization.

• You may have to de-authorize your computer and re-authorize it again

• E-books are only available for 14 days.• The file will self-corrupt on your device.

Enjoy!