Finding and Accessing

E-books through the ICC Library

Catalog

Created by Michelle Nielsen Ott, Illinois Central College, Summer 2010

What is an e-bookHow to find e-books in the ICC library catalog

How to navigate through and read an e-book

What you will learn…

An e-book or electronic book is a book published in an electronic format instead of being published on paper

E-books contain the same information as if the book was printed. This is considered a book source, not a web source.

You read an e-book digitally on your computer

WHAT IS AN E-BOOK?

When Searching the ICC online catalog, you will get search

results for print books and e-books.

Print books have this symbol and a physical

location like the stacks

E-books have this symbol and the

location of electronic book

To access the e-book, click on the title of the book to open the record

Then, click on the link in the “online

access” area

Accessing E-books from Home

If you are accessing e-books from off-

campus, you will be asked to login. This is your ICC login and

password. Please contact the library if

you have any difficulties logging in.

If it is a NetLibrary book, you will see this page

Click on “View this eBook”

Now you are in the e-book and you can start reading and browsing

Some reading tips for NetLibrary e-books

Use this section to navigate pages

Use this button to

print a single page

Use the Table of Contents links to

navigate to certain chapters

Search for keywords in the book with this search box

If you are accessing an ebrary e-book, clicking on the link in the

library catalog will directly produce the e-book

Ebrary e-book tipsEbrary has many of the same features as NetLibrary

Table of contents

Turn the page Keyword search

Go to a specific page

If you need assistance, please visit us at the library.www.icc.edu/library

East Peoria Campus: L312 Ph: 309-694-5355

Downtown Campus : 103 HS Ph:309-999-4610

North Campus: 59 Cedar Ph:309-690-6837

Happy Reading and Researching!!!