Users can read eBooks online using the NetLibrary
Online eBook Reader, a browser-based tool that gives quick and easy access to
eBooks.
Note that the NetLibrary Online eBook Reader requires version 4.01 and above of
Microsoft® Internet Explorer or version 4.76 and above of Netscape Navigator.
The Browse this eBook online function allows you to view the full
text of an eBook without logging in or checking out the book. You may browse
an eBook for only short periods of time (approx. 15 minutes); after periods of
inactivity the eBook may be borrowed by another library patron.
- Use one of the Search functions to locate the eBook you want to browse.
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Click on the title of the eBook on the Search results page.
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Click the Browse this eBook online link to
display the text of the eBook.
- eBook checkout times are set by your library’s NetLibrary
administrator and are not set by NetLibrary specifically. If you feel that
the checkout period should be extended, please make the recommendation to
your librarian.
- The Browse this eBook online function is
only available when viewing an eBook online.
- When using the search
function, if you receive a message that a book is not currently available, it
means that your library's copy of the book is being accessed by another user.
- The Browse this eBook online function may
not be available depending on your library’s individual configuration.
Once you checkout an eBook online, you can view and search
the entire text of a book and its table of contents.
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Locate the eBook you
want to read by searching the NetLibrary site.
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Click on the title of
the book on the search results page.
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On the About This eBook page, click the Check Out and Read
Online link.
- Depending on your
library's individual configuration the Check
Out and Read Online option may not be available.
- You can also go
directly into the eBook by clicking the Browse
this eBook Online link on the About
this eBook page. This option may not be available for all eBooks.
You can return an eBook to the library before your access time expires by
accessing the eBookshelf page and selecting "Return eBook to Library" from the pull-down menu.
When the checkout time expires,
the eBook is automatically returned to the library.
Once you browse or check out an eBook, the document will be displayed in NetLibrary's
Online eBook Reader, a browser-based resource that includes built-in navigation tools
developed specifically for NetLibrary eBooks. When you first open the eBook, the main
document is displayed on the right hand side of the window. The Reader also includes
a navigation bar, located at the top of the window, and a tool palette located on the
left-hand side of the screen.
Please Note: The NetLibrary Online eBook Reader requires version 4.01 and above of
Microsoft® Internet Explorer or version 4.76 and above of Netscape Navigator.
Navigation Bar
You can use the tools located in the Reader navigation bar to control display options,
check out the eBook, or navigate the eBook. Available tools are summarized in the
following table.
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Shows tool palette. Only displayed when tool palette is closed. |
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Hides tool pallette. Only displayed when tool palette is open. |
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Checks out eBook. |
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Displayed when multiple eBooks are open. Allows you to toggle between current title and other open eBooks. |
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Prints page. |
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Zoom in tool. Only displayed in PDF formatted eBooks. |
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Zoom out tool. Only displayed in PDF formatted eBooks. |
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Displays Adobe Acrobat Reader toolbar. Only displayed in PDF formatted eBooks. |
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Jumps to specific page. |
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Previous page. |
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Next page. |
Your library account provides you with full access to the eBooks purchased by
your library. If your library has not purchased an eBook from us, you will
see the "Unavailable to Account" message and will be denied access.
If you would like to add the title to your library’s current collection of
eBooks, please make the recommendation to your librarian.
You can tell if your library does not own an eBook by looking at the search
results page. If you see an asterisk (*) to the left of the title, your library does not
currently own this eBook. To avoid this issue in the future, you may change the
search defaults on your account. Log into your NetLibrary account as you would
normally do and click on the Search tab. Then, click on the Search Preferences
button, just below the Search Tab. On this page, you may mark "no" for the
option, "Include eBooks not owned by my library." Click on the Set Preferences
button to save your changes.
The tool palette gives you several different tools to find the information
you're looking for. The tool palette is divided into tabs to help organize the
various functions.
The Table of Contents tab includes the full title of the eBook, its author(s),
and your current location in the eBook. The TOC tab is the default when entering an eBook.
The Table of Contents can be used to navigate through the eBook, by clicking on
the chapter headings to go to the beginning of each chapter.
- A Red button with an
arrow pointing towards the chapter heading indicates that the heading is
expandable. Click on the red button to view the sub-headings in the chapter.
- Once a chapter is
expanded the arrow points down. Click the red button to collapse the
sub-headings.
The eBook Info tab contains the bibliographic information for the open eBook including
title, author(s), publisher, publication date, ISBN(s), and Library of Congress subject headings.
The Bookmarks tab lists each of the user's Bookmarks within the current eBook,
and are arranged by the order created.
Clicking on the Bookmark links allows the user to navigate through the eBook to the Bookmarked page.
Users may also delete Bookmarks that are no longer needed from this tab.
Check the box next to the Bookmark(s) that are no longer needed, then click the Remove
button.
The Notes tab lists each of the user's Notes within the current eBook,
and are arranged by page number.
Clicking on the Note links allows the user to navigate through the eBook to the associated page.
It will also open a popup window the the user's note.
Users may also delete Notes that are no longer needed from this tab.
Check the box next to the Note(s) that are no longer needed, then click the Remove
button.
The Search tab allows you to search for
any word or phrase within the eBook you are viewing.
- To search the eBook enter a word or phrase (using quotation marks)
in the Search within this eBook field
and click go!
- The number of search
results found will be displayed on the tool palette.
To view your search results click the Previous and Next buttons displayed
on the tool palette.
- The document will automatically jump to the next (or previous) search result.
- The number of results within each chapter or subchapter are displayed to the
left of the chapter heading in the Table of Contents. Once a search is conducted,
the Table of Contents is displayed below the search results.
- In most cases, search terms found within the eBook will be highlighted in bold maroon.
If you are viewing a PDF-formatted eBook, search results will not be highlighted automatically.
You can highlight search terms within a PDF page using Adobe Acrobat's Find command.
Select the binocular symbol to display the Adobe Find dialog and re-enter your search term.
Search terms found within the displayed page will be highlighted in dark blue.
To clear search results from within the eBook and the Table of Contents simply
click the Clear button on the Search tab in the tool palette.
The Search tab allows you to search for a new eBook from the NetLibrary
collection while you are reading a book. Note that if you perform a search
for a new eBook, you will leave the eBook you are currently reading.
- To search for a new eBook enter search information in the input field.
The search performed will follow the format of our Keyword searches.
- Click go! to begin the search.
- The search results will be displayed on the main NetLibrary site.
Note: To help novice or inexperienced
users easily locate information when performing a Keyword Search, NetLibrary
automatically expands the search to include all variations of a word. For
example, if you enter the search term flower, NetLibrary also searches for
the words flowering, flowers, flowered, etc.
The Dictionary Tab allows you to look up any term while you are reading
an eBook.
To look up any word:
- Click the Dictionary Tab
- Type the word in the Look up field
- Select the Dictionary you want to use (if applicable)
- Click go!
The Dictionary functionality also offers an
"embedded lookup" feature from within the eBook. This feature
allows a user to highlight or double click a word and get its definition immediately. While
reading an eBook, you can use the "embedded lookup" function in a 3
different ways:
- Select a word,
click the Dictionary Tab of the tool palette, and the definition appears.
- Double-click a
word, and the definition appears in the Dictionary Tab of the tool palette.
- Select a word,
right click on the mouse, and select a dictionary. The definition appears in
the tool palette. This feature is only available to Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater.
Once you have a dictionary definition on your
screen, this definition may have several elements in addition to the
definition itself. These elements could include:
- An audio icon
- An image
- A pronunciation box
The audio icon indicates that pronunciation of the word is available. To hear the
pronunciation of a term, simply click the audio icon.
The audio file behind the icon is a .wav file and can be launched from any web
browser. To hear the audio, you need to make sure that you have speakers, a
sound card, and that your computer's sound system is operational.
The image will show up at the top of the definition, and it may show up as a
thumbnail (smaller) version of the original image. If it is a thumbnail
version, there will be instructions to Click to enlarge image. If
you click the thumbnail image, a new browser window will open for you to view
the image in more detail. Simply close the window when you are finished viewing
the image.
One dictionary is readily available to all NetLibrary users, unless your
library or organization has purchased additional dictionary access or has
disabled your library's standard access. The standard dictionary delivered is:
The American Heritage®
Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. This dictionary will show up as 4th
Edition in the Lookup menu in the Dictionary Tab.
Additional dictionaries may be purchased by your library or organization. These
include:
- For the high school audience. The American Heritage®
Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (Family Version) offers
the same reading level as the standard 4th Edition, with a few excluded terms.
This dictionary will show up as "Family" in the Look up pull-down menu
of the Dictionary Tab.
- For grades 6-9. The American Heritage Student® Dictionary
will show up as "Student" in the Look up pull-down menu.
- For grades K-6. The American Heritage Children’s® Dictionary will show up as "Children's"
in the Look up pull down menu
The Help link displayed to the right of the tabs offers helpful hints on searching
within the eBook, using the Dictionary and Table of Contents.
The controls to turn pages or jump to a new page are located at the top of the document.
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To turn to the next or previous page in the eBook:
1) use the arrow buttons on the top right-hand side of the document, or
2) use the keyboard "]" key to page forward one page and the "[" key to page backward one page. (not available in all browsers)
- To go to a particular page, enter the page number in the input field at the top of the document and click the go! button.
You may also navigate through an eBook using Search Results after you have
conducted a
search.
- Click the Previous and Next buttons displayed on the
tool palette. The document will automatically
jump to the next (or previous) search result.
- Search terms or
phrases are displayed in bold maroon font in the document.
- The number of results
within each chapter or subchapter is displayed to the right of the chapter heading in the
Table of Contents. Once a search is conducted the Table of Contents is
displayed below the search results to allow navigation through the Table of
Contents.
The Bookmark Page button, located on the Bookmarks tab, allows a logged in user to
bookmark multiple pages within an open eBook for quick and easy future reference.
- To Bookmark a page, click the Bookmark Page button page.
- When the pop-up window appears enter a name for the Bookmark (the current page number is provided as a default).
- Click the save button.
- A confirmation message will appear when the save is complete. Click the Close Window button and continue reading.
- If the Bookmarks tab is active the tab will be refreshed to display your new Bookmark.
- When reading an eBook
online you may print or copy one page at a time by using
your browser's Print or Copy functions, or you may print by clicking on the printer icon on the tab navigation bar.
- Although you can
print parts of an eBook, printing an entire eBook violates copyright laws.
NetLibrary takes precautions to protect copyright laws; if a suspicious usage
pattern indicative of excessive printing or copying is detected, NetLibrary
logs the activity and sends the user a copyright warning.
Printing Hints
- When printing from
the NetLibrary Online eBook Reader, highlight the desired text and then use the
browser's print feature. This will print all of the text within that frame.
- To print the entire
contents of the page, please check your browser's help section on printing
frames.
The following guidelines may be used when citing eBook content using the APA or MLA format.
The guidelines for citing eBooks outlined here are based on the APA's Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fourth Edition, Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association, 1994 and the document "Electronic Reference
Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association" (2001, January 10)
that is posted on the APA’s web site (www.apa.org/journals/webref.html).
In general, the information needed to cite an eBook is:
* Author
* Print version publication date (electronic version publication date
if there is no print version)
* Title
* Print version publication place and publisher.
* Date accessed (unique for each user)
* Internet location eBook accessed from (examples: World Wide Web,
NetLibrary, University of Virginia Library’s Electronic Text Center)
* URL (in the following examples, the NetLibrary URLs are for the "About This eBook" page)
Citations (In Text)
General Format: (Author, publication date (print), page number(s) in parenthesis)
Example: During the Civil War, female couriers for spies
"hid messages in their upswept hairdos, in the hems of their
petticoats, and behind pictures in their lockets" (Zeinert, Karen, 1998, 29-30).
Bibliographic References
General Format
Author. (Print version publication date in parenthesis).
Title in italics or underlined. Publication place (print):
Publisher (print). Retrieved date accessed, from Internet location: URL
Examples of Publicly Accessible Titles
Ferber, Edna. (199?). One Basket. Champaign, Ill: Project
Gutenberg. Retrieved March 6, 2001, from NetLibrary:
http://www.NetLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=2009409
Robinson, Mary. (1796). Sappho and Phaon. London: S. Gosnell.
Retrieved March 6, 2001, from The University of Virginia Library’s
Electronic Text Center: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/RobSapp.htm
Wharton, Edith. (1996). The Age of Innocence. Charlottesville,
VA: University of Virginia Library. Retrieved March 6, 2001, from
NetLibrary: http://www.NetLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=2009766
Examples of Copyrighted Titles
Dronke, Peter. (1968). Medieval Latin and the Rise of European
Love-Lyric. Oxford: Oxford
University Press. Retrieved March 6, 2001, from NetLibrary:
http://www.NetLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=22981
Kerr, Jessica. (1997). Shakespeare’s Flowers. Boulder CO:
Johnson Books. Retrieved March 6, 2001, from NetLibrary:
http://www.NetLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=60
Zeinert, Karen. (1998). Those Courageous Women of the Civil War.
Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press. Retrieved March 6, 2001, from NetLibrary
http://www.NetLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=28948
NetLibrary eBook citation guidelines (outlined here) are based on the
MLA Handbook for "Writers of Research Papers", by John Gibaldi.
5th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1999.
In general, the information needed to cite an eBook is:
* Author
* Title
* Print version publication place, publisher and date (if available)
* Title of site
* Electronic version publication date (if available)
* Date accessed (unique for each user)
* URL (in the following examples, the NetLibrary URLs are for the "About This eBook" page)
For publicly accessible eBooks, other entities or projects may have created
the electronic book, so additional information may be needed, such as:
* Title of site or project
* Editor of site or project
* Name of institution or organization sponsoring the site or project
Citations (In Text)
General Format: (Author, page number(s) in parenthesis)
Example: During the Civil War, female couriers for spies
"hid messages in their upswept hairdos, in the hems of their
petticoats, and behind pictures in their lockets" (Zeinert, Karen. 29-30).
Bibliographic References
General Format
Author. Title in italics or underlined. Publication place
(print): Publisher (print), Publication date (print).
Title of site in italics or underlined. Editor of site or project.
Publication date (electronic). Name of institution or organization
sponsoring the site. Date accessed (unique for each user).
<URL in angle brackets>.
Examples of Publicly Accessible Titles
Ferber, Edna. One Basket. Champaign, Ill: Project
Gutenberg, 199?. NetLibrary. 6 Mar. 2001.
<http://www.NetLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=2009409>.
Robinson, Mary. Sappho and Phaon. London: S. Gosnell,
1796. The Electronic Text Center. Ed. David Seaman. 1994.
University of Virginia Library. 6 Mar. 2001.
<http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/RobSapp.html>.
Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence. Charlottesville, VA:
University of Virginia Library, 1996. NetLibrary. 1999. 6 Mar. 2001.
<http://www.NetLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=2011231>.
Examples of Copyrighted Titles
Dronke, Peter. Medieval Latin and the Rise of European Love-Lyric. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1968. NetLibrary. 1999. 6 Mar. 2001.
<http://www.NetLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=22981>.
Zeinert, Karen. Those Courageous Women of the Civil War.
Brookfield, Conn.: Millbrook Press, 1998. NetLibrary. 2000. 6 Mar. 2001.
<http://www.NetLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=28948>.
- Click the Hide Tools button on the main
navigation bar to view only the document.
- To view the Tool
Palette once it has been hidden, click the Show
Tools button on the main navigation bar.
If you are browsing an eBook you will see a check out this
eBook button at the top of the page. This button will allow you to
checkout this title without having to leave the book itself.
If you have opened several eBooks during your visit to NetLibrary, and still have some open,
you will see a view open eBooks button at the top of the page. This button will allow you to
alternate between any of these open titles. To make this list more manageable, close any
eBooks you are no longer interested in.
When reading an eBook that
you have 'checked out' the time remaining appears in the upper right hand
corner of the Online eBook Reader.
Your library's collection may include eBooks rendered in PDF format. To view PDF
formatted eBooks, you must first install the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in. If you
do not have the Adobe plug-in installed on your system, it is available as a free
download from Adobe.
If you are viewing a PDF-formatted eBook, you can modify your NetLibrary Online
eBook Reader settings to view the Acrobat tool bar. The Acrobat tool bar provides
specialized tools that will allow you to:
- Copy text or graphics in PDF documents
- Annotate text or add notes
- Find and highlight text within a document
To view the Acrobat tool bar select the Show Acrobat Tools button from the NetLibrary
Online eBook Reader navigation bar. To close the toolbar, select the Close Acrobat
Tools button.
Search results are not automatically highlighted in PDF formatted eBooks. You can
highlight search terms within a PDF page using Adobe Acrobat Reader's Find command.
- Select the Show Acrobat Tools button in the NetLibrary Online eBook Reader tool bar.
- In the Adobe Acrobat tool bar, select the binocular button to display the Adobe Find dialog.
- Re-enter your search term. Search terms found within the displayed page will be highlighted in dark blue.
As a NetLibrary member, you can access thousands of eBooks in NetLibrary's
publicly accessible eBook Collection. This collection includes many classic
eBooks, as well as speeches, government documents, and other resources.
You can search the publicly accessible eBook collection to find specific
books, just as you can search the other NetLibrary eBook collections.
To include publicly accessible eBooks in your search results when searching for eBooks:
- Log in to NetLibrary
- Click on the Home tab
- Check the include publicly accessible eBook checkbox located next to the search button
Use the eBookshelf to manage your personal collection of eBooks. On the
eBookshelf you can see which titles you currently have access to as well
as the time remaining on each of your borrowed eBooks. By selecting options
from the pull-down menu you can read the eBook, learn more about it, renew your checkout or return it to the library.
Use the My Favorites page to maintain a list of your favorite eBook titles.
The My Favorites page provides a quick reference for titles that you use frequently.
To read one of the titles listed on the My Favorites list simply click on the
title of the book and browse or check-out the eBook. To remove a title
from the My Favorites list simply click on the remove checkbox and then click on
the remove button at the top or bottom of the page.
All NetLibrary ebooks, except those in the publicly accessible eBook Collection,
are protected by copyright laws. In addition, the following precautions ensure
the protection of intellectual property:
- All user IDs and passwords must be unique. This means that
different users cannot simultaneously use the same ID or password.
- When viewing an eBook online, you can display only one page at a time;
NetLibrary delivers a copyright message if a suspicious usage pattern
indicative of excessive printing or copying is detected.
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