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Finding eBooks: Using the EBC

Click on the eBook Full-text tab

in the Quick Search box.

Type in your keywords

and hit Search.

Access the Electronic Book Center (EBC)

through the library’s website

Your page should look similar to

this after you’ve run a search.

Search Results Page

Search Results Page

Here you’ll see your search term(s) and

the number of results from your search.

You can decide how you want the

results list to be organized. You tell the search what results should be brought

to the top of the list. If you want the ones that

deal most closely with your search terms, sort by

relevance. If you want the newest books to be at

the top of the results list, sort by date.

Search Results Page

You can limit your search results by

subject or by date. This helps focus

your search and gives you less to

scroll through. Just click to rerun

your search with the new criteria.

For example, you can click on 2010 and it will take

your search term and only bring back the 205 results

that were published in that year.

Search Results Page

The actual

search results

are listed here.

Each is

numbered and

gives basic

publication

information.

Search Results Page

Everything in blue and underlined is a hyperlink

that will jump you somewhere else.

Clicking on the title will jump you

to the full-text online eBook

Search Results Page

Clicking on the subject terms

will run a new search for eBooks

about those terms

Search Results Page

The Matches section shows you

where your search terms where

found in the eBook. Think of it

as a little snippet preview. You

can also see how many times

your terms were found in the text. For example, “happy” was found 267 times in

the book by Diener.

You can click on the match and it

will open up the eBook and jump

you to that particular section of

the text. The terms will be

highlighted to help you locate

them.

Search Results Page

Once you’ve found a good resource, be sure to

click on Find more books like this. It’ll search

for similar items that are likely to also be useful.

Stay organized when you research! Click on Add to create lists of eBooks that are much

easier to organize, view and email. You can see what

you’ve added by clicking Bookbag.

Viewing eBooks

To view the actual text of an eBook, click on its title. This should bring up a page with two columns that looks similar to the page below.

Viewing eBooks

The left part helps you navigate the book. Think of it

as your table of contents – you can click and jump to

later sections with ease. The actual text of your book

is located in the right part of the screen.

Viewing eBooks

Search the full text of your book here

If you want to link to this book directly,

use the persistent link. If you want to

print, be sure to click on print view.

Viewing eBooks

Some books (like this one) allow you to

view each chapter as a PDF. Click on

PDF Full Text to view, download, save

or print the chapter as a PDF file.

Skip from chapter to chapter with these arrows

Viewing eBooks

Scroll to down to read through the chapter

The gray line marks

a page division. Page

numbers are located

at the top of each

new page.

Remember!

If you are accessing off-campus, you must

authenticate through OhioLINK.

You must access the EBC through the library’s or OhioLINK’s website.

For help with this process, visit our Off-Campus Access LibGuide.

Congratulations!

You successfully finished the library tutorial

Finding eBooks: EBC

If you have any questions about this tutorial,

please get in touch with Pilgrim Library or

email adearmond@defiance.edu.

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