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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!!!