- To access e-books go to our library catalog http://library.auraria.edu/ . Select the “Book Search” option, use the drop-down menu and select a keyword search and enter your topic.
- Click on “Modify Search”, then limit to “Material Type”. The drop down menu will include E-Books. Select E-Books and click search.
- Click on a title that interests you and where it gives you a link, click on that link to enter the E-Book.
A. If you get into NetLibrary, NetLibrary launched the eBook category and is fast growing to become the eContent provider of choice for academic, community college, public and many other libraries. It offers easy-to-use functionality with access to multiple formats and best-selling titles from the world's leading publishers. When you get into NetLibrary you will get:
- EBook details – the title, citation information, viewing requirements, subject and language.
- From Inside the EBook – this will give you an abstract.
- A search box – this has a drop down menu to search by title, author, etc. and a language box – select words in English, Spanish or French.
- Similar Items – search for all similar terms
- Select your interface language – select from a number of languages
B. If you get into SpringerLink, SpringerLink is a Leading global scientific publisher, delivering quality content through innovative information products and services. Springer eBook Collection has more than 30,000 titles available. When you get into SpringerLink you will see:
- The title of the book
- What you need to know – this will give you citation information.
- About the book - this will give you an abstract.
- A language box – you can select to view the book in different languages.
- A search box - search words within all content or words in the book.
- There are three tabs which will give you the following information:
- The Editorial View will give you a PDF which gives chapters and lists the page numbers.
- The Condensed List View and Expanded List View will give you a PDF which gives you chapter by chapter.
C. If you get into Hathi Trust Digital Library, Hathi Trust is a digital repository for the nation’s great research libraries; HathiTrust (listen to the pronuciation) brings together the immense collections of partner institutions. HathiTrust was conceived as a collaboration of the thirteen universities of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation and the University of California system to establish a repository for these universities to archive and share their digitized collections. Partnership is open to all who share this grand vision. If you get into Hathi Trust you will see:
- Catalog Search - search bibliographic data such as title, author, ISBN, etc, for all items in the Library. Full-text search of all items in the Library is not yet available, but full-text searching options are available via the Experimental Search page or from within a public or private collection.
- Experimental Search - Search individual words, groups of words, or phrases in quotes (e.g., "George Washington")
- Public Collections - to browse other people's collections. Items from these collections can be copied into your own personal collection.
- Create your own Private Collection - by searching or browsing to find items of interest and then adding them to a collection.
The main point is when you get into an EBook look at all your options. Sometimes you can mark citations, email parts of the book to you, copy a chapter if the chapter is a PDF file, etc. You will want to explore all your options. These are just three of the online sources of EBooks, if you Google eBooks you will come up with quite a few free sources.
Assignment
Please visit one or more of the above mentioned e-book providers. Blog about your experience. Did you prefer one site to another? Did you download a book? If so, which one and why?
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