Online Library Research 

Module1: Finding your way
Module2: Books and more
Module 3: E-Books
Module4: Article Databases
Module 5: Web Savvy
Module 6: Citing Sources
Northwest Library
EPCC

Finding E-Books

netLibrary e-Books: Reading and More

Reading an e-Book Online

• E-Books are viewed in 15 minute intervals.
• Locate the book you want to browse.
• Click the e-Book title to display the e-Book Information page.
• Click Browse this e-Book Online.

Checking Out an e-Book

• Locate the e-Book you want to check out
• Click the e-Book title to display the E-Book Information page
• Click on Read this e-Book Online or Download this e-Book to Read Offline.  Your e-Book will appear in the Online e-Book Reader.
• If you have not logged in to your account, the system will ask you to do so. Once logged in, the e-Book will appear in the Online e-book Reader.

Downloading an e-Book to Read Offline

• The netLibrary e-Book Reader software must already be installed on the PC for you to read the e-Book offline.
• Click on my e-Books icon on the main navigation bar, select book to read offline.
• Click on the drop-down menu next to title to read.
• Select Download this e-Book and select 2. Download the e-Book and your request will be confirmed.

Copying and Printing Text Online

• When reading an e-Book online you may print or copy one page at a time by using your browser's Print or Copy functions. After downloading, the bibliographic citation will be provided along with the text.
  
   

Tutorial created by Monica Wong,  Head Librarian, Northwest Campus Library
915/831-8840 | monicaw@epcc.edu

Technical Consultant: Joe Old , El Paso Community College

This site was created as part of the Integrating Technical Contexts into Academic Programs (ITAC) Project.
Funds for the program were provided by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under the auspices
 of the federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998.

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