finding e-books
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Library Research: E-Books
Daytona State College Library
Click on the link to find books, e-books and articles
Sign in first
0The Log In link is in the upper right corner0Your borrower ID is your student ID #0Your PIN is the last four digits of your Social Security
number
Now you see your name in the top right hand corner
Now you’re ready to search
0Type your topic into the box that says Search All Available Items
0Look at the line below the search box.0For books or e-books, click the arrow
beside “All Items” and change that to “Books” or “E-Books”0Then, click on Search
Sorting your results0Your results are sorted by relevance0That means the “best” results are on top0You can re-sort by date0Find “sorted by: relevance”0Click on “relevance” and change to “date-
newest”0If you sort by date, though, you lose the
relevance0If you use the relevance sort, check the date
of the book to make sure it is not out of date for your subject
Read the book
0Click below the book title on “View Online”0On the left side of the page, click on “eBook Full Text”0Note: even though there is a link that says “Download
This Book,” you can’t download the books.
Searching Inside the Book
0Look at the right side of the page, at the menu called Tools.
0To search inside the book, click on the top icon (with the magnifying glass).
0Then type your search term into the box that appears.0You will get a list of links to pages that mention your
search term.
Citing the Book
0Under the Tools menu, find the icon that looks like a yellow sheet of paper.
0When you mouse over it, it will say “Cite.”0Click on that, then choose your citation style (MLA,
APA) from the list.0You can copy and paste the citation into your works
cited or references page.0Note: the citation may not be 100% correct. Check
with an APA or MLA style guide for the correct format.0This does not give you the in-text citation.
Restrictions with using e-books
0You can print a given number of pages, usually 60. You may want to print the title page and the pages that you use for your paper.
0You can email pages to yourself, but only individually.0You cannot download the book to any sort of drive or
device (publisher restriction). You’ll have to go back in and re-open it each time.
Need more help? Call 386-506-3055 or 386-785-2017
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