How to find and access e-books from the Library Catalogue

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1 How to find and access e-books from the Library Catalogue An increasing number of books are now available in electronic format as e-books or electronic books. The College has over 5000 e-books which you can read in full text via the Internet. The majority of our e-books are available on four main platforms or websites Dawsonera, MyiLibrary, Ebrary and Safari Books Online. The easiest way to find and access e-books is to search the Library Catalogue just like you would for printed books. Enter your search terms in the search box. You can search for an author, a title or a keyword. For example, Rachel Gould s Level 2 Hairdressing enter the terms Gould and hairdressing. If the book is available electronically the term ebook will appear under the title. You can also limit your search to just e-books by selecting E-book or ebook from either the Library Location or the Format facets on the left hand side of the screen under Refine Your Search. Click on the title or to access the full record for the book on the catalogue. Click on the link Click here to access from the full record for the book to access the content of the e-book online. How you access the full text of the e-book depends on which platform the e-book is hosted Dawsonera, MyiLibrary, Ebrary or Safari. This information is displayed in the record for the item on the catalogue, for example, page 1

2 On Campus you will not need to enter your College username and password to access the full text content of e-books on the MyiLibrary platform. MyiLibrary uses the UK Federation (Shibboleth) to authenticate off campus access. From the Library Catalogue click on the link Click here to access If you are accessing an e-book from MyiLibrary off campus you will need to login. Ignore the top two boxes and select UK Access Management Federation from the drop down box under Institutional Access and then click on GO. page 2

3 Click on Bradford College from the list of Institutions Enter your College username and password at the Bradford College Shibboleth Login Page. You can now read the book you have selected online. You can search for keywords in the text, go to a particular page or chapter, or check out the correct citation (reference), and print pages or download them. page 3

4 Dawsonera uses EZproxy to authenticate access on and off campus. Whether you are accessing an e-book on the Dawsonera platform on or off campus the process is the same. From the Library Catalogue click on the link Click here to access Enter your College username and password at the Bradford College EZproxy Login Page. You will be asked to login both on and off campus. And then you can choose to Download or Read Online the e-book. page 4

5 You can download an e-book from the Dawsonera platform onto the local drive of your computer or a memory stick for a period of up to 7 days. You will lose access after this time but you can always go back and download the book again. Copy and print facilities are not available from the downloaded PDF, but during the download period, you can make annotations, highlight text and use Adobe Reader accessibility options. You can also download e-books from Dawsonera to Apple ios or Android devices for up to 7 days. You will lose access after this time but you can always go back and download the book again. More information is available from the Help button on the Dawsonera website. The e-book will always open on the Title page. You can go to a particular page by entering the exact page number or you can navigate using the Table of Contents on the left hand side. You can also add notes, search within the text, copy text and print pages. More information is available from the Help button on the Dawsonera website. page 5

6 On Campus you will not need to enter your College username and password to access the full text content of e-books on the Ebrary platform. Ebrary uses the UK Federation (Shibboleth) to authenticate off campus access. From the Library Catalogue click on the link Click here to access If you are accessing an e-book from Ebrary off campus you will need to login. Enter your College username and password at the Bradford College Shibboleth Login Page. You can now read the book you have selected online. You can go to a particular page by entering the exact page number or you can navigate using the Table of Contents on the right hand side. Use the InfoTools button to copy and print or add a note. page 6

7 More information is available from the Help button on the Ebrary website. You can download chapters or page ranges as a PDF document from the Ebrary platform. You can also download the e- books to your computer or other mobile devices and e-readers (but not the Kindle) for 14 days. You will need to have Adobe Digital Editions installed on the computer you use for the download. If you are on campus you will need to Sign In using your College username and password to download the e-book. Click on Sign In from the Ebrary toolbar. Safari uses the UK Federation (Shibboleth) to authenticate off campus access. From the Library Catalogue click on the link Click here to access Click on the START READING button. page 7

8 Scroll down to the bottom of the page using the scroll bar on the right hand side of the screen. Click on UK Federation Users Sign In. Type Bradford College into the search box and then click on Search or Sign In. Enter your College username and password at the Bradford College Shibboleth Login Page. You can now read the book online. You can search for keywords in the text, go to a particular page or chapter, print pages and select different ways to read and view the book. Please remember to Sign Out when you have finished your session. For more information please contact the Electronic Resource Development Librarian or the Academic Liaison Librarian for your subject, or askalibrarian@bradfordcollege.ac.uk page 8