Guide to EbraryFinding E-books with Ebrary

Created by Michelle Nielsen Ott, Illinois Central College, Summer 2010

What is an e-bookHow to search for e-books in the through ebrary

How to read e-books from ebrary and create a free ebrary account

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?

To Search Ebrary for E-books

First click on the

red “Research

” box.

To Search Ebrary for E-books

Next, click on

the “Ebooks”

link.

To Search Ebrary for E-books

Finally, click on

“EBRARY”

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.

This is the entry point and search page for Ebrary.

Enter your search

terms into either

search box

Your results list will look like this:

Refine your search, if needed.

Use these

options to

refine your

search.

Look through the results list to find an e-book that you are

interested in viewing

Click on the title that you want to

view

Now You Are Viewing the E-book

Scroll down to the bottom of the page to get the

information for citations.

Navigate the e-book with these features

Turn the page with these arrow buttons or double

click on the page.

Table of Contents

Use the Table of Contents to

skip from chapter to chapter.

Full-Text Searching

Enter keywords in this search box and they will be

highlighted through the text.

Select a Specific Page

Enter the specific

page number.

Printing and Other InfoTools

Print a single page and use many other

options with the “InfoTools”

menu.

Layout Options

For a different layout of the e-book select the “ebrary Reader”

button and install the plug-

ins.

Ebrary Reader View

Contains the same navigation options at

the original

view, but with a

different look

Some ebrary features require you to have a free account.

Click on “Sign in” in

the top right

corner.

Sign in or Create a free account

Sign In

Create a new account

Create a New Account

Fill in the fields and check the

boxes to create an account

Signed-In Features

By creating an account you can save e-books to your bookshelf

and make virtual notes and highlight

marks.

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