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PCOM’s users guide

ebrary: textbooks and more. PCOM’s users guide. How to Navigate ebrary. Info provides information specific to your library system. Search holds the latest search results and provides search tools and a search history.

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PCOM’s users guide

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  1. ebrary: textbooks and more PCOM’s users guide

  2. How to Navigate ebrary Info provides information specific to your library system. Search holds the latest search results and provides search tools and a search history. QuickView displays the latest document in the ebrary QuickView Reader for reading, printing, copying, and annotating. Bookshelf contains documents you have annotated. You can organize the documents into folders.

  3. Creating an Account • With an ebrary account, you can take advantage of the following features: • Read documents • Print and copy text • Use InfoTools • Highlight and annotate documents • Save documents and annotations to your personal bookshelf • Create folders on the bookshelf to organize your research

  4. To create an ebrary account: Click the Sign-in button in the upper right corner. On the Sign In page, click Create an account. Complete the form, and then click Create New Account.

  5. Searching • Subject search allows you to browse all books for a subject. • Chapter searches often result in the best matches for your query. • Click a document in the search results to open the document in the ebrary • QuickView Reader. • Click Show Table of Contents in the search results to show how frequently • the search term occurs in each chapter.

  6. Performing a Search Type a single search term in the search field at the top of a page (for example "acupuncture"), and click Search ebrary. To narrow down your search, type a search term that uses a Boolean search (AND, OR, NOT) operator in the search field, for example, "acupuncture AND arthritis".

  7. Next, focus your search by choosing one of the subjects in the Focus your search area. The available topics depend on the documents at your site, and click Search ebrary. The Advanced Search fields are displayed above the Focus your search area. The fields use the search terms you selected.

  8. Click the plus (+) button to add a search descriptor, then use the drop-down menu to choose a descriptor. You might know the author or have other information such as the document language, then click the Search ebrary button below your search results.

  9. Examining Search Results To change the order of the search results, sort them alphabetically by title, contributor, publisher, or release date.

  10. To view the contents of a document, click the Show Table of Contents button in the search results.

  11. The display shows which chapters contain the search term(s). A bar next to the chapter name shows the ranking, which shows how often your search terms show up in that area of the document.

  12. Using the Bookshelf If you have an ebrary account, you can store documents that you are interested in on your personal bookshelf that only you can view. The bookshelf is your workspace where you can create folders to organize your documents and Annotations. ebrary helps you keep track of the folders your work is in and of items that are not categorized.

  13. Adding Documents to your Bookshelf To add a document to your bookshelf using ebrary QuickView Reader: While viewing the book, select Add to Bookshelf.

  14. To add a document to your bookshelf using ebrary Reader: select InfoTools > Add to Bookshelf

  15. Adding Annotations You can add an annotation by highlighting text on the page.

  16. Searching Your Bookshelf Sign in if you are not currently signed in. Type in a search term, and click Search ebrary. Click Advanced. The display shows the search term in the first line. In a second Advanced Search line, select Collection, and then choose My Bookshelf as the collection to search. 5. Click the Search ebrary button below the Advanced Search fields.

  17. Creating and Using Bookshelf Folders Click the All My Documents & Annotations folder on the left to see everything on your bookshelf. To add a new folder, click the Add Folder button To add a document to a folder, drag the document cover over to the folder. This adds the document and any annotations to the folder. You can add a document to more than one folder. To see all folders containing a document or annotation, place the cursor over the link. To remove an item from a folder, click the folder to open it, and then click the red X next to the item. When you remove an item from a folder, it is still on your bookshelf.

  18. Thank You for your time and we hope that this has inspired you to try out ebrary.

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