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PLUG-INs A Student’s Guide to Information Literacy

PLUG-INs A Student’s Guide to Information Literacy . E-BOOKS @ HCT. What is an E-Book?. An E-Book or Electronic Book is not made of paper. . You read an E-Book from a computer or special device called a Reader. The best selling

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PLUG-INs A Student’s Guide to Information Literacy

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  1. PLUG-INs A Student’s Guide to Information Literacy E-BOOKS @ HCT

  2. What is an E-Book? An E-Book or Electronic Book is not made of paper. You read an E-Book from a computer or special device called a Reader.

  3. The best selling e-book reader is called a Kindle and is sold by amazon.com for US$359 or 1318 dirhams. It is about 1 cm thick & weighs about ¼ kilo. Most e-books cost about US$9.99 or 37 dirhams.

  4. Forms or formats of E-Books Sometimes an E-Book is a scan of a paper book (PDF). But sometimes an E-Book is typed directly into a computer program (html).

  5. Advantages & Disadvantages You don’t have to go to the library. You can read them from your computer. You don’t have to wait until somebody returns an E-Book to the library. E-Books do not take up space on a book shelf.

  6. E-Books can be expensive; they are not free. And you need an expensive computer or reader too. But . . . Some people think E-Books are difficult to read. They say they get a headache from looking at a computer all the time. You cannot browse an E-Book like a paper book.

  7. Can you guess how many • E-Books HCT has ?

  8. 36,000 E-Books ! ! ! About 1000 meters of shelves, or about 40 of the shelf units in the picture ! ! ! How many shelves for 36,000 paper books ?

  9. http:// library.hct.ac.ae Pull down the Resources menu. Link to Databases & E-Books

  10. Scroll down eBooks

  11. ebrary30,000 + titles Enter term in search box Browse by subject

  12. ebrary Sample Search : “English Teaching” 19,656 hits ! That’s about 550 meters of shelf space.

  13. Typical eBrary page Arrows to go to different pages F11 – Toggle to full screen view of page Zoom text size Highlight text Print- but only 1 page at a time

  14. Net Library • About 3500 books in this collection. That’s 100 meters of shelves.

  15. Net Library Sample Search“Teaching English” 399 hits ! Click : View this ebook

  16. Typical Net Library page F11 – toggle to full screen view of page Print- only 1 page at a time from non- full screen Chapter headings

  17. eLibraryAKA “Electric Library” on A-Z page Homework Help for School Kids; Not high level Dictionary & encyclopedia entries only. Not like ebrary or Net Library

  18. E-Books from other Databases • Britannica Online • Digital Engineering Library • AccessMedicineMedical Reference books • AccessScienceEncyclopedia Hoot. Hoot.

  19. From Catalogue Format indicated by icon Purple icon with letter “e” Link to website

  20. I hope this helps you find many wonderful E-Books. Ask your teacher or your friendly librarian if you have any questions.

  21. Thank you for listening. HAPPY READING !

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