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Vital Source

Vital Source. Kathy Beck 2009. Kathy Beck 2009. Vital Source. VitalSource is a content manager and digital book reader. Wonderful resource Easy to navigate You can: Read books Search for words, terms and phrases Take notes Color code your highlights Share notes View Art

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Vital Source

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  1. Vital Source Kathy Beck 2009 Kathy Beck 2009

  2. Vital Source • VitalSource is a content manager and digital book reader. • Wonderful resource • Easy to navigate • You can: • Read books • Search for words, terms and phrases • Take notes • Color code your highlights • Share notes • View Art • View Music • Print resources

  3. Books in Vital Source • Have the same content as print books plus interactive features that can help you study • Highlight and make notes • Search for terms and topics in the book and across multiple books • Share notes and highlights

  4. Click on VitalSource Icon • This opens the VitalSource Bookshelf

  5. VitalSource Library • General Subjects • Material by Type • Date Range • Location

  6. General Subjects • Art • Economics • Education • Ethics • History • Law • Literature • Mathematics • Philosophy and Logic • Political Science • Religion • Science

  7. Material by Type • Biographies • Chronicles and Histories • Country Studies • Essays • Fairy Tales, Myths and Folklore • Fine Art • Foreign Language • Historical Documents • Legal Documents • Maps and Aerial Photography • Novels and Long Stories • Online Resources • Photography and Illustration • Poems (Epic) • Poetry • Political Documents • Religious Documents • Short Stories • Speeches and Addresses • Theater and Drama

  8. Date Range

  9. Location

  10. Select a Folder in the Collections Section All items in that Category are displayed in the Resource list on the right. These items may include individual VitalBooks™, web sites, videos, audio files, pdf files, PowerPoint files, or other file types.

  11. Select items from the left or middle, and their contents display to the right.

  12. Right Click on a Title to open a contextual menu of related documents (and other options)

  13. Double Click a Book Title The table of contents displays on the left, the page view on the right.

  14. Table of Contents of Selected Item.

  15. Click on a Chapter You will see the chapter contents on the right.

  16. Hide Navigation

  17. Selections have Tabs for • Contents * • Terms • Figures • Notes

  18. Some Selections have Tabs for • Contents • Terms * • Figures • Notes

  19. Terms Tab:Visible only when Terms are availableThe Terms Tab displays all of the terms in the book. This allows you quick reference to defined terms. • Click on a term • When you click on a term – you get a quick description/definition

  20. Some Selections have Tabs for • Contents • Terms • Figures * • Notes

  21. Figures Tab: • Visible only when Figures are availableThe Figures Tab displays all of the images and tables that are found in the currently open book, helping you to quickly seek out a specific figure. If you double-click a figure in the Figures list, that graphic opens in a separate window. This new window, which displays the graphic can be re-sized; you can Zoom In and Out, and display or hide the caption. • The drop-down menu above the Figure list shows each section of the open VitalBook. You can choose a different section from the drop-down menu, and the list automatically displays the graphics for that section. • Select any graphic in the list and the text automatically scrolls to that location. • Right-click (or Control-click) on a graphic in the list and a drop down menu displays from which we can choose "Copy selected figures" to copy a figure (or figures) to the clipboard. • Double-click a graphic to open it in a separate window. • If you click on the figure it takes you to where that figure is in the text • Double click on the figure and it opens in a separate window where you can zoom in and out, go to edit copy and paste into a document • It does site the source…..

  22. In the figures tab you can show figures from specific areas of the book, or all of the book

  23. All Selections have Tabs for • Contents • Terms • Figures • Notes *

  24. Notes Tab • The Notes Tab lists your personal notes and highlights in the open book. Click on the Notes tab at the top of the Table of Contents to display any Highlights or Notes you have made in this VitalBook. You can double-click any note and go to the location of that note in the VitalBook. • You can also Right-click (Control-click) on the list and you will see various options. You can go directly to the highlight, you can add a note or edit an existing note, you can copy the highlight/highlights for use in other programs, and you can remove the highlight and note.

  25. Select Text And right click to open a contextual menu from which you can look up the definition of a word, create a highlight/note, and perform other actions.

  26. Search:

  27. Bookshelf Window Search Function • Use the search box in the toolbar of the Bookshelf Window to search the entire contents of the Bookshelf Window or any part of it. Select any Library, Category or sub-categories (or combinations), type the query criteria into the search box, and press Enter. At the bottom of the Bookshelf Window, a status bar is displayed indicating the progress of the search. Advanced Search • Click on the magnifying glass icon in the search box and choose Advanced Search. Here you have the ability to determine which search terms are applied to which searches - Author/Title or Inside Book. This allows you to have more granular control over your searches. • Click on the drop down and you should see your previous searches (might delete out when you close)

  28. Type a date in the search box. It will locate any occurrence of that date in all libraries.

  29. When you type in a search Ex. George You will see the progress here

  30. Add words to refine your search

  31. Refining the search: • For example, if you type in Abraham and get back too many results, then add the word Lincoln and you will find every occurrence where these two words are in the same paragraph, caption, figure, or title. If there are still too many hits, add the word Gettysburg and the results will be all those places where all 3 words are in the same paragraph, etc.

  32. Multiple book Search Select one of the category folders and the name of the category appears in the search box.

  33. Multiple Book Search • One of the most powerful features of the Query function is the ability to quickly search multiple books and/or multiple categories for a word, words or exact phrase. This is done in the Bookshelf Window. • Select one of the Category Folders and the contents of the Folder display in the Resource Section. Also notice that the name of the Category displays under the Search box in the upper right hand corner of the Bookshelf. When you search this Category you are searching all the content, including notes and highlights you have inserted into the VitalBooks. • You can also search your own Custom Folders (see Bookshelf, Custom Folders) so that the search results can be very specific to the information you need. Simply select your custom folder and type in the query criteria. • To search multiple categories, select the first folder and you will see the resource list and the name of the Category under the Query box. Hold down the "Ctrl" key - (lower left hand corner of the keyboard) - and now select the other category folders that you want to add to the search. You will see the Resource List grow as you add Categories, and you will see the name under the Query box change to reflect the number of categories. Add as many Categories as you need, enter the word, words or exact phrase into the Query Box and hit enter to begin the query.

  34. Hold down Control and select several folders and the selections are reflected here as well.

  35. Click on the drop down and select Advanced Search

  36. Advanced Search Click on the magnifying glass icon in the search box and choose Advanced Search. Here you have the ability to determine which search terms are applied to which searches - Author/Title or Inside Book. This allows you to have more granular control over your searches.

  37. Exact Phrase matching Type a phrase in quotations

  38. Exact Phrase Matching is used to refine your search to specific phrases. It is an excellent (not to mention efficient) way to quickly find a specific phrase or sentence. Exact Phrase Matching can be used to search the entire Collection or a single book. • Quotation Marks - the key to Exact Phrase Matching • In the Search text entry box, type "I think therefore I am" (including quotation marks). The query returns will include any text block containing that phrase. If you do not use quotation marks, the query will look for any paragraph, caption, figure, or title containing all of your words.

  39. Within a book, the search feature is here. Word or phrase queries.

  40. The query function in VitalSource Bookshelf allows you to do both word queries and exact phrase matching. Whether you use the search function in the Bookshelf Window or in the Book Window, it operates the same way. • Type the query criteria into the Search box located at top right of the Bookshelf Window (for Bookshelf queries) or above the Table of Contents in a single VitalBook. • Press the RETURN key. At the bottom of the Bookshelf Window, you will see a status bar to show you the progress of the query. • Individual Vitalbook queries: the query returns (or hits) are displayed in the Table of Contents (for text) and in the Figures list (for graphics), and in the Notes list (for notes and highlights). Bookshelf queries: results are displayed in the right side of the window. Query returns in the Bookshelf Window display results in multiple books and in the notes and highlights in those books. • Double-click on any of the query returns to go to that place in the VitalBook. • To clear the search, click the "x" button next to Search box. • PLEASE NOTE: When you query an individual book, you are searching all three tabs. You must hit the "clear" button to return to your full notes and figures list. • Query Criteria • You can fine-tune your query results by adding words to your search. If you type in one word and get back too many hits, you can add additional words to your query to narrow down your results. Please note, you do not need to add the words "a", "and", "or", "the", or "an."

  41. You can create folders to save your books and notes • File • New Folder

  42. Right Click on the folder and rename it. Then you can drag your book and notes and highlights into that folder.

  43. Custom Folders Click here to create a new folder. To add books, find the books you would like to include and drag them into the folder. Name folder.

  44. Defining Terms Select a term, right click Search for Word in >

  45. You can choose within which resource to find the definition

  46. 1st definition

  47. 2nd definition

  48. Here you see where an instance of the term is found within another definition

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