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Ebrary tutorial: Creating account, downloading
1. Getting the most out of
ebrary
How to Create an Account, Download
ebooks, Manage Your Bookshelf, and more!
2. Why create an ebrary account?
Allows you to:
• Download ebooks
• Save ebooks to your own “bookshelf” that you
can refer back to
• Highlight text and take notes in ebooks
• Save and organize your research
3. How to create an account:
• On the ebrary search page, click on “Sign In”
• On the next page, select the
blue “Create an account” link
4.
5. After creating an account, you can
download ebooks!
2 ways to download:
In sections
• Download up to 60 pages at a time
• No special software needed – downloads as a PDF
file.
Whole ebook
• Download the entire book for 14 days only
• Must have Adobe Digital Editions software (available
online for free download – linked from the ebrary
download window)
6. How to download ebooks
When looking at a book of interest, simply click on the
Download button
Options:
• Download a PDF document of a chapter or
select specific pages to download (limit up to 60
pages at a time)
• Download the entire book to Adobe Digital
Editions for 14 days
7. Alternative to downloading: Add
ebooks to your bookshelf
• Create your own virtual library of ebooks! Click on
the Add to My Bookshelf button
• Notes and highlighting you have done are saved and
easily accessible
• Ebooks saved to your bookshelf can be accessed as
long as you have an account
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8. Highlight in ebooks
• Point your mouse to
the beginning of the
section you want to
highlight, click and
drag across entire
section to be
highlighted
• Then click on the highlight button
*You must be signed in to your ebrary account*
9. Take notes in ebooks
• Click on InfoTools,
then Create Note
• Type notes in the
note box and click
OK
• Resize and move
the box as needed
10. Questions?
Contact us - we are here to help!
Email: library@ashford.edu
Phone: (866) 685-8089
Chat: On the library website