2. Background
• E-books are electronic versions of print books – the content is
exactly the same.
• UCS uses two main e-book suppliers - Dawsonera and Ebrary. Both
have different layouts and formats, but do similar things and very
easy to use.
Record shows both e-book
and print book
3. Why are e-books so useful?
• You can access and use e-books on or off-campus.
• Often they are titles which are in heavy demand.
• You can put a title onto a virtual ‘bookshelf’ for future
use
• You can make highlight and make notes in books like you
can in print books
4. Accessing e-books
• You can access UCS e-books using
• Summon
• Directly through Ebrary or Dawsonera (using the link in the A-Z
list of databases)
• Remember UCS uses two main e-book suppliers - Dawsonera and
Ebrary. Both have different layouts and formats, but do similar
things and very easy to use. The majority of our e-books are
provided by Ebrary.
6. Results will
include print
books, journals,
newspaper
articles.
Use the Any
filter to limit to
Full Text Online
Use the Content
type filter to limit
to Book/eBook.
7. To open a book
select the Full-
Text Online of the
record.
8. Table of contents
appears on the right of
the screen – use this to
jump to a chapter
Tools to help navigate and read
the book appear here
When the book is open
9. Browse pages of the book using the arrow
Search within the book
Jump to chapters within the table of contents
10. Select the
magnifying glass to
go to the first
instance of the word
you have searched
for.
Your search terms are
highlighted within the text
Searching within the book
Use the search
box to look up
words in the text
11. Printing from Ebrary
• You can copy and print from an e-book but the allowance
varies. Usually it is in the region of 5% or a chapter (this is
in line with copyright).
• Find the print option under Infotools
12. Downloading
You can read the ebook online or download it to read on a
mobile device.
If you do need to download a title, consider the
following:
Dawson books - can be downloaded for 5 days only
(but not onto Kindles as the PDF file format includes a
self-destruct mechanism!).
Ebrary books –chapters can be copied as PDFs and put
onto Kindles. Alternatively, whole books can be
downloaded for 14 days if you firstly install Adobe
Digital editions onto your computer
13. Downloading from Ebrary
• To download you will ask to sign into Ebrary, either
automatically of by selecting the Sign in option in the right
hand corner
• Once signed in you will see Sign out in the right hand corner
• Select the download option
14. Downloading The Export and
Download box will
display.
This will tell you how
much you can
download
Select what you would
like to download and
then OK
Downloaded files will
appear on your screen
and you can open or
save the file
15. Changing the size of the text
Use the magnification option to make the reading pane and text bigger
17. Making notes
Select text and then choose the highlighter with a note pad next to it,
this will let you make your own notes
18. What happens to notes?
• Notes will appear in your personal bookshelf.
• This is where you can store books of interest and for future
reading.
• You will find the link to the bookshelf along the top of the
screen.
• Note that you will need to be signed in to use this feature
19. Viewing your notes
Select your Bookshelf
You will see a link to the notes that you made and
also a link to the text that was highlighted.
Select a link to return to the page
20. Adding books to your Bookshelf
When reading a book you can add it to your bookshelf by
selecting Add to My Bookshelf
21. Creating folders for your Bookshelf
• You can
organise
content on
your Bookshelf
into folders.
• Create a folder
by selecting
Add Folder
• Drag and drop
items into a
folder
22. Sharing folders
Each folder has its own URL so that you can share the contents with
someone else
You can also email the folder and save to RefWorks
23. Photo credits
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For more information and advice speak to a member of the library staff or
your Subject Librarian
