Ebrary is an online collection of over 80,000 ebooks that has several advantages over print books such as near-instant access from any internet connection, the ability to quickly search and copy text, and being more environmentally friendly; the document provides instructions on three ways to access and search for ebooks within Ebrary including browsing by subject or directly searching by title; and it describes various features within the Ebrary platform such as highlighting, annotating, zooming, and downloading ebooks.

1. Susan Bloom, MLIS

2. Ebrary is an online collection of over 80,000 electronic books
(ebooks). There are several advantages to ebooks over
“traditional” books:
• Near-instant access, anywhere you have the internet
•Ability to search through the full text extremely fast
•Environmentally friendly
•Capability to copy text when directly quoting
•Allows for highlighting and annotating
•Quickly zoom in or out
•Easier to travel with, particularly on a smart phone or other
intelligent device
•Several users can look at the same work at the same time

3. Where to begin?
There are three ways to begin using the system:
1. Enter directly from the database A-Z list
2. Browse from the subject sections
3. Find a specific work in the OPAC (Online Public
Access Catalog)

4. 1. Enter directly from the database A-Z
list
Choose “Databases A-Z”

6. Choose this option to browse all subjects
Or choose a specific topic to browse

7. 2. Browse from the subject sections

8. For example:
Choose the appropriate subject for your topic

9. Choose a particular
subject to browse

10. 3. Find a specific work in the OPAC
(Online Public Access Catalog)
Search by title, author, subject or keyword

11. The catalog will show results for multiple
formats, to choose a book from ebrary, choose
an eBook/eReference Resource
You may also limit your
search to only view
eBook/eReference

12. Click on the link

13. The link will bring you directly to the particular book

14. If you log in off campus, you will need to enter your ID number here

15. Advanced search Help
Sign in
Ebrary home screen
Basic Search
Download an app for your i-device
Browse by topic

16. Performs a subject
field search for all of Subject Terms tend to
the subject terms produce better results than
listed simple keyword searches
Click on the book title, NOT on
the ebrary Reader button
Create a virtual bookshelf to keep books
to look at later
Users may download up to 10 books at
a time. A user can “return” a book Sort results
(which will automatically delete the
book from the computer’s hard drive)
to take out more.

17. Highlight
Click here to turn off
search term
highlighting
Click the arrow to
Zoom
turn the page
Click on the
magnifying glass to
skip to the first
instance of your
search term in a
Choose the particular chapter
magnifying
glass and The rank shows how often the
search term appears in each
arrow to skip chapter, the larger the gray bar, Type in a page
to the next the more frequently it appears number to skip
instance of directly to that
your search page
term Bibliographic
information about
Search terms are this book
highlighted

18. The copy function will open a new
dialog box with the selected phrase, you
may then copy the text from the new
box
You must select text BEFORE you
choose one of these tools, except for the
print option

19. Will create a new tab and search for the definition of the
selected word in the Merriam-Webster dictionary
Will create a new tab and search for an encyclopedia
article of the selected word in encyclopedia.com
Will create a new tab and search for a map of the
selected word in either MapQuest or Cartographica
Will create a new tab and search for a biography of the
selected word in either bio.com or Wikipedia

20. These link out to different search engines and websites. They will do
an automatic search of the highlighted word.
This will directly link to whatever web address is highlighted
Choose this option to automatically export bibliographic
information to RefWorks (a citation manager)

21. Choose this button to zoom in or out
Click here to highlight
selected text, you
must select the text
first!
Click here to
download the entire
book or specific
chapters
Click here to create a note, you do not have to
have a word selected first. You can add as
many notes as you want and move them
wherever you like

22. Click on the bigger trash can to
remove the entire book from your
bookshelf
Click on the little trash can
to remove a note or
highlighted section from
your copy of the book, it
will not remove the book
from your shelf
Create folders to
organize your shelf
Click on the note
Click on the book title
or highlighted
to begin reading the
section to skip
title
directly to the page

23. Customize citation managers
Link your account and sign on through Facebook
Choose the default citation style
Toggle on or off the accessibility mode

24. Need more help? Contact a librarian!
 Ask us in the library
 Text us at (516) 714-4486
 Call us at (516) 678-5000 ext. 6235 or
6236.
 Email us at molloylibrarian@gmail.com
 Request a one-on-one help session with a
librarian on our website