INFORMATION
SKILLS Using electronic
No. IS19 books
The Library has over 38,000 electronic or ‘e-books’ in stock. E-books are on-screen
copies of printed books that are available 24 hours a day from any computer with Internet
access.
The largest collection is provided by Ebrary and contains academic texts on a wide range
of subjects. Smaller collections of hand-selected books (many of which appear on reading
lists) are available through MyiLibrary and Dawsonera.
To access the Library’s e-books, go to the Library website at www.port.ac.uk/library
You can find e-books on the Library Catalogue in the same way as you would find printed
books.
You can search only e-books
by selecting from the drop-
down list
You can identify e-books by
the disk icon and the
[electronic resource] in the title
To access the e-book, click on
the title and then click on the
Click here link
You can also access e-books via the Electronic Book page on the Library website. This
page also lists collections of books that are freely available via the Internet.
You need to use your institutional login (university username and password) to
access electronic books. Enter your username and password when you see the
University of Portsmouth login page.
You must have browser cookies enabled and pop-up blockers turned off.
For advice on technical problems, go to the Electronic HelpZone on the
Library homepage.
All three e-book collections allow you to copy and print limited amounts, add notes, search
within a book or across all books, and jump to particular sections of a book. An overview
of the features available in each collection is shown over the page.
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Ebrary
Click on Bookshelf to get back to passages you have
highlighted using the highlighter pens in Ebrary Reader
Use
QuickView View the Install the
to view e- books Click on NOTES to Ebrary Reader
books you have use the ‘Add to my to copy, print,
Search the without added to Bookshelf’ feature define and
full-text of installing your translate words.
books in the the Ebrary personal
Find words or You can also
collection Reader bookshelf
phrases in a book personalise your
books by adding
Click on a heading notes and
in the contents to go highlighting
to that section text.
MyiLibrary
Look up
words using Click on
the dictionary Previous/Next
to turn the
pages
Create a
personal
account to Save or print
add notes to pages
Click on a a book
heading in
the contents
to go to that Find words in
section a book
Dawsonera
Search across the e-book collection
Create a list of your favourite books
Click on a heading in the contents to go to that section
Add notes to a book
Find words in a book
Copy and print pages
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