1. Accessing CSJ’s newest online resource.
How to use ebooks
Accessing CSJ’s newest online resource.

2. What you will learn: What is an ebook?
How to find ebooks using the CSJ online catalog.
How to create a free ebrary account and how to read ebooks on your computer.

3. But first - What is ???
Ebrary is a multidisciplinary digital library that has over 52,000 ebooks. You can search it by author, title or subject to get instant access to electronic books for your research papers. Subjects covered in this database range from books on anthropology to religion, philosophy and psychology. Ebrary is now part of the CSJ online catalog, located on our website under Library Services, Find a book.

4. What is an ebook?
An ebook or electronic book is a book published in an electronic format instead of being published on paper.
Ebooks contain the same information as if the book was printed. This is considered a book source, not a web source.
You read an ebook digitally on your computer.

5. How do you use ebooks?
When you see this symbol in the CSJ online catalog, you will know that the title which follows is an ebook. Don’t worry, you will be able to read the entire book on your computer.
Click on the title, to get a description of the book.
If you decide you want to read it, go to the bottom of the page, and click on its url address. ex:

6. ebook Icon

7. URL Address

8. Now you are viewing an ebook.

9. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to get the information for citations

10. Navigate the ebook with these features
Turn the page with these arrow buttons or double click on the page

11. Table of Contents
Use the Table of Contents to skip from chapter to chapter.

12. Full-Text Searching
Enter keywords in this search box and they will be highlighted through the text.

13. Enter the specific page number.
Select a Specific Page
Enter the specific page number.

14. Printing and Other InfoTools
Print a single page and use many other options with the “InfoTools” menu.

15. Sign in or Create a free account
Create a new account

16. Fill in the fields and check the boxes to create an account
Create a New Account
Fill in the fields and check the boxes to create an account

17. Signed-In Features
By creating an account you can save ebooks to your bookshelf and make virtual notes and highlight marks

18. How to use ebooks
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