• Accessing netLibrary Electronic Books
• Searching for Electronic Books Using the Library Online Catalog
• Using Electronic Books

Accessing netLibrary Electronic Books:

• Go to the GCC Library Web page: http://www.glendale.edu/library
• Click Library Online Catalog under Databases

When using the Library Online Catalog to search for books in GCC Library, you will be searching our entire collection of books: both our print book collection and more than 6000 electronic books.

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Searching for Electronic Books Using the Library Online Catalog:

1. Use the GCC Library Online Catalog to search for a topic you are interested in (for example: discrimination).
   
   • An Advanced (Keyword) Search for the topic discrimination locates more than 200 titles.
2. If you are searching from off campus, you may wish to limit your search to electronic books only. You can do this using the Advanced (Keyword) Search screen. (See example below).
• This search locates fewer than 30 titles.

Figure 1 - The screenshot shows the Advanced (Keyword) Search with the "AND" limit radio button selected to search for electronic books only.

Using Electronic Books:

1. After reviewing your search results, click on any title to see that book's full description.
2. On the netLibrary screen, click View this eBook.
3. You will see a screen similar to the one below. Note all the features available to you in netLibrary.
4. While you're browsing a book, no one else will be able to access that book. You can browse a book for around 15 minutes as long as you are actively using it. If netLibrary logs you out due to inactivity, simply return to the Library Online Catalog and re-access your book following the steps above.
5. You can use the web browser's Print button to print a page from the book.
6. When you are finished using the electronic book, click the Close Item tab at the top of the screen.
7. You can search for another book or Log out.

Figure 2

• Screenshot shows the results of selecting "View this book" for a title appearing in the results list.
• You can choose to search for a word or phrase with in the text of the book or view the ebook's Table of Contents.
• In the right frame you can select to go to a specific page number or advance page by page through the text.