Library Research Tutorial

You can search our ebook collection via the UCC Library Search Box or directly through our eBook Academic Collection.

If you are using an ebook for research for your assignment, I suggest finding relevant chapters or sections and then downloading or emailing them to yourself. Watch these videos or scroll down to the written tutorial with screenshots below to learn how to do this. 

• You may search the UCC Library's ebook collection through the UCC Library Search Box or the EBSCO Academic eBook Collection. When searching the UCC Library Search Box, make sure to limit your search results to Source Type: eBooks.
• ​If your search results do not seem relevant, try different search terms. 

• When you find an ebook that you are interested in, click on the title. 

• You can now see the information about the ebook. From this page, you can:
  • Get the ebook's citation
  • Get the permalink (permanent link) for this page
  • Go directly to the pages in this ebook that are most relevant to your search terms
  • Read the full text of the ebook online
  • Download the ebook

Get the Citation

• To get the citation, click Cite on the right side of the screen under Tools.

• Choose the citation format that you are using (APA or MLA).  
• Copy and paste the citation into your References page (for APA) or your Works Cited page (for MLA). 

Get the Permalink

• To link back to this ebook in the future or to share this link with others, copy the permalink.  The permalink is a "permanent link" back to this page.  Do not use the link in your web browser - this is a temporary link to this page.  The permanent link will always bring you back here. 
• Click Permalink on the right side of the page under Tools.

• After you click Permalink, a box with the permalink to this page will appear near the top of the screen.  
• You can copy and paste this link.

Find the Most Relevant Pages

• You can also go directly to the pages of this book that are most relevant to your search terms. 
• Near the bottom of the page, you will see the Most Relevant Pages From This eBook.
• To view one of these pages directly, click on the page number.

• You will be taken to that specific page in the ebook.

Full Text Options

• There are two options for accessing the full text of the ebook:

PDF Full Text

• This is a great option for:
  • Skimming through the book to see if it is of interest to you.
  • Looking at specific chapters or sections of the ebook for research.
  • Emailing or downloading the PDF file of specific sections of the book.
  • Immediate access while online.

Download This eBook (offline)

• This is a great option if you would like to read the entire book in a leisurely manner.
  • Download it to your device and read it using an ebooks app. 
  • Read it while not connected to the internet.
  • Flipping through the pages can make it feel close to reading a print book.

PDF Full Text

• To read the book online, click ‘eBook Full Text.’ You will then see the full text of the ebook. 

• On the left side of the screen, you will see a clickable table of contents where you can click to go to different chapters in the ebook. 

• If you are looking for a specific term, click ‘Search within’ on the right side of the screen and search within the book for specific words. 

• There are also options on the right side of the page to cite the book and save specific pages.  Please note that you can only save specific sections of the book at one time, so pay attention to which pages or sections you are saving. 

These videos will teach you how to download an entire ebook onto your device or laptop so that you can read it at your leisure. 

Download This eBook (Offline)

Prepare your device and app

• Before you download an ebook to read offline, you need three things: 

1. Your Adobe Digital ID
2. The device, laptop, or computer on which you intend to read the ebook.
3. The correct application that will open the file for the ebook so that you can read it.

Adobe Digital ID

1. Go to https://accounts.adobe.com

2. Click Get an Adobe ID

3. Create your Adobe Digital ID

Which device will you read it on? 

• You can read it on a phone, tablet, laptop, or computer as long as you have the correct app to open the device. Get the device of your choice ready for the next step. 

Get the app

• Download one of the following free apps from Google Play or iTunes for your device:
  • Bluefire Reader

• Adobe Digital Editions

Download the ebook

• On the device where you have installed the app, go to the EBSCO Ebooks Database and find the book that you wish to download. 
• Click click ‘Download This eBook (offline).’ 

• You will be asked to sign into your myEBSCOhost account.  If this is your first time, you must create your own free account.  You will then be able to log in. 

• Next, a window will popup allowing you to download the book.  You must choose how many days you would like to ‘checkout’ the book (1 – 21 days).  After your time is up, the file that you downloaded to read the ebook will automatically 'return itself' meaning that you will no longer be able to read the file. However, you can simply come back and download it again. There is no limit to the number of people who can download an ebook at one time.

• You should be able to open the downloaded file in the ebooks app on  your device to read your ebook.

The EBSCO eBooks Tutorial shows you how to find and access EBSCO eBooks. 

• One of your options for access is to email sections of the ebook to an email address of your choice. This option only works for emailing sections of an ebook (it does now allow you to email the PDF of an entire book). 
• If you are in another UCC Library database, you can also email entire articles to an email address of your choice. 
• This means that you can email sections of an ebook or articles to Kindle so that you can read them.
• See the Send to Kindle by Email link below for instructions from Amazon for how to find your Kindle email and access the documents that you email to your Kindle.