DiMenna-Nyselius Library provides access to over 900,000 ebooks and counting. Most of these ebooks are provided by four major vendors, so using them will differ depending on who created the ebook.

If you have already found an ebook and are looking at this guide for information on how to use it, look at the top of the ebook page for a logo, which will tell you which platform you are currently on. If your ebook doesn't look like any of these, use the chat box on the left side of this page to ask a Librarian for help

Follow these instructions to search for eBooks in the library catalog:

1. Click on Books & Media above the search box on the homepage, type in your keywords, and press Search.

2. On the results page, refine the results to only eBooks by selecting Available Online on the left-hand side.

You can read an eBook in many different ways, but not all options will be available for all books.

• You can always read an eBook online, meaning that you'll read it on whatever browser you prefer on whatever platform the eBook is on.
• Sometimes you can print part or all of an eBook, but the amount that they'll allow varies. If you want to print any part of an eBook, make sure you understand how many pages you can legally print so you can pick carefully.
• You may also be able to download part or all of an eBook, but just like with printing, the amount of pages you can download varies from book to book. So be careful choosing which parts you download in case you run out of pages.

The front page of a book will look different depending on which platform is hosting the eBook you're reading. Below are some examples (it will cycle through the examples automatically, but you can swipe through using the arrows on either side of the image).

One of the great things about using eBooks is that you can easily search within them instead of having to use the index like in a traditional book. The method for searching within an eBook varies depending which platform it's on, but usually the basic method goes like this:

• On the book's front page there will be a search box (or you may have to click the phrase "search within")
• When you search for whatever key word or term you need to find, it will bring up a list of all pages that have that term on them

Again, the method of searching within an eBook will vary depending on where the book is hosted. Here are some examples (it will cycle through the examples automatically, but you can swipe through using the arrows on either side of the image):

EBSCO

Gale

JSTOR

Project Muse

ProQuest

SpringerLink