| Otis College of Art & Design offers Academic Complete, a book
database from Ebrary that offers full-text online access to over
34,000 authoritative titles with a cross section of titles from the fields of social and behavioral sciences, humanities, business, economics, computers and technology, life and physical sciences. Using the ebrary interface you can save highlighted text with notes
to a personal bookshelf, print pages, save selected text, and copy
and paste selected text with citations.
To get started, you must first download the ebrary Reader This
is a one-time download. The free software works with your web browser
to allow browsing, search, and other advanced features. Instructions
are available HERE.
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1. Create a Personal Bookshelf
Account
You need to create a one-time account
in order to save links to books, personal notes, and highlighted
text for any title. To use your personal bookshelf account,
you will need to login. However it is not necessary
to log in to copy and print text.
- Click on the Account tab.
- Click on Do you need a new ebrary
account?
- Fill out the online form & check box
at bottom to accept terms. Confirmation will be sent via
email
- You are automatically logged in after
the account is created.
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2. Browse
- Click on the "browse" button to browse by Library of
Congress Subject Headings and title. Subjects are displayed
with approximate numbers of titles in ebrary, listed in
parentheses.
- Click on the + sign to expand the subjects and
to see the list of titles.
3. Search
- Type words or phrases into the simple search box to search
for all instances in the full text database.
- To search for an exact phrase, use quotes, i.e. "distance
education."
- Results are displayed 20 at a time-click on a book cover
or title to access it.
- Sort results by date, title, or publisher, by clicking
on the word at the top right of the search results.
- Use the advanced search feature to add more search criteria,
or to limit search to title, contributor name, publisher
name, and Library of Congress/BISAC subject heading.
- Narrow search results by clicking on Subject, Contributor,
or Publisher.
- Use the "Back" browser button to go back to the previous
screen.
4. Copy
- Highlight the text to be copied. Click on either the
copy icon in the toolbar or select "copy" from the Niftiest
pull-down menu.
- The content can now be pasted into Microsoft Word or
any text editor. Citations are automatically displayed at
the bottom of the copied text. This helps you avoid additional
typing, note taking, and plagiarism.
5. Print
- Click on either the printer icon in the toolbar or select
"print" from the InfoTools pull-down menu.
- You can print 5 pages at a time, but no more than 40 pages
per session.
Other Ebrary Features
- Link to definitions, encyclopedia references, map locations
and other options by selecting text, and clicking on the
InfoTools menu.
- Search the entire ebrary collection for selected text
or phrases within a document.
- Take notes and highlight text. Save to a personal bookshelf.
- Magnify a page to 150% or 200%.
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