eBooks: About Ebsco eBooks
About Ebsco eBooks
The Atlantic Cape libraries subscribe to four e-book packages from the vendor Ebsco:
- eBook Collection
- eBook Academic Collection
- eBook Community College Collection
- eBook Nursing Collection
These four collections give us access to over 175,000 titles. These books can be read online, or 'borrowed,' and downloaded to a desktop, laptop, or mobile device for off-line reading.
- eBook Guide from EbscoEbsco guide to their ebook collections. Includes tutorials, links to ereader apps, and how to read online, on your mobile device and how to download, save and print.
Using Ebsco eBooks Online
You can search the eBook databases and read ebooks in the library or at any computer connected to the campus network.
You can search the eBook collections and read ebooks on any computer connected to the campus WiFi. Mobile devices, too.
If you are using your personal computer or mobile device,
- Make sure that your web browser meets the minimum requirements for EBSCO Interfaces.
- Make sure that you have javascript and cookies enabled on your web browser.
You can search the Ebsco eBooks collections from any place where you have an Internet connection. You can use a desktop or laptop computer, or most mobile devices.
To access our eBook collections from off campus:
- Make sure that your web browser meets the minimum requirements for EBSCO Interfaces.
- Make sure that you have javascript Campus Login band cookies enabled on your web browser.
Off Campus access username and password can be found in Blackboard on the
Institution Page. Students: look for Student Tools to Stay Connected at Atlantic Cape. Faculty: look for Key information about Libraries and Tutoring. Or you can contact the library for username and password.
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Search Atlantic Cape eBook Collections
Off Campus access username and password can be found in Blackboard on the
Institution Page. Students: look for Student Tools to Stay Connected at Atlantic Cape. Faculty: look for Key information about Libraries and Tutoring. Or you can contact the library for username and password.
Features of the EBSCO eBook Collection
- Save a list of favorite ebooks to your free My EBSCOhost account for easy access.
- Get a citation in multiple formats, including APA and MLA.
- Save notes on ebooks to your free My EBSCOhost account.
- 'Borrow' ebooks and download to a mobile device.
- View ebook Table of Contents from search Result List.
- Navigate to ebook chapters or sections directly from Result List and Detailed Record.
- Search within a book for specific terms, yielding a list of hyperlinked pages.
- Create notes and retain links to the ebook pages viewed when notes were added.
Credits
This guide was originally developed by Michael Stirm for the Atlantic Cape Libraries, and has been extensively adapted by Leslie Murtha.
Originally published 2011. Revised 2018. Updated by Robert Mast, Spring 2020.