Electronic Books

Let's say you are looking for the books about event planning. If you searched for ‘event planning’ in the UCF Library Catalog (http://cf.catalog.fcla.edu), your results may look something like this:

Keyword search for event planning

The first record listed is an electronic book, indicated by the E-Book icon.

You can access an electronic book from the library catalog by clicking on the hyperlink listed in the book’s record. For example, if it is a NetLibrary book, the record will say Click here for FULL TEXT from NetLibrary. This will take you to the NetLibrary database, where you can use the database's features to read the entire book or portions of the book online. (Note: printing, saving and copying of electronic book content from the NetLibrary database is limited due to copyright restrictions.)

To limit a search in the UCF library catalog to just electronic resources, click on Advanced Search, and under the Format drop-down menu choose Online Resource. For assistance with searching the UCF Library Catalog, see the Rosen Research Guide on Finding Books, or Ask a Rosen Librarian.

Important Note: Off-campus access to some online sources is restricted to current UCF students, faculty, and staff via an EZProxy connection.

From the library homepage:

• Select "Database Titles A-Z"
• Select "NetLibrary" from the alphabetical list of databases
• From off-campus, login with your 14-digit library number and password

For quick searches, use the Basic Search screen:

NetLibrary also allows searching through an Advanced Search screen where more complicated searches that use multiple fields can be performed.

To view the full text of an eBook:

• Click on View this eBook. Once you have chosen to view an ebook, you can select a chapter from the table of contents on the left side of the screen.
• As long as you are actively viewing the eBook (turning pages, doing full-text searches, etc.), you continue to have access to the title. Otherwise, after 15 minutes of inactivity, your NetLibrary session will end automatically.

To “turn the pages” of an eBook, use the buttons at the top right of the screen:

The Search this eContent feature at the bottom of the table of contents allows you to search for a word or phrase found anywhere within your ebook:

This is a great way to save time!

Printing & Copying Text

• To print or copy one page at a time, use your Internet browser's print or copy commands. Printing or copying an entire eBook violates copyright laws.