Library Services

netLibrary

You can now access full-text books On GALILEO and through The ATC Library Catalog!

DISCOVER a whole new way to look at books

READ thousands of full-text ebooks online

SEARCH every word in every book

ACCESS the entire collection 24 hours a day

netLibrary books are available in the Library Catalog and have the location of netLibrary. To read, click on the highlighted "electronic access" field. You must set up your personal account on campus, but you may check out netLibrary books from any location. Ebooks may be checked out for 2 hours.

netLibrary provides access to over 15,000 electronic books (eBooks), both copyright-free and copyright-protected published materials, such as reference books, scholarly monographs, publications of many University Presses, and consumer books that have been converted into digital format. It is possible to perform full-text searches of a single eBook, search thousands of volumes simultaneously, browse topic categories, or read eBooks directly online. Other search options are available as well (subject, publisher, title, author, etc.).

The eBooks may be borrowed (checked out) for onscreen viewing or by downloading to a user's computer or electronic-book reading device for two hours. Users of Macintosh computers may check out eBooks only for onscreen viewing. It is not possible to download files from netLibrary to Macintosh computers.

NOTE: Every individual user must create a personal user name and password in order to check outeBooks. You MUST create your personal account (user name & password) using an IP-validated computer. That means you must use a computer in the library (or on campus). That will enable you to access netLibraryfrom any computer (such as one at home) using your personal user name & password. If you establish an account using a computer that is NOT IP-validated, you will only able to access the free, public domain ebooks, and NOT the recent, copyrighted books.

To establish your personal account, once at the netLibrary web site, click the "Create Account" link on the upper part of the screen. You need only provide the required information which is marked in bold, red text. This needs to be done only once.

Special (free) software, called The eBook Reader, must be downloaded in order to "...read eBooks offline on a PC, without being actively connected to the Internet." This needs to be done only once. If you only want to view eBooks online (while actively connected to the Internet) for either the 15-minute preview period, or the 2-hour "check-out" period, you do not need to download the eBook Reader software to your computer. Once you connect to the netLibrary database, read their Help information for further explanation.

The netLibrary system permits only one person at a time to check out an eBook. The system renders eBooks one page at a time, limiting the reader's ability to print or copy multiple pages. If attempts are made to illegally distribute or abuse user privileges, a copyright notice is displayed and the event investigated.

What is in GALILEO's netLibrary collection? Download the complete list of netLibrary books available to GALILEO participants. This is a zipped 3.5 MB Excel file (named: netLibrary.xls). The file is also searchable. Please note: Return to the Databases menu then click on netLibrary to search the full database. It provides other options including full-text search of the complete text of all the books, as well as the ability to view or download them.

netLibrary's corporate web site states, "netLibrary supports the American Library Association's Code of Ethics. We believe that ensuring the privacy of our library patrons is both an ethical obligation and critical to the ongoing success of the Internet. Our privacy policy was developed according to American Library Association recommendations."

Once at the netLibrary web site, click "Search Tips" for information on Quick Search, Power Search, and Command Search.