E-Books and Digital Content for Teaching 

Getting there

From the library's home page, click on "OhioLINK Ebooks" (on the left-hand side).

What's in it

• Reference books (over 800 titles from ABC-Clio, Gale and Sage)
• Scholarly monographs (over 1,100 titles from Oxford University Press)
• Science, technology and medical titles (over 17,000 titles from Springer)

Features good for teachers

• Unlimited simultaneous users. If you assign a chapter from an EBC book to your class, they can all read it online at once - no lockouts.
• Persistent urls. It is easy to link an EBC book in Blackboard or online. While viewing any book, click on "Persistent Link" in the upper left corner and copy the url in the pop-up window. The link is already formatted for off-campus access.

• User-friendly printing policies. Unlike many e-book collections, EBC books feature a "print view" that allows users to print an entire book chapter at once. Springer EBC titles also offer each chapter in pdf format for easy downloading, printing and saving.
• Teacher-friendly usage rights. OhioLINK has negotiated licenses with these publishers that allow OhioLINK students, faculty and staff to temporarily download, print, and link to these books in courseware like Blackboard as long as the use is for educational purposes. Click here for more details.

Tips on using the EBC

• Use the advanced search screen, combining one subject term with one or more full text keywords for the most accurate searching. Narrow results further by publisher - try Oxford for religion, history, economics and humanities books; Springer for computer science, engineering, science or medical topics; and Gale or Sage for reference works.

• See the EBC Help & Tips page or the BGSU E-Books LibGuide for more information.

Getting there

From the library's home page, click on "More E-Books" (on the left-hand side), then find "ebrary" in the list.

What's in it

• Education books (about 2,500 titles, most published since 2000)
• Business & economics books (about 7,500 titles, most published since 2000)

Features good for teachers

• Unlimited simultaneous users. If you assign a chapter from an ebrary book to your class, they can all read it online at once - no lockouts.
• Persistent urls. To link to an ebrary book in Blackboard or online, open the book in your browser window so you are viewing its cover or a page of text. The url in the nav bar of your browser is the persistent url to the title, and is already configured for off-campus access.
• Personal options. Click on "My Settings" to enable RefWorks links, or click on "Sign In" to create or access a personal account that will allow you to take and save notes while viewing ebrary books, highlight passages, and create a personal bookshelf with multiple folders.

• Flexibility in saving content. A. Create folders for separate courses or projects, and drag and drop saved titles into them. B. Return to your bookshelf to view saved content and notes. C. Click on the text of a highlighted passage or note to jump right to that passage in the text of the book. D. Download and launch the ebrary Reader for additional functionality in on-screen display. E. E mail the entire contents of a folder, including all notes and annotations, to your class. F. Easily remove titles and notes from your account that you no longer need.

Tips on using ebrary

• Printing is usually limited to five pages at a time.
• Watch an ebrary training video (11:32), take a quick tour of the product, or get the ebrary Quick Guide.

BGSU students and faculty have access to tens of thousands of e-books! This guide outlines only two, but be sure to visit the library's e-books page for descriptions of all available collections, including:

ARTFL

EBC American & English Literature Collection

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center E-Books

NetLibrary

Oxford Reference Online

Safari Tech Books Online