To locate books in ProQuest eBook Central you can either do a Basic search, an Advanced Search or you can Browse by subjects.
To do a Basic Search you can use the quick search box located on the home page. There is also a Search button on the blue navigation bar located at the top of the screen. For Advanced Searching or to Browse by Subjects click on the links located below the quick search box.
For more information about searching read the articles below:
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The book details page provides information about the book and how you can access the book. You can see the Availability of the book including number of copies held.
Books that are available for unlimited access can be downloaded for up to 21 days. If a limited number of copies are held, you can only download a chapter. You can also see how many pages you can print or download.
If a book is not able to be downloaded for offline reading, it will state Not Available for Full Download.
You can also:
For more information read the article or watch the video below:
To read a book online, click on the image of the open book .
Find out how to navigate the book in the article and the video below:
Bookshelf
The Bookshelf will keep a record of your downloads and will keep track of up to 10 recently viewed books. It will also display any books that you have created bookmarks in, have added notes to or if you have highlighted text.
For more information read the following article and the video below:
ProQuest eBook Central allows you add a variety of annotations to books that remain even after you have closed the book. Annotations include highlighting text, adding a note, adding a bookmark.
- Highlighting Text
1. To highlight text, click on the highlighter icon located on the toolbar at the top of the screen and then using your mouse, select the text you would like to highlight. This will highlight the text in yellow.
2. If you would like to highlight using different colours, select the text that you would like to highlight and a pop up box will appear, you can then select the highlighter colour.
From this pop up box you can also copy text that can be put into other documents or you can add a note to the highlighted section.
- Add Note
1. To add a note you can either click on the Add note icon located on the toolbar located at the top of the page or highlight the place in the eBook where you would like to add the note.
2. Click on the note icon and a text box will open. Type your note and click save.
3. The note icon will be added to the left of the highlighted text.
- Adding a Bookmark
To add a bookmark to a page you can either click on the bookmark icon located on the toolbar at the top of the screen, or you can click on the greyed-out bookmark icon located at the top of each page. When the page is highlighted the icon will change colour to blue
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