Make the Most of Ebrary E-books

 We often get asked about how to best use ebrary, our largest e-book collection. Here is a handy infographic that spells out the options:

How do I read e-books in ebrary?
Option 1: Read online in your browser. Just find the book you want, click on the title, and click on Read Online. Take advantage of the Bookshelf and other features.
Option 2: Download chapters. Click on Read Online, then select the print icon. It will create an image PDF which you can save/print. Limit of pages per day varies by book. Keep forever.
Option 3: Download complete book. You can download and open in Adobe Digital Editions or Bluefire. The e-book will expire in 7-14 days. Most books allow this option. 

View/download a larger version of the infographic here.

Ready to read? Go to ebrary now.

PsycBooks: New E-books and Handbooks Now Available!

PsycBooks is an collection of ebooks that includes thousands of early works in psychology as well as most APA books. APA recently announced that they will now include newly released e-books and APA handbooks as well.

It is available to Sofia Library patrons through our EbscoHost collection.

How does it work? If you wish to focus your search on the e-books in PsycBooks, you can use the following instructions to make the process quick and easy.

1. Navigate to EbscoHost on our Access Databases page or use the EbscoHost link above.
2. Log in if you are off campus.
3. Choose the Journal Articles, Books, & Test Reviews link or the Ebsco Mobile link if you are on a mobile device.
4. Scroll down and click on the PsycBooks link. That will allow you to focus your search to PsycBooks e-book content only.
5. Type in your search and press Enter.
6. The results will be chapters from individual books. Each chapter is in PDF format. You can download, read, and print any chapter. It is yours to keep.

There are other ways to search if you navigate to the Advanced Search option.

We hope you enjoy the additional content in this database. If you need help, please email us at refdesk@sofia.edu

More about PsycBooks

PsycBOOKS® from the American Psychological Association (APA), includes over 38,000 chapters in PDF from over 2,500 books, published by the APA and other distinguished publishers, and includes digitized content of historical significance from the Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP) collection . It also contains over 1,600classic books of landmark historical impact in psychology dating from the 1600s, and the exclusive electronic release of more than 1,500 authored entries from APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology.