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eBooks
are electronic versions of books. Thousands are available through
the Library Catalog. Info about how to create an account is given
here.
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eBooks
are electronic versions of printed books. There are nearly five
thousand eBooks available through the Cabrillo College Library
Catalog, and more are coming.
You can read the library's
eBooks from any computer connected to the Internet. Since eBooks
are online, they are available at your convenience -- anywhere,
anytime. eBooks are "checked out" to you for the period
of time you are actively using them, and then are "returned"
for the next user. Only one reader at a time can read an eBook
online.
Using eBooks
from Cabrillo College campus computers (Aptos or Watsonville)
is easy. No passwords or user names are necessary. When you find
them as you search the Library Catalog for materials on your topic,
just click through to read them!
In order to use eBooks from computers off campus,
you need to have your own password and username which
you created while you were on campus.
- If you are on campus
now -- go to NetLibrary
and click on "Create an account" (over on right).
Write down your user name and password so you don't forget them!
- If you are off campus
now -- be sure to create an account for yourself next time you're
on campus!
To get a taste of the
eBooks available
- Go to the Cabrillo
College Library homepage
- Click on Library
Catalog
- Select Words
search. Type in a topic that interests you and the word ebooks
(e.g., anthropology AND ebooks). Or, just type
in the word ebooks to get a list of all
the eBooks available.
Next, read
about pros and cons of eBooks.
Then, go to the Bulletin
Board for this class. Once you are there, click on 
Put in your name, and write a response to the following question
(100 words minimum):
What do you
think the future of eBooks will be? Would you welcome doing
more of your reading on a screen, or are you more comfortable
with printed materials?
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