Step by Step with Net Library
NetLibrary is a collection of electronic books available through GALILEO, GIL-FIND@GPC, or its own URL. Any one may access NetLibrary, though access at home requires a free account and password. Because the University System buys specific NetLibrary collections, NetLibrary does not contain much material published after the year 2000.
- There are three ways to access NetLibrary:
b) Search for NetLibrary books directly through GIL-FIND@GPC by including the word, NetLibrary. To find books on fire in NetLibrary, search fire AND NetLibrary.
c) One can also search NetLibrary via the URL: http://www.netlibrary.com, or by selecting Databases A-Z in GALILEO, choosing N, and then clicking NetLibrary.
NetLibrary appears as a cobalt blue, emerald green and white screen.
- To access NetLibrary books found via GIL, click on their blue titles and then on the phrase, An electronic book accessible through GALILEO; click here, near the bottom of the book entry screen.
- To search for books within NetLibrary itself, rather than through GIL-FIND@GPC, type one or two keywords that describe your subject in to NetLibrary's Basic Search box. Then click on Search. Note: Searching NetLibrary from your home computer requires a free account and password that Net Library lets you create by clicking the small Create a Free Account text link in the upper right corner.
- To search for a book with a particular title or by a particular author, adjust the scroll bar on the left of the Basic Search Box to read Title or Author instead of Full Text.
- NetLibrary presents a list of book titles, authors, summaries, and cover pictures such as the one below.
- To read a book on the screen, click the View this ebook link or the click the cover picture. NetLibrary presents a framed screen with a table of contents on the left and individual page views on the right.
- To turn the pages in a NetLibrary book, click the Next and Previous buttons at the top of the page.
- To print a NetLibrary book, print each page as you see it by clicking NetLibrary's Print button. Due to copyright, NetLibrary lets you print only sixty pages per hour from any single title.
- To start a new search, click the small but colorful NetLibrary logo in the upper left corner of the screen.
- To end a search in NetLibrary, click your browser's Home icon or simply close your browser tab or entire browser.
- To access NetLibrary books found via GIL, click on their blue titles and then on the phrase, An electronic book accessible through GALILEO; click here, near the bottom of the book entry screen.