What is an e-book?
E-book stands for "electronic book." An e-book is just like a regular print book, but in a different format. You can access it at MCC Library or at home from the Library's website. Two different ways to access: 1) search the library catalog (iBistro) and look for this logo:
2) Or you can go directly to the e-book collections to search within each collection. The links to each collection can be found below.
E-Book Collections
ebrary is MCC's largest collection of e-books. Find them in iBistro or search separately @ ebrary.
CREDO E-Reference Books on a wide range of topics.
ABC-CLIO is a collection of eBooks, mainly pertaining to U.S. History.
Gale Virtual Reference Library has excellent academic REFERENCE books.
Salem Literature e-books: more than 60 books on authors and literary topics.
Open Library is from Internet Archive - worldwide effort to develop a million, free, e-book lending library. We are a member.
Library Catalog Search - iBistro
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Quick Catalog Search at Middlesex County College Library brings up e-books |
When searching for a book on a topic, you will often see that the library has many relevant e-books in addition to traditional books. Your results page may look like below. NOTE: You can limit your search to only e-books by clicking on the 'E-Books' button first, near the top of the screen.
Linking to e-books
Once you click on a result, you will see something that looks like this...
Notice that record lists the following:
Location: ONLINE
Electronic resource: the link to your e-book will be here
Simply click on the link to access the e-book!
Ebrary will display the title page on the left and the table of contents page on the right. You can use the arrows on the top toolbar to flip through the book or you can download the book to use features like highlighting, note taking, and bookmarking pages.
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