NetLibrary Electronic Book Collection

More than 15,000 full-text ebooks and e-audiobooks.

Visit or call the library for an off-campus user account.

What are ebooks?

Ebooks are electronic versions of printed books. College of the Siskiyous Library provides access to a collection of ebooks that can be viewed online from any PC connected to the Internet. You can browse ebooks for quick research and reference or read them at your leisure. You can print pages selectively, one page at a time. Since ebooks are online, they’re available at your convenience–anywhere, anytime. You never have to worry about returning them.

Creating an ebook account

If you wish to access ebooks from off-campus, create bookmarks, or save notes, you must create a netLibrary user account. You will need to do this only once.

1. To create a personal account you must use a computer on the COS campus. Go to NetLibrary. Use the Create a Free Account link at top of the screen.
2. Enter your identifying information (user name, password, email address).

3. Select the Submit button.

Logging in

Each time you wish to access a netLibrary ebook from off campus, you will be prompted to login.

1. Go to NetLibrary and enter your user name and password in the login box.
2. Click the red Log in button.
3. You now have access to all ebooks available in the COS Library collection.

Searching for an ebook

Start your search in one of two places:

Basic Search lets you quickly perform a search by entering terms and selecting a single search field. You may choose to search for your terms in the Full-text, Keyword, Title, Author, or Subject fields.

1. Enter search term in the Basic Search field.

2. Select Keyword, Title, Author or Full Text.

3. Click Search.

Advanced Search lets you construct more complicated searches using multiple fields and Boolean operators.

1. Click on the Advanced Search tab.

2. Search Fields include Title, Author, Keyword, and Publisher.

3. Enter search term or multiple search terms using Boolean operators.

4. Click Search .

Tip: You can refine search results by using optional limiters such as publication year, publisher or language, and specify sort order by newest first, oldest first, top matches, title, or author.

Viewing an ebook

You may read any ebook in the COS Library collection without logging in as long as the ebook is not checked out by another user. While you are actively using it, no other user will have access to it. If 15 minutes elapse without active use, the ebook is “put back on the shelf” and another user will have access.

1. Search for an ebook.

2. Select the View this ebook link.

3. the ebook is displayed.

Adding Notes to a Page within an ebook

Once you have logged into netLibrary and opened an ebook, you can annotate any page of the ebook and save notes for future reference.

1. Select the specific page you wish to annotate.

2. Click on the Note tab located in the ebook tool palette on the left of your browser.

3. Enter a term in the Name field that will provide discriptive context for your note.

4. Add text to the Note field. You will be limited to a total of 500 characters.

5. Click on the Add Note button.

Tip: You can access notes you have created using the Notes tab available within an ebook, or from the Favorites and Notes links on the netLibrary home page.

Finding Help

Detailed information on using netLibrary is available by clicking on the Help tab in the top navigation bar. Context sensitive help is also available by clicking on the tips links located on each page. For additional assistance, contact the College of the Siskiyous Library, phone: (530) 938-5331; library@siskiyous.edu.

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