Mark HangartnerColin Library, 2020.

Using ebooks:1. Save a PDF of the section you need to keep

and refer to when you want.2. Create a login and annotate all the ebooks you

are using3. Create a login and check out the ebook to

read page by page, as you would a novel.

Find the ebook you want

• Use the catalogue – limit to ebooks

• Use the A-Z listing of electronic resources

• Use the subject grouped PDFhttps://www.gsc.ac.nz/wp-content/uploads/electronic-books-Colin-Library-March-2020.pdf

Using the Bible as an ebookCoogan, Michael David, et al., editors. The New Oxford Annotated Bible :

New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha : An Ecumenical Study Bible. Fully revised fifth ed., Oxford University Press, 2018.

Open the bible from the Catalogue

• https://gsc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1006596851 or

• A search for New Oxford Annotated Bible … you may have to scroll

• Open the link, you will be prompted to sign in.

• The Ebsco interface will open:

From the left hand panel there is a table of contentsDetails of the booksA search within drop down,My Notes – which can be used for your space to write your own notes which get attached to specific passages in the book.

The table of contents allows you to download a chapter:

The expanders shows there is a subsection to open eg

Opening a “book” takes you by default to the introductory essay, scroll down to get to the text. Or open the expander and choose the last notes heading (Interpretation) and scroll from there.

Here you can see the end of the interpretation and the start of the text appearing

Creating an Ebscohost signon

• This is not “authentication” – you need to use your Library signon to access the ebook.

• This provides an easy way to:• Bookmark in the text so you go quickly to the passages you are working with.

• Save your own notes, so you can work on your assignment as you read.

• Quickly retrieve other ebooks you are also using, via bookmarks.

• Organise your research – you can group bookmarks into groups which are meaningful for you.

Practical example looking at 2 books about James K Baxter influence on Colin McCahon

Steps to create an Ebsco login

• Click on signin

• Use your google sign in if you can• If not create a sign in, confirm using the email …

• What does signing in allow you to do:• You can create notes as you read, effectively writing your essay as you go

• You can use notes to store pages of interest eg a map of Israel

• You can bookmark several books and save them in a named folder, effectively creating an easy access group of ebooks.

What logging in allows you to do

Notes Bookmarks

Create a login and check out the ebook to read page by page, as you would a novel.

Comparison ProQuest and Ebsco

Detail of ProQuest display

Notes and annotations in ProQuest