Using E-Books

(This information ties into Section 2 of INF 101)

So you've performed a title search for the following book in the Online Catalog:

When you look at the bottom of this book's record, where you'd normally find its physical location and call number, instead you see this:

 

The lack of a physical location and call number are strong hints that this is an e-book. Another possible hint is that further up in the book's record, it actually tells you that this is an "online resource." 

 

To actually go to to the full text of this book, make sure that MCPHS is one of the schools listed under the Holding Information (see the picture above). As long it is, go ahead and click on that link. You should be taken to the e-book's  main page, which will allow you to read it online, download sections, search within the book for particular keywords, etc. Please note that different e-book platforms may look at little different than the example you see below.

What if MCPHS isn't listed as one of the schools that has this e-book? In that case, look to see if there is a second, physical copy that either we or another school owns. Because of licensing issues, you can't request access to other schools' e-books, so your best bet in that scenario would be requesting the book through Interlibrary Loan - but again, please make sure FIRST that we don't have a physical copy of the book.