This PDF provides information to help institutions that are subscribed to the MyiLibrary National E-book Collection as part of the JISC national e-book observatory project.

1. HELP… Login
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username and
password here.
Alternatively, click
on the Athens login
link below.

2. HELP… My Content
My Content lists all content in your collection by subject and publisher
To run a Quick
Search, enter the
search term here,
Select My Content
use the drop
from the drop down
down menu to
menu to view all
search by full
content.
text, keyword,
title, ISBN, or
author, and then
To view all content click search.
broken down by any
LC Subject Class,
To view all
click here.
content from a
specific publisher,
click here.
To view all content
alphanumerically,
click here.

3. HELP… My New Content
My New Content lists all content recently added to your collection
Select My New
Content from
the drop down
menu to view
all content
recently added
to your
You will be
collection.
presented with a
full list of titles
added from that
publisher. Click
on the title to
read the eBook.
Click on the
publisher to view all
new content recently
added from that
publisher.

4. HELP… My Resources
My Resources are external resources you can subscribe to through MyiLibrary
Select My
Resources from the
drop down menu to
view external
Resources in your
collection.
Click on the
resource you would
like to use and a
new window will
open.

5. HELP… Available Resources
Available Resources are Online Resources you can link to from MyiLibrary
Select Available
Resources from the
drop down menu to
view available
external resources.
Click on the
resource you wish to
use and a new
window will open.

6. HELP… Suggest a Title
Suggest a Title lets you email us with details of a title you want in MyiLibrary
Select Suggest a
Title from the drop
To suggest a title, down menu to
simply fill in this form propose a title you
and click submit. A would like to see
member of the added to your
MyiLibrary team will collection.
contact you as soon
as the title is
available.

7. HELP… Quick Searching
Run a Quick Search to find eBooks on the subject you’re interested in
To begin a Quick
Search, enter the
search term here,
use the drop down
menu to search full
text, keyword, title,
ISBN, or author, and
then click search.
The tool bar at the top
tells you how long it
took to perform your
You will be search, enables you to
presented with a list view either 10, 25 or
of titles that matched 50 results per page,
your criteria, with the and lets you click to
highest ranked title the next page of
at the top. results.

8. HELP… Refining your Search (1)
Refine your search to generate more precise results
When you have
refined your search,
you can save it by
naming it here, and
logging in to your
You can see when a account.
search has been
refined by a subject,
and a new set of
titles has appeared.
To refine your
search by subject,
click on the
appropriate subject
in this box.

9. HELP… Refining your Search (2)
Refine your search to generate more precise results
Each title lists the
subject headings it
falls into. Click on
Click here to further
these subject
refine your search
headings to view all
by publisher or
other titles in this
alphanumerically.
subject.
Click on the title of
the eBook to find
out more.

10. HELP… My Advanced Search
Run an Advanced Search to go straight to the title you are looking for
To perform a
detailed Full Text
Advanced Search,
To refine your
fill in the word/s you
search by
wish to find/exclude
subject, expand
in these boxes.
the subject tree
until you find
the subject you
You can refine this
are looking for,
Full Text Search by
then click to
keyword, publisher,
add it to the
subject, MeSH
search.
heading, title,
author, date or
ISBN.
To begin, or reset your advanced
search, click here.

11. HELP… My Advanced Search Results
Run an Advanced Search to go straight to the title you are looking for
Click here to sort
these titles by
Search results are
relevance, date
displayed exactly
published, or title.
the same as if you
had performed a
Quick Search.
Click here to return
to the Advanced
Search screen and
refine your search.

12. HELP… My eBook (1)
View the eBook to find out more about it
From here, you can
click Read Book, to
open the book .
Alternatively, you
can search within
this book using a
new keyword by
typing it here and
clicking search.
Upon opening the
book you will be
presented with each
page, and in what
context, your quick
search term has
appeared.

13. HELP… My eBook (2)
View the eBook to find out more about it
If you wish to view
the full Table of
Contents, simply You can click on a
select it from the chapter heading to
drop down menu. open the book on
that chapter.

14. HELP… My eBook (3)
View the eBook to find out more about it
To view the details
of the book, use the
drop down menu
and select book
details.
To view 4 different
styles of Citation for
this title, select
Citation from the
drop down menu.

15. HELP… Using the eBook (1)
Open and use the eBook of your choice
The main tool bar
tells you what page
Once opened, you
you are on, enables
can elect to run a
you to go to the next
new keyword search
of previous page, or
inside this title only.
jump to a specified
page.
Once opened, you
will be shown all
pages in the book Once opened, the
where your keyword book will highlight in
search has yellow the places it
appeared. Click on a has found the
page to jump to it. keyword used in
your search.

16. HELP… Using the eBook (2)
Open and use the eBook of your choice
Once inside a book
you can open the full
table of contents and
click straight through
to the start of any
chapter.
Once inside a book,
you can use our free
online dictionary to
find a definition of
any word you are
unsure of.

17. HELP… Making Notes (1)
Make notes in a book that you can save, and view later
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login to your
account by
entering your
username and
password here.
To create an
account, click
here.

18. HELP… Making Notes (2)
Make notes in a book that you can save, and view later
To create a note After clicking
once logged into Create/Edit Notes,
your account, click write your note in
on Create/Edit this box.
notes.
To save this note,
click here.
Notes are stored in
this box for future
To change your
viewing.
password or log out
of your account,
click here.

19. HELP… Login to My Account (1)
Login to your account to view notes and saved searches
To log into your
Account, either click
Login to my
Account, or name
your latest search,
and click Save
Search.

20. HELP… Login to My Account (2)
Login to your account to view notes and saved searches
To log into your If you have forgotten
Account, enter your your password,
username and enter your email
password here. address here and
we will send you a
new one.
To create an
account, enter your
email address here
and we will send you
a password.

21. HELP… My Saved Searches
Save searches to view the results again and again
Once logged into
your account, click
on the my saved
searches tab to view
your saved
searches. Saved searches
show the name of
the search, search
type, search term,
Click on the search date of search and
name to re-open the number of results.
search.
To delete a saved
search, click here.

22. HELP… My Bookmarks
Open My Bookmarks to view the notes you’ve made in a book
Once logged into Click here to delete,
your account, click or print your notes.
on the my
bookmarks tab to
view your notes.
Your note is
Click on the cover or
shown here.
the title to open the
book. The page number
is shown here.

23. HELP… FAQ’s
FAQ’s detail the most commonly asked questions about MyiLibrary
Select Help from
the drop down
menu to view
frequently asked
questions about
MyiLibrary.
Simply click on a
question to be taken
to the answer.
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down to view all the
answers.