Oakton Library Student Services/Books

What is netLibrary?

netLibrary offers the most comprehensive collection of eBooks available.

You can access a wide range of research, reference, and reading materials online from any location.
You can search across many eBooks, or conduct your search within a particular eBook.
This guide will explain how to access an eBook collection directly from within the Oakton Library or remotely via the Internet.

netLibrary only works with Internet Explorer 5.5+ and Netscape 6.2+

HOW TO ACCESS netLIBRARY; If you only wish to search and browse eBooks while in the Oakton Library, you will not need to create an account. In this case, skip to “Browsing an eBook” to get started. If, however, you wish to access eBooks from outside of Oakton Library using a computer with an Internet connection, you will need to create an account that identifies you as an authorized user of Oakton Library’s eBooks.

Browsing an eBook (Start here at an Oakton Community College campus computer.): You may browse an eBook without logging in. Browsing an eBook is the equivalent of taking a book off the shelf and looking through it. While you are actively using it, no other user will have access to it. If 15 minutes elapses without active us, the eBook is “put back on the shelf” and another user will have access.

How to browse an eBook -- Start your search at Basic Search or Advanced Search below:
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 Keyword, Title, Author, or Full Text fields. Basic Search is prominently featured on the home page and is also available on the right side of every page with the exception of the Advanced Search page.; 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 in-depth searches using multiple fields and Boolean operators.; 1. Click on the Advanced Search tab located in the top navigation.
2. Use to the drop down menu to select search parameter (Title, Author, Full Text, Subject, ISBN).
3. Enter search term or multiple search terms using Boolean operators.
4. Click Search
Creating an eBook account:
If you wish to access eBooks from outside your library, create bookmarks, or save notes, you will be required to create a netLibrary user account from within your library or organization. You will only need to do this once.: 1. You can access netLibrary through the Oakton Library website by clicking on the Books link and then continuing onto the netLibrary link.
2. Enter your identifying information (user name, password, email address).
3. Select the Create Account button.
Logging in: (off-campus)
Each time you wish to access a netLibrary eBook from a remote location, you will be prompted to login.: 1. Go to www.netLibrary.org 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 your library or organization’s collection.

Checking out an eBook:: To check out an eBook, you must first log in. Checking out an eBook gives you exclusive use of the eBook for the check out period determined by your library or organization. The eBook is automatically returned when the checkout period expires.

1. Search for an eBook.
2. Click on View this eBook under book information.
3. Then click on eBook details, go to options section underneath click on checkout. The option automatically checks out the title and places it on your eBookshelf. (To access your eBookshelf, you must be logged in. You can either select the link at the right of the screen or the button located on the navigation bar at the top of the home page.)