Georgia Gwinnett College Library has over twenty-six thousand electronic books, which you can read on or off campus.

Using Ebooks off-campus:

You can use netLibrary books off campus as well as on campus. However, if you want to use netLibrary from off campus, you will need to set up an account. netLibrary accounts are free, and only involve filling out a simple form. To set up an account, on the netLibrary home page, click the small Create a Free Account link in the upper right and follow the instructions.

Where to Find an Electronic Book:

• GIL (http://gil.ggc.usg.edu)

  1. Do your search in GIL.
  2. In the results list from your search, some items may be labelled [computer file] or [electronic resource]. These are electronic books. These items will also say: “Location: GALILEO netLibrary electronic book”.
  3. To use one of these books:
     
     • Click on the title of the book you are interested in. This will bring up its bibliographic record.
     • Scroll down to the bottom of the bibliographic record.
     • In the Linked Resources: field, click the An electronic book accessible through GALILEO; click here link.

• GALILEO (http://www.galileo.usg.edu)

  1. In the Find a Database by Name search box, enter netLibrary, and then click Go!. A link to netLibrary appears.
  2. Click the netLibrary (full-text electronic books) link. The netLibrary home page appears.
  3. From the netLibrary home page, you can search the ebook collection by keyword, title, author, or search for a match in the entire text of the book. There is also a link to more search options.

• Internet (http://www.netlibrary.com)

  Go directly to http://www.netlibrary.com/ and either set up an account, or log in using the user name and password you selected when you set up your account previously.

Information about using our electronic books:

• You can check out an ebook for four hours (after you set up an
  account) or view it for fifteen minutes (with or without an account). If you check the book out, it automatically turns itself back in after four hours.
• Electronic books through netLibrary have many of the same
  features as regular books, including a table of contents and an
  index. They also include an option to search the whole book or
  look up most words in an online dictionary.
• For more information, see netLibrary’s help section (http://www.netLibrary.com/help/index.asp).

How to Cite Electronic books

• MLA Style:

Include the following information:

• Author's name (if given)
• Title of work (underlined)
• Name of the editor, compiler, or translator (if relevant)
• Publication information for print version
• Name of database (netLibrary)
• Name of online service through which you accessed the database (GALILEO)
• Date of access and url for the online service (http://www.galileo.usg.edu)

Example:

Burner, Eric. And Gently Shall He Lead Them. 
     New York: NYUP, 1994. 
     Georgia Gwinnett College Library, 
     Lawrenceville, GA. 9 Aug. 2004
     <http://www.netlibrary.com>.

• APA Style:

Include the following information:

• Author's name (if given)
• Publication Year (in parentheses)
• Title of Work (in italics)
• Publication Information
• Date of Access
• Database name

Example:

Turrittin, J. (2002). Colonial midwives
     and modernizing childbirth in
     French West Africa. In Giger, S.,
     Musisi, N., & Allman, J. (Eds.), 
     Women in African colonial histories
     (pp. 71-92). Bloomington, IN: Indiana
     University Press. Retrieved August 16,
     2004 from netLibrary database.

More Assistance

• Call the Reference Desk at the library at 678.407.5064 during library hours.
• Use our Contact a Librarian form to contact a Georgia Gwinnett College librarian.