Referencing EBSCO E-books
EBSCO E-books have a 'Cite' button at the top of the screen that can help you with citing ebooks.
Scroll down to the APA 7th or Chicago 17th section to get the example.
(Most students at Unitec use APA referencing. Architecture students use Chicago referencing).
IMPORTANT: Always double-check the EBSCO-generated with the example on the Unitec APA 7th or Chicago 17th referencing guide to check it is correct.
(For example: 'libproxy.unitec.ac.nz' should not appear in the DOI).
Using EBSCO E-books at Unitec Library
1. In the library catalogue record, look for the View Online section and click on the link beside 'Full-Text available at:'
2. Log-in with your Unitec user name and password. NOTE: Your user name here is your short user name (e.g. bloggj01 (students) or jbloggs (staff)).
3. The e-book should open.
4. On the left-hand side, choose either 
to read on a laptop or desktop computer or 
to read on a tablet or phone. The e-book should open.
If using the PDF option
You can use your mouse to scroll up and down in the book.
To go to a particular chapter, click on the chapter link on the left-hand side.
If using the Epub option
Click on the chapter links on the left-hand side to go to the chapter you would like to read.
NOTE: If you don't use the e-book for a while, it may time out. Go back to the Library Search/catalogue record and click on the Ebook link again.
4. Once you have opened the e-book or chapter, there is a 'Search within' search box at the top left of the screen where you can search within the book for keywords (like searching in an index of a print book.) In the same place is a 'My Notes' link where you can add your personal notes. You will likely need to create a free Ebsco account to do this.
At the top of the e-book, there are a range of buttons. The most useful ones are:
- Download a range of pages to your hard drive or email them to yourself or someone else. (Note: You are not allowed to download the whole e-book as a PDF).
- Email a range of pages to yourself or someone else.
- Print a range of pages
- Download a range of pages to your Google Drive
For more information on using EBSCO e-books, watch this video:
Printing, Saving & Copying parts of EBSCO E-books
For print books, you can photocopy the pages you like the look of. For e-books, the alternative is to print, save or copy the parts of the e-books that you need.
Each e-book has a limit as to how many pages you can print or copy. Look for these limits on the left-hand side when in an e-book, just beneath the title.
The allowed number of pages differ for each e-book. Please note that you are logged-in when using e-books so the software keeps track of the number of pages you have copied or downloaded to PDF over time.
When the actual e-book is open, you can download a section or subsection of the book to PDF (and then print it or save it to your hard drive). You can also copy parts of the e-book or print parts of the ebook. These three things can be done using the buttons shown below.
