Referencing EBSCO E-books
EBSCO E-books have a 'Cite' button at the top of the screen that can help you with citing ebooks.
Under the 'Style' menu select "APA 7th edition (American Psychological Assoc.)" for most Unitec Students. Select "Chicago 17th edition (Author-Date)" if you are an Architecture student.
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.
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 home page should open.
If you see this box: 
, click on it and copy of the e-book should open.
If you see this box: 
, click on it and select PDF full text or EPUB full text (We recommend PDF full text.) The e-book should open.
If using the PDF option
You can use your mouse to scroll up and down in the book. At the bottom of the page, you can use this option 
to go straight to a page or use the arrows to scroll through pages.
To go to a particular chapter, links on the right-hand side. You can also go to parts of chapters, by clicking on the 
arrows to open up the chapter.
If using the EPUB option
You can navigate your way through the book using the arrows at the bottom of the screen.
To go to a particular section/chapter of the book, click on the links on the right-hand side.
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. At the top of the e-book, there are a range of buttons. The most useful ones are:
Get help with referencing the e-book. Important: Always check the reference/citation against the Unitec Library APA 7th guide or Chicago guide. (Most students at Unitec use APA 7th, Architecture students use Chicago).
Share a link to the e-book with someone else who has access to EBSCO Ebooks.
Download a chapter, the current page or a range of pages to your computer. Note: Most ebooks have limits as to how much you can download. The limit is shown when you click this icon.
Open the Table of Contents for the e-book
Search for keywords within the e-book
Change the font size and spacing
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 home page of the e-book.
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. Do this using this button: 
. Note: Most ebooks have limits as to how much you can download. The limit is shown when you click this icon.
Accessibility features of EBSCO E-books
One of the buttons at the top right of an Ebsco e-book is this one 
. This enables the text to be converted to speech so you can listen to the e-book.
(Note, sometimes if a page has lots of images on it, the EBSCO software will say "Cannot find the text to read".)
Beyond that, EBSCO has been verified by ASPIRE with an ASPIRE score of 100%. For more information on accessibility features of EBSCO E-books, go to this page EBSCO eBook Accessibility User Guide and FAQs.
You can also contact your Subject Librarian for help.