Ebooks at Unitec Library

How to get the best use of the ebooks provided by Unitec Library.

Referencing Taylor & Francis E-books

For ākonga/students using APA 7th Referencing (Most students at Unitec)

When you first access the home page of a Taylor & Francis E-book, this icon appears: 

Clicking on that will give you a reference for the e-book in APA 7th format.  

IMPORTANT: Always double-check the Taylor & Francis -generated with the example on the Unitec APA 7th referencing guide to check it is correct.

(For example: 'libproxy.unitec.ac.nz' should not appear in the DOI).

 

For ākonga/students using Chicago 17th Referencing (Architecture students)

Use the Chicago 17th referencing guide to correctly cite this e-book. (See the 'Electronic books' section.)

Using Taylor & Francis E-Books

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. Taylor & Francis e-books allow you to download the e-book to your hard drive or read it online.

If you scroll down, some Taylor & Francis ebooks allow you to download individual chapters using the button. Clicking on the titles of the chapters will give you a summary of the chapter.

5a. If you Read Online (recommended):

* The Kortext Ebook Reader software will open and gradually open the whole book (be patient!). Once it is open, use the arrows at the top of the screen to go backwards and forward in the book. Alternatively, enter your preferred page number and hit enter. Beside the page numbers are various ways you can change the view of the text or increase/decrease the font size. To leave the Kortext Ebook Reader, click on the X icon on the top right of the screen.

* On the left-hand side of the screen is another menu where you can:

 Search for a keyword within the full-text and it will show you where that keyword appears

   See the Table of Contents of the book

 Make personal notes on the book (You will need to create a free Taylor & Francis login to do this.)

 Bookmark a part of the book (You will need to create a free Taylor & Francis login to do this.)

 Print a range of pages or all pages

To highlight a part of the text or create a personal note, use your mouse to highlight the text you want. Then select one of the available highlight colours.

5b. If you Download a Chapter

The chapter will download into a PDF format. You can then download or print the chapter like any other PDF document.

5c. If you Download the Whole E-Book

You can download the whole book but WARNING: Downloading the whole book can take some time! Once it fully downloads you can scroll through the book with your mouse. At the top left of the screen, you can enter a page number and go straight to that page. Also in this location are the following icons:

  Go to the next page

  Go to the previous page

  Search for a keyword and it will show where that word appears in the text

  Open the side bar where you can see the Table of Contents (with live links to each section) or Scroll through the pages of the book and go straight to that page.

Print and Download options are at at the top-right of the screen.

Printing, Saving & Copying parts of Taylor & Francis 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.

Taylor & Francis e-books have no limit on the number of pages you can print, download, save etc. 

No matter which of the access options you choose (5a, 5b or 5c in the box to the left), a printing option is there. For downloading and saving, either download a chapter or the whole book and save it to your hard drive. 

To copy some of the text in an e-book, highlight the section you want to copy with your mouse.

On a downloaded file, Right-click and select the  option. In same cases, the option will appear the moment you highlight the text.

If using the Kortext Ebook Reader (the Read Online option), highlight the text and select