E- books

You know you want to access a book, not just an article, on-line from home. How do you find an electronic book?

Karen Minton at GALILEO sent an e-mail noting : " E-Books Index, an OCLC FirstSearch database, has been added to GALILEO database menus.

E-Books Index includes records for more than 450,000 eBooks that have been cataloged by OCLC member libraries, including titles available from NetLibrary and other providers."

I did a search, limiting the results to NetLibrary because that's what NMTC has purchased and voila - I can open up the title right there. A third access point to the electronic book collection. The two other access points are NetLibrary and our catalog.

If you see a title you'd like to use but it's not part of our library collection - look for a print edition and order it through interlibrary loan or if you're willing to drive to the owning library's location and use their computers you can access the title online.

As the sayings go "all roads lead to Rome" or "there are many ways to skin a cat".


Get the password to use GALILEO at home from your Georgia librarian.