PLUG-INs A Student’s Guide to Information Literacy

E-BOOKS @ HCT

What is an E-Book?

An E-Book or Electronic Book is

not made of paper.

You read an E-Book from a computer or

special device called a Reader.

It is about 1 cm thick & weighs about ¼ kilo.

Most e-books cost about US$9.99 or 37 dirhams.

The best selling e-book reader is called a Kindle and is sold by

amazon.com for US$359 or 1318

dirhams.

Forms or formats of E-Books

Sometimes an E-Book is a scan

of a paper book (PDF).

But sometimes an E-Book is

typed directly into a computer program (html).

Advantages & Disadvantages

E-Books do not take up space on

a book shelf.

You don’t have to go to the library.

You can read them from your computer.

You don’t have to wait until

somebody returns an E-Book to the

library.

Some people think E-Books are difficult to read. They say

they get a headache from looking at a computer all the

time.

E-Books can be expensive;

they are not free. And you need an

expensive computer or reader

too.

You cannot browse an

E-Book like a paper book.

But . . .

Can you guess how many

E-Books HCT has ?

36,000 E-Books ! ! !About 1000 meters

of shelves, or about 40 of the

shelf units in the picture ! ! !

How many shelves for

36,000 paper books ?

Link to Databases & E-Books

http:// library.hct.ac.ae

Pull down the Resources menu.

Scroll down

eBooks

ebrary 30,000 + titles

Browse by subject

Enter term in search

box

ebrary Sample Search : “English Teaching”

19,656 hits !

That’s about 550 meters of

shelf space.

Typical eBrary pageArrows to go to

different pages

F11 – Toggle to full screen

view of page

Print- but only 1 page

at a time

Highlight text

Zoom text size

Net Library

About 3500 books in this collection.

That’s 100 meters of shelves.

Net Library Sample Search“Teaching English”

399 hits !

Click : View this ebook

Typical Net Library page

Chapter headings

Print- only 1 page at a time from non- full

screen

F11 – toggle to full screen view of page

eLibrary AKA “Electric Library” on A-Z page

Dictionary & encyclopedia entries only.

Not like ebrary or Net Library

Homework Help for

School Kids; Not high

level

E-Books from other Databases

Britannica Online Digital Engineering Library

AccessMedicine Medical Reference books

AccessScience Encyclopedia Hoot. Hoot.

From Catalogue

Purple icon with letter “e”

Link to website

Format indicated by icon

I hope this helps you find many

wonderful E-Books.

Ask your teacher or your friendly librarian if you

have any questions.

Thank you for listening.

HAPPY READING !