How to find eBooks in the EbscoHosteBook collection

& Downloading Adobe Digital Editions

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By Jen EidelmanFebruary 2014

Finding eBooks on EBSCOHost

http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/

Choose EBSCOHost

Choose eBook Collection (EBSCOHost)And click on Continue

If you do not have your own personal account in EbscoHost yet, create one, using the SIGN IN button.You will need to do this if you want to download the whole book. Sections of the book can be read online without signing in. When you download the whole book you can ‘borrow’ it for 5 days, as if it were a regular hardcopy book.If someone has downloaded or is reading the book during that 5 day loan period, you will not be able to access it and will be placed ‘on hold’ until the book becomes available again.

Create a new account or sign in if you have an account.

Once you have signed in you can see the ‘MY’ banner on the EbscoHost logo.

Type the name of the book:

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And click on Search.

Choose eBook Full Text

To read the the book online click GO or choose chapters to read in the side panel

To download the whole book choose Download this eBook (Offline)

Checkout and Download for 5 Days

You will need to download Adobe Digital Editions on to your computer to read the book offline on your desktop.

Click on the link when you get to the download screen or go to this address to download Adobe Digital Editions:

http://www.adobe.com/africa/products/digital-editions.html

Adobe Digital Editions

Adobe Digital Editions will prompt you for a Vendor Login ID

Check the box that prompts you to authorize your computer without an ID.

Follow the steps until your computer has been authorized to read the eBook. Click OK.

Adobe Digital Editions will open. Wait a few minutes for the book to start downloading on to your computer.

The book is downloaded into Adobe Digital Editions