NetLibrary is a collection of over 53,000 electronic books, or eBooks. These books are full-text and fully searchable. To use NetLibrary from off campus, go to the Off-Campus Access list of databases, click on NetLibrary, and log in like you would to access a database. 

If you are on campus, go to the Databases by Title list of databases, then click on NetLibrary OR use our online catalog and access particular NetLibrary books through a link in the catalog.   (NetLibrary books will have a red EBook icon in the BC Online Catalog.) If you want to see all the titles Easley Library has access to in NetLibrary, just type in netlibrary in a keyword search in the BC Online Catalog (HAL). 

What kinds of books are in the NetLibrary collection?

Most of the collection are from university presses with emphasis on titles from regional universities in the South, e.g. University Press of Mississippi. Many of the titles are recently published books, from 1998-present. Other collections include Cliff Notes and Books for Dummies. The Collection consists of over 4,000 copyright-free classics from the Project Gutenburg collection.

How do I perform a search?

You may search by various fields of the eBook. Type in one word or multiple words. Put phrases in quotation marks. Title - looks for your keywords anywhere in the title of the eBook. You may type the exact title of the book, or a part of the book title. Author - looks for your keywords in the author field. Type in john smith or smith, john, or just smith. Subject - looks for your keywords in the Library of Congress Subject Headings given to the eBook. Keywords - looks for your keywords anywhere in the title, author, or subjects of the eBook.  Full Text - looks for your keywords anywhere within the entire eBook. Use unique words, unless you want 300 results. Publisher - limit your search to a particular publisher using the drop-down menu.

NetLibrary will rank the results based on the frequency of the keywords, with a maximum of 300 results. To limit by publication date or to sort the results other than a ranked retrieval, click on Power Search.

How do I read an eBook?

Click on "View This Book."  You can then view the Table of Contents, keyword search the text, or jump to a particular page.

Click on "close this item" when finished with the ebook.

To use features such as "Add to favorites" you will have to create a free account.  Also, you can create an account if you'd like to go directly to NetLibrary from a bookmark, rather than through the library's web page.  You will have to create the account in NetLibrary through the off-campus link.  Thereafter, you will be able to access NetLibrary without going through the library's web page.