downloading e-books:in this video, you will learn how to find e-books through catalyst and how to accessand download these e-books.the johns hopkins university maintains subscriptions to a vast number of online databases andresources. these include a number of e-book databases that hopkins students are free touse. some major e-book databases that you may encounterinclude ebl, gale, and safari. each database maintains a different set of ruleson using and sharing their e-books. to learn moreabout general e-book information, please see the e-books guide, accessible through thelibrary
homepage.before we get to downloading an e-book, we must first find an e-book of interest. tobegin, we will go to the library homepage, library.jhu.edu.in the catalyst box here, we will type in ourkeyword, lincoln, and hit submit. by default, catalyst gives us all available searchoptions. however, since we are looking for a book andnot an article, we will select catalog. to limitour results to only online resources we will check the box at the top of the page markedshow only items available online, and hit search.let us scroll down and click on the writings
of abraham lincoln. in the find it boxto the right, we see that the database ebl has acopy of the book available online. when you click onthe link, you will be prompted to login with you jhed id and password.to view the book, we click on the read online button. from here, we can previewand read the entire book. to download the book, weclick on the download tab on the left side of thescreen. in order to download the e-book, you must have adobe digital editions installedon your computer. if you do not have adobe digitaleditions installed, follow the links and instructions
to install adobe digital editions.when you are ready to download, hit the download button and choose to open the file withadobe digital editions. if this is your first time using adobe digital editions, it willprompt you to login with you adobe id. if you do nothave an adobe id, select create an adobe id andfollow the instructions. an adobe id allows you to transfer e-books between multiplecomputers and mobile devices. once you have logged in with your adobe idand password, your e-book will be available foryou to read on your computer. in summary, use the catalyst search engineto find and access online e-books. download
e-books to your computer using adobe digital editions.
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