E-books at Swarthmore
Many Swarthmore students have told us they want more and better e-books. We have obliged! Swarthmore College Library has just purchased an experimental subscription to Ebrary, a leading e-book aggregator. Please let us know how you like this resource by commenting here or in the comment book!
The Ebrary collection, with about 30,000 e-books, offers some unique features. Some of them reequire you to create a user account:
- Highlight text in multiple colors.
- Type notes inside an e-book.
- Keep a Personal Bookshelf with links to your highlights, notes, and bookmarks.
Other useful features do not depend on a user account:
- InfoTools™ software lets you click on any word to get additional online information. Define, locate, translate, search document, search Tripod, and more.
- Automatic citations every time you paste or print Ebrary content.
- Multiple search options.
- Stable links that integrate with Blackboard.
Each Ebrary e-book has a record in Tripod, so you will come across them in your regular Tripod searches. If you are researching from your personal computer and would like to use an Ebrary e-book, you will need to perform a quick, one-time download of their Reader software (this software is already installed on all public area machines). Bryn Mawr and Haverford students, we invite you to visit one of our libraries if you would like to use an Ebrary e-book.
For more information on e-books at Swarthmore, including Ebrary, please see the e-books tip sheets.
