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Description and instructions for access:

ebrary is a subscription information service with access restricted to Dakota State University students, faculty and staff.

Our ebrary subscription to Academic Complete provides over 43,000 online books from major publishers that cover a wide range of topics. There is no limit on the number of people who can access a single online book at the same time.

"QuickView" allows instant viewing of books in your browser. In Quickview, you can navigate through the book using Table of Contents, Chapter Ranking, and other paging features. You can take notes, copy and paste, and add items to Endnote. 

An alternative to QuickView is to click on the blue ebrary Reader button to open a different Reader.  To understand the differences between Quickview and the Plug In and Unity Readers, read comparisons of the readersThe Unity Reader is the only one that offers text-to-speech.  Users who wish to switch from the  Plug-in Reader (Windows & Mac) to the Unity Reader (Java based; Windows & Linux/Unix) must go to "My Settings" to make the change. The blue ebrary Reader button will open whichever Reader has been selected as the preference in "My Settings."

Installing the ebrary Reader on your computer:

You should be prompted to install the ebrary Reader the first time you click on the blue ebrary Reader button, which appears on every QuickView page.

  • Windows: Both the Plug-in Reader and the Unity Reader are supported by Windows. The Plug-in Reader is the default download.
    • To use the Unity Reader, go to My Settings and change your Reader preferences to the Unity Reader). The blue ebrary Reader button will then open the Unity Reader instead of the Plug-In
  • Mac: Only the Plug-in Reader is supported for the Mac. If you are using Firefox 3 and have trouble installing, see ebrary Knowledgebase article about problems.
  • Linus/Unix: Only the Unity Reader is supported on Linux/Unix. It requires Java 1.6. You should be prompted to install the Unity Reader automatically the first time you click on the ebrary Reader button. For help with installation problems, see ebrary Knowledgebase article on installing the Unity Reader.

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How to access this resource from off-campus:

 If you are off-campus, you will be required to login with a username and password. For more information and login instructions, see Login Instructions   

 

 

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Last Updated 08/19/09