Linking to an eBook from "on campus"

 
Link to an ebook in Blackboard from an on campus computer:   Ebrary includes more than 20,000 full text electronic books online. With ebrary you can link to supplemental readings or required texts. Ebooks provide 24/7 simultaneous user access and are available at no cost to faculty and students.

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2.  Perform a simple keyword search or an advanced search for title, author, subject etc.   
     
3.  Review results. You may want to refine your search by using the subject terms from a good book.  
     

4. Right click on the title you want to use and "Copy link location" or "Copy shortcut". (You can also right click properties and copy the URL.)

The URL that you have copied will look something like this:

 

http://site.ebrary.com/lib/harpercollege/docDetail.action?docID=10118455&p00=shakespeare
     
5. Notice that my search term "shakespeare" is at the end of the URL above. You'll want to delete your search terms from the end of the URL, to look like this:   http://site.ebrary.com/lib/harpercollege/docDetail.action?docID=10118455&p00
     
6.  You're almost done.  You must also cut and paste the remote access proxy link in front of the ebook link above.      remote access link:
http://prox1.harpercollege.edu:2048/login?url=  
     
See example:     http://prox1.harpercollege.edu:2048/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/harpercollege/docDetail.action?docID=10118455&p00
     
7.  Inserting the combined link into Blackboard as an "External Link" is easiest. (Go to the Control Panel, navigate to the appropriate place, and select "External Link".)     
     
 
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