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Blackboard from an off campus computer: |
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Ebrary includes more than 18,000 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. |
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| 3. Review results. You may want to refine your
search by using the subject terms from a good book. |
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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://prox1.harpercollege.edu:2096/lib/harpercollege/docDetail.action?docID=10118455&p00=shakespeare
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| 5. Copy only the
number portion of the URL (between the equal signs in red above) and
paste that number after this exact URL: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/harpercollege/docDetail.action?docID=10118455&p00 |
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| 6. You're almost done. You must also
cut and paste the remote access
proxy link in front of the
ebook link above. |
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remote access link:
http://prox1.harpercollege.edu:2048/login?url= |
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http://prox1.harpercollege.edu:2048/login?
url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/harpercollege/
docDetail.action?docID=10118455&p00
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| 7. Inserting the finished 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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