Printing, Copying and Saving in ebrary

Printing | Copying | Saving | Exporting to EndNote and RefWorks | Highlighting, Notes, and InfoTools

ebrary is a collection of nearly 40,000 ebooks in a wide range of subject areas. Access is available from all campus computers.

Off-campus access: UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and students can access this resource from off campus via the Library Proxy Server or VPN (Virtual Private Network).

Quick View is Ebrary's default reader, which allows instant viewing of documents in your browser. To print, copy, or use other advanced features you should use the InfoTools menu from Quick View, or launch the Unity Reader.

The Unity Reader is compatible with Windows and Linux machines, and includes text-to-speech functionality. Printing from the Unity Reader will result in better print quality. Simply click the button to launch (see screenshot below). If you do not already have the Unity Reader software installed on your computer, you will be prompted to begin the installation process.

Ebrary Quick View:

Ebrary Unity Reader:

Printing

Click on the Print icon in the ebrary reader to print, or from Quick View, choose InfoTools, then choose Print . Do not use your browser's print command!

Note: Publishers' restrictions prevent any ebrary books from being printed in full. You will only be able to print a portion of the book per session, and only a limited number of pages can be printed at a time. Restrictions vary by publisher; if you exceed the publisher's limitations you will receive an error message.

Copying and pasting

You can select text and copy it to another application. The paste operation adds a bibliographic citation of the source material with a link to the page in the document where the information was obtained.

To select text:

• To select a single word, click the word. The selected word and any surrounding punctuation are highlighted.
• To select more than one word, click and drag to highlight your selection.

To copy and paste text:

• Select the text you want to copy.
• Click the Copy Text button on the toolbar, or use the keys on your keyboard.
• Paste the text into a file or email message.

Note: A maximum of one page of text can be copied at once. Images cannot be copied by this method; see Saving.

Saving

Download a chapter or a page range as a PDF [Ebrary Knowledge Base]

Note: Limited to the number of pages that can be printed; varies with publisher

Download an entire document as an e-book [Ebrary Knowledge Base]

Note:

• Not all ebrary books can be downloaded
• Access to downloaded books and annotations is temporary (14 days)
• Only 10 ebrary books can be downloaded at any time
• Requires the free Adobe Digital Editions reader

Exporting to EndNote® and RefWorks®

You can export citation information for ebrary books to either EndNote or RefWorks.
Instructions for EndNote | Instructions for RefWorks

Highlighting, Notes, and InfoTools™

You can click on the InfoTools menu or on the Highlight icon to highlight text (sign-in required). Creating an ebrary account is free, and allows you to create your own bookshelf and save your notes and highlighting.

To make notes on a page, choose the Notes tab on the left-hand menu of the Unity Reader (top left corner).

The InfoTools menu contains tools that assist you in your search. Most of these resources will load in your browser window; your ebrary Reader window remains open and active while you conduct your research. You can highlight a word, phrase or name within the ebrary document and choose Define (from Merriam-Webster), Explain (from Encyclopedia.com), Locate (from MapQuest or Cartographica), or Who (from Biography.com or Wikipedia).

For more information:

• Ebrary Help [ebrary]
• Getting Started with Ebrary [UC Berkeley Libraries]