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WHAT ARE E-BOOKS?

QUICK LINK : Ready to search for an E-Book?

 

 

WHAT DO I NEED TO ACCESS E-BOOKS?

SEARCHING FOR EBOOKS

BROWSING E-BOOK COLLECTIONS

FREE E-BOOKS ON THE WEB

 

WHAT ARE E-BOOKS?

North Coast Institute provides access to a range of E-books which NCI students and staff can read online. They contain the text of published books and in some cases the illustrations also. Some are identical to the published book, and some have been re-formatted for web pages.

 

WHAT DO I NEED TO ACCESS E-BOOKS?

To access the links to our E-books, the North Coast Institute E-resources login is required. It is the same as the databases gateway login, and is valid for the current year only. North Coast Institute currently enrolled students, and staff, can obtain the login by emailing this site or enquiring at one of our campus libraries.

E-books are licensed from a variety of sources and are accessed differently. In some cases, extra logins are required. If you are a new user, print this Help document and keep it for reference, before accessing E-Books: Accessing E-Books (PDF document, 22Kb)

Some E-Books require an Adobe Acrobat Reader plugin to be installed on your computer.

 

SEARCHING FOR EBOOKS

 

Want to browse E-book titles without logging in? Lists of titles by subject area are available for download below. Please note that recent additions may not be included.

Subject areas:

Agriculture, Horticulture & Biological Science - April 2008
Arts and Media - April 2008
Beauty, Fashion & Hairdressing - April 2008
Business - April 2008
Community Services & Welfare - April 2008
Construction, Engineering & Transport - April 2008
Domestic & Life Skills - April 2008
Education, Training & Careers - April 2008
Environmental Science - April 2008
Food Service - April 2008
Health Services & Aged Care - April 2008
Hospitality & Event Management - April 2008
Information Technology & Communications - April 2008
Language & Literature - April 2008
Mathematics, General Science & Physical Sciences - April 2008
Social Sciences - April 2008
Tourism, Sport & Leisure - April 2008



When you log into E-Book Search you can search for E-books by a word in the author's name or book title, or by a subject term.

SEARCH E-BOOKS

 

BROWSING E-BOOK COLLECTIONS

It is possible to access E-Book collections by collection. Details are provided below.

COLLECTION

CONTENT

ACCESS

Safari Tech Books

E-books on information technology and business skills. Login required for access.

Access Safari Tech books here, or view a list of titles here.

NetLibrary

E-books on management, customer service, organisations, marketing, information technology, welfare, general studies and other TAFE study areas.

Login to the NetLibrary collection, or access individual books via E-Books Search.

E-Book Library (EBL)

E-books on a wide range of TAFE-related study topics.

Login to the EBL collection, or access individual books via E-Books Search. Creation of a free personal account is required before books can be accessed.

Oxford Reference Online Premium

Oxford University Press dictionaries and other reference books online.

Login to the Oxford Reference Online database or access individual reference books via E-Books Search.

Building Code of Australia Illustrated

The current edition of the BCA plus updates.

Login to the Building Code of Australia database.

 

FREE E-BOOKS

Google Book Search
Search the text of many thousands of books electronically. Some older, out of copyright books are downloadable in their entirety. Excerpts can be viewed for books still in copyright.

Free E-books (University of Pennsylvania listing)
An index of thousands of E-books freely readable on the Internet.

eScholarship Editions (University of California Press)
The eScholarship Editions collection includes the full text of more than 2,000 books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction.

More E-book listings (not all free)


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