Training: Learning to use 123library
Reading eBooks
An eBook is a book in electronic format. The 123Library medical collection contains thousands of leading medical eBooks covering a vast range of medical specialties, particularly for academic studies and medical education. We add hundreds of eBooks in the field of healthcare on a monthly basis to increase the medical content range for our eBook subscribers.
Reading 123Library medical eBooks does not require a plug-in so firewalls are simply not a problem. Instead we use our own 123Fastreader which means pages upload quickly on your screen and can be scrolled through with ease.
To read an eBook simply click on 'Read now' link in your current subscriptions list:
or individual eBook 'more details' page:
A number of icons appear alongside this link. As you scroll over an icon an explanation of its function is displayed. Clicking the magnifying glass icon will take you to see the 'details' of the eBook. Clicking on the heart and plus sign icon will 'add this eBook to your favourites' list displayed in My Library. If you have already added this eBook to your favourites you will instead see an icon with heart and minus sign. Clicking on this icon will 'remove' this eBook from your favourites list. (Please read What is a favourite? to find out more.) Finally, the question mark icon will lead you here, to the 'help reading ebooks' section of the site.
If you have clicked the link to 'Read now' your eBook will open in your browser using 123Fastreader. (In the event of any problems, please refer to 123Fastreader troubleshooting.)
To scroll through the eBook simply use your mouse cursor to drag the pages up and down in the viewport.
You can view the table of contents for the eBook by clicking the Contents icon at the top left of the screen.
You can use the Navigation icons at the top of the screen to skip to a particular page of the eBook. As you scroll over an icon an explanation of its function is displayed e.g. 'Back 10 pages', 'Previous page', 'Next page', 'Forward 10 pages'.
You may also search for a specific topic within the eBook. Enter the word(s) in the search field and click on the Search icon. The search results will appear at the right of the screen and by clicking on the page number(s) listed you will be taken straight to each reference in situ.
If you wish to enlarge the size of the screen when reading an eBook please use the Zoom icon. You are still able to drag the pages up and down when in zoom mode. To return to normal viewing size simply click the 'Zoom out' link at the top of the viewport. Please be advised that not all eBooks feature the zoom option.
There are two easy ways to add and save your own notes to an eBook. Firstly, if you wish to add notes that relate to an entire eBook simply click Notes icon at the top of the screen and type in the notes area that will appear.
To save your notes click 'Save Notes' and if you wish to print them click 'Print Notes'. To close the notes area at any time click the Close icon. When you return to the eBook at a later date you can retrieve your eBook notes by clicking the Notes icon. Always remember to save your notes before exiting the eBook.
You may also wish to add your own annotations to an individual eBook page. To do this simply click 'Annotate this page' at the bottom of the screen and type in the area that will appear. To save your page annotations click 'Save annotation'. To close the page annotation area at any time click 'Close x'. When you return to the eBook at a later date you can retrieve all of the page annotations you have made for the entire eBook by clicking the 'Show annotations' link.
All annotations you have made will appear listed by page and here you may read, edit or delete each one as you wish.
Printing the eBook is simply a matter of clicking the Print icon. When you have finished reading the eBook click the Exit icon to close.
Please note: Internet Explorer 6 users will not be able to drag the eBook pages up and down. Please use the navigation links and search function at the top of the document instead.
After clicking the 'Print' link you will be asked to confirm that you wish to make the eBook ready for printing. Agree to this and select File-->Print in your browser.
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