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The High School Library holds over a thousand Follett eBooks with topics ranging from SAT study guides to the HUNGER GAMES trilogy. There is literally something for everyone be it fiction, nonfiction, biographies, or travel books.
How to Use Follett eBooks from the High School Library
If you are not already in one of the JIS Libraries webpages, go to the JISnet and navigate from LEARNING TOOLS to Library to the JIS Libraries Website.
Once in any of the JIS Libraries webpages, enter the HS Catalog.
Once you in the HS Library catalog, change the “Material Type” to “Electronic Book (eBook).” You can now search as usual only targeting eBooks. If you just wish to browse click title to see them all.
Note the “E” symbol common to all the eBooks. Click the title of the book you wish to examine to open the record.
Inside you will see details about the book and a gray “Open” button. Click it to open the eBook.
If you have not already logged in, you will need to use your usual JIS user name and password.
When you first open a book you are BROWSING in ONLINE MODE. You may wish to close it or check it out. eBooks work just like real books. You can check out up to three different books for two weeks. After two weeks it will automatically be returned to the shelf. Most of our eBooks may only be checked out by one user at a time. If you do not want the book click “Close Book” to return it to the shelf.
Play with the icons on the right to change the display and annotate your book. The “Menu” button to the left will show you the table of contents and options to download the book so you can read if offline. Choose “Offline Access” to download the book. It will take a minute or two.
Once downloaded I will see the “Success”. Screen. Note the VERY IMPORTANT instruction to bookmark the “Offline Content Library” page.
Once I navigate to the Offline Content Library, I create a bookmark.
Now, when offline, I simply open my browser, go to the bookmark, and read the book without an internet connection.
If I wish to return the book early, I will need to REMOVE it from my device first when connected to the internet. Then I can go to the Check Box menu and return the book.
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