Using EBSCOhost E-Books

• Beginning at the Anoka Ramsey Library homepage, click on the yellow button named Find Resources.
• Click on Databases / Scholarly Journals to expand this section.
• Click on the link for EBSCO.
• This will take you to a basic search page. The default search will include all databases.
• To change the databases in which you are searching, click the hyperlinked text that says All databases.

Next, uncheck the Select All box in the next window.

• Scroll down the list, find the two eBook collections, and check the boxes next to each of them.
• Click the Select box in the bottom right corner.

Next, you'll see a basic search box. Type a topic in the search box, or a specific title of a book.
Popular searches and options will auto-populate in a list below the search box. 

1. Location: This tells you where you are searching.
2. Search box: Type your topic or the book title in this box.
3. Clear or search: Use the circle with an "x" to clear your search terms, or click the magnifying glass to search.
4. Autofill list: Popular searches and titles will populate here. You can click on any of these suggestions instead of the magnifying glass to go directly to the suggestion.

Click the title of an eBook. This will take you to the item record page.

1. Tools and options: Use the tool icons to work with the ebook.
   From right to left, you'll see Bookmark (tool to save the record--will only work for the current session unless you log into myEBSCO); Cite, Add to Folder (must be logged into myEBSCO), Share, and Download.
2. Access options: Clicking this button will display the various formats in which the item is available.
3. Permissions: This section has information about what you can do with the content of the eBook.
4. Table of Contents: This section displays the designated sections in the eBook.

Clicking a link from the Table of Contents will bring you to that location in the eBook.

1. Options: Options for working with the eBook appear at the top right corner. There are additional tool options here. From left to right, Bookmark, Cite, Share, and Print. If the eBook license allows printing, you can do that from here. If printing is not allowed, this option will not show. Next is a Details button, which will show the information about the book again. The next button toggles the Table of Contents on and off. The magnifying glass icon allows you to search for specific words or phrases in the eBook.
2. Contents: You'll read the eBook here in the left side of the screen.
3. Table of Contents: Navigate through the eBook using the Table of Contents, or use the toggle button at the top to turn it off.

To create a link to a chapter, after you click on the chapter you want, then click the Share button (see image above). In the box that opens, click Create Link. Use the Copy to clipboard option to copy the link and paste it.

Please contact a librarian for more assistance with eBooks. Happy reading!

This tutorial demonstrates how to download and read EBSCOhost eBooks using an LCP passphrase and Thorium Reader. To learn more about using Thorium Reader, please see the Thorium user guide at: https://thorium.edrlab.org/en/th3/