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E-books

This research guide is intended to help you understand the various e-book platforms available at Florida State University.

JSTOR

This platform hosts the e-books and e-journals in the JSTOR collection. E-books on this platform are available via purchase and DDA. Titles from multiple publishers are brought together on this nonprofit platform.

Tutorial: How to Access the E-book

How to Access the E-book

  • Copy or Export E-book Citation
  • Copy Permalink to This Page
  • Copy or Export Chapter Citation
  • Read Chapter in Browser
  • Download Chapter as PDF
  • Add Chapters to Lists in Bookshelf

Click Cite this Item button at tpl-citation_item to copy or export e-book citation

Copy or Export E-book Citation

Find URL written in book details section to copy permalink to this page

Copy Permalink to This Page

Click Cite this Item (aria-label “citation information for [chapter title]”) beneath chapter title in Table of Contents or select chapters’ checkboxes and click Export Selected Citations button at export-bulk-drop to copy or export chapter citation

Copy or Export Chapter Citation

Click chapter title link or link labelled Read Online (aria-label “read online [chapter title]”) beneath chapter title in Table of Contents to read chapter in browser

Read Chapter in Browser

Click link labelled Download PDF (aria-label “download PDF of [chapter title]”) beneath chapter title in Table of Contents to download chapter as PDF

Download Chapter as PDF

Add Chapters to Lists in Bookshelf

Tutorial: How to Use the E-book

How to Use the E-book

  • Download Chapter as PDF
  • Add Chapter to Lists in Bookshelf
  • Copy or Export Chapter Citation
  • Copy Permalink to Chapter in E-book
  • View Page Thumbnails
  • Move to Previous or Next Chapters
  • Move to Previous or Next Pages in Chapter

Download Chapter as PDF

Add Chapter to Lists in Bookshelf

Copy or Export Chapter Citation

Copy Permalink to Chapter in E-book

View Page Thumbnails

Move to Previous or Next Chapters

Move to Previous or Next Pages in Chapter

Benefits of a Personal Account

  • Save e-book chapters and e-journal articles to the bookshelf.
  • Create lists to form the bookshelf.
  • Add other online sources to lists.
  • Build outlines for research papers using sources in a list.

To create your personal account, click here.

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