General Guides

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NUsearch guides

 How to access:

• Library resources via NUsearch

 How to request:

• a Central Store item 
• an Interlibrary Loan 
• a item that is on loan 
• item(s) for KLTC Book Loan Delivery 

How to book:

• a meeting room 
• Postgraduate Individual Study room 
• short-loan-restricted bookable item 
• the facilities inside Multimedia room 
• an individual space in Learning@The Core

How to renew:

• item(s) on loan 

How to:

• check the library fine
• make online payment to Library 
• pay for KLTC Book Loan Delivery Deposit
• use BrowZine web & BrowZine app

eBooks guides 

How to access eBooks:

• Cambridge Books Online
• Cambridge Companions Online
• Proquest Ebook Central
• Emerald eBooks
• ICE Virtual Library
• iG Library
• Knovel
• Oxford Reference
• Oxford Scholarship Online
• Taylor and Francis eBooks
• VitalSource Bridge eBooks
• VLeBooks
• Wiley Online Library eBooks

How do I access eBooks?

1. Go to NUsearch or your reading list
2. Login to NUsearch with your university username and password.
3. Enter your search terms in the NUsearch search box, and select ‘Library Catalogue’ option.
4. You can ‘Filter’ for ‘Available online’ for just online items.
5. Look for eBook that you interested and click ‘Available online’ to go directly to the providers site.

You can refer to the guide on how to access eBooks via NUsearch. [ Guide PDF  ]

When accessing eBooks in the library, you can use one of the University PCs, a loaned laptop or your own device. The NUsearch terminals in library are designed for catalogue search only.

The Frequently Asked Questions page provides further information about accessing and using the eBook collection.

Downloading, copying and printing

Like physical books, library eBooks are protected by copyright law, and for many ebooks this is controlled automatically by Digital Rights Management (DRM) software.
 
The amount you can download, copy or print varies from one publisher and title to another. This information is usually displayed when you use each eBook.

Further information

• Refer to the Frequently Asked Questions page for further guidance on eBooks access.
• See Help and Support pages within each eBook for specific guidance on their readers, requirements for other devices, and tools for navigation, note making and citation management
• You can access other electronic resources through the NUsearch, which is a gateway to digital collections, eJournals and databases.
• For further help, contact our staff at Reference Desk (Mondays to Fridays from 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.) or email us at libraryservices@nottingham.edu.my