1. Getting the most out of
ebrary
How to Create an Account, Download
ebooks, Manage Your Bookshelf, and more!

2. Why create an ebrary account?
Allows you to:
• Download ebooks
• Save ebooks to your own “bookshelf” that you
can refer back to
• Highlight text and take notes in ebooks
• Save and organize your research

3. How to create an account:
• On the ebrary search page, click on “Sign In”
• On the next page, select the
blue “Create an account” link

5. After creating an account, you can
download ebooks!
2 ways to download:
In sections
• Download up to 60 pages at a time
• No special software needed – downloads as a PDF
file.
Whole ebook
• Download the entire book for 14 days only
• Must have Adobe Digital Editions software (available
online for free download – linked from the ebrary
download window)

6. How to download ebooks
When looking at a book of interest, simply click on the
Download button
Options:
• Download a PDF document of a chapter or
select specific pages to download (limit up to 60
pages at a time)
• Download the entire book to Adobe Digital
Editions for 14 days

7. Alternative to downloading: Add
ebooks to your bookshelf
• Create your own virtual library of ebooks! Click on
the Add to My Bookshelf button
• Notes and highlighting you have done are saved and
easily accessible
• Ebooks saved to your bookshelf can be accessed as
long as you have an account
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8. Highlight in ebooks
*You must be signed in to your ebrary account*
• Point your mouse to
the beginning of the
section you want to
highlight, click and
drag across entire
section to be
highlighted
• Then click on the highlight button

9. Take notes in ebooks
• Click on
InfoTools, then
Create Note
• Type notes in the
note box and click
OK
• Resize and move
the box as needed

10. Questions?
Contact us - we are here to help!
Email:
library@ashford.edu
Phone:
(866) 685-8089
Chat:
On the library website