eBook User Guide

Gale Virtual Reference Library eBooks

READ ONLINE

• Available for most computers, laptops, or mobile devices with an active Internet connection
• When viewing a chapter/article, click Listen to have it read aloud to you
• See tutorials

DOWNLOAD OR EMAIL IN PDF FORMAT FOR OFFLINE USE

• Active Internet connection and web browser is required to download the PDF but not to read it later
• Available for most computers, laptops, or mobile devices able to read PDFs
• No special ereader app required; use the PDF reader of your choice, such as Adobe Reader, iBooks, etc.
• Can download one chapter/article at a time but cannot download whole book in one step
• Can email up to 50 PDFs at one time (if it does not exceed the limit for your email system)
• On Apple devices, after downloading PDF, click Open in iBooks or another PDF app
• Can download to a computer, connect your ereader to the computer, and then copy the PDFs to the ereader
• For Kindle
  • Save PDF on a computer, then transfer to the device or use Amazon's Send to Kindle option
  • Kindle and some other ereaders can convert to eReader Format before emailing
    1. Email to your @kindle.com address
    2. Type Convert in the subject line before sending the email to use ereader features such as variable size font, annotation, or Text to Speech
• Can keep PDFs indefinitely
• See tutorial to Download PDF to Your eReader