Follett VERSION 6.00 Manuale Utente

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Note: 

 You control whether or not virtual 856 tags display; see the Show

Authority 856 tags in OPAC option on System Setup's Cataloging Misc tab

(see page 55). For more information on virtual 856 tags, see page 358.

eBooks

eBooks are electronic versions of printed books. The actual file containing the text

can reside anywhere on a floppy disk, the hard drive of a workstation, your

library server, or out on the Internet. You can purchase eBooks from several

vendors. You can also download free eBooks from several sites, like that of

Project Gutenberg.
In order for patrons to find eBooks in the OPAC, there are two materialtype

icons for them. When the MARC records contain the correct information (see

page 360), the eBook icon appears in the hitlist and on the record view, making

them readily identifiable. Patrons can also limit searches to eBooks by selecting

eBook in the Material Types list in the Limiters dialog.

netLibrary eBooks

When you purchase eBooks from netLibrary, you do not download the text.

Instead, the actual file resides on the netLibrary Web site. To facilitate the access

and use of these remote resources, netLibrary eBooks have been integrated into

the Catalog Plus application. This allows patrons to link directly to the eBook

from the OPAC. Two extra buttons, Preview and Check Out, appear on the lower

right side when the Title Information is for a netLibrary eBook.

Click to see

netLibrary eBooks

Preview allows your patrons to view the eBook. This is an ideal way for patrons

to access reference materials, do research, or decide if they want to check out the

eBook. In addition, they can do a fulltext keyword search of the item. A Preview

session lasts 15 minutes, and is automatically renewed as long as the patron is

active at the site. Preview does not require logging in.
Check Out allows your patron to check out the eBook. There are two ways to

check out: Online and Download. To check out the eBook either way, your patron

must have his/her netLibrary user name and password. The checkin is automatic

at the end of the loan period.
An Online checkout gives the patron the exclusive right to view the eBook. After

checking it out, the patron can read the eBook from any Webenabled computer,

even one at home. To read the eBook at another computer, your patron merely

opens a browser, enters the netLibrary address, www.netlibrary.com, logs in with

a user name and password, and clicks My eBooks.

netLibrary

eBook icon