EBooks
To find ebooks, you need to use the Library catalog. The Library Catalog can be used to locate books and ebooks by title, author, and subject. It contains records for books and ebooks in the West Library. To find an ebook, do the following:
1. Go to the West Library main page at https://westlibrary.txwes.edu
2. Click on the 
tab to the left of the search box.
3. Type in your search terms in the search box 
4. Click on the 
Button to the left of the search box
5. You will be taken to the search results page, as shown below:
6. On the left is a list of books that match your search terms, On the right are ways that you can narrow your search further. To narrow to just ebooks, click on the ebooks button on the left.
7. Click on the ebook button and the results list is narrowed down to just ebooks on your topic
In each record, you can see basic information about a specific ebook. See an example of a single record of an ebook below:
In each record, you can see basic information about a specific ebook. See an example of a single record of an ebook below:
Once an ebook is found in the catalog, to access an ebook, you need to look at the record to see an availability link. In the example above, it says Available via EBSCO ebook collection
When you click on the link, it will take NOT you to the eBook, if you are off of the Texas Wesleyan campus. It will take you first to an Off-Campus Access Login page, as is shown below:
Type in your username and password, which is your RAMLINK username and password
Then you are taken to the ebook, as is shown below: 
You can now do the following:
When you click on either save. email or print, you will next see one of the boxes below
For this book, the number of available pages to save, email or print is 60 pages. Different books have a different number of available pages.
What are the advantages of checking out (Downloading) e-books?
How do I check out e-books?
1. To check out e-books you must first create an account in EBSCOhost.
2. To create an account in EBSCOhost, you must first click on Go to eBook in the record of the book that you which to check out
4. Find and click on 
at the upper right on the page.
5. You will be taken to the EBSCOhost sign in page, as is shown below:
6. In the image above, below the Sign In button there appears Don't have an account? Create one now. Click on the words Create one Now to create your account.
7. The create your account form appears, as is shown below:
1. If you want to check out the book, click on the 
button
2. The following box will appear: 
3. Sign in to EBSCOhost using the username and password that you just created.
4. The following window will display.
5. In this box, you need to indicate how many days you wish to borrow (check-out) the book. The default is 7 days, but for this particular book, it is one day.
6. Now before you can move on, you need to install Adobe Digital Editions on your computer. Click on the link for Adobe Digital Editions in the box and a new window will open where you can install this software on your computer.
7. Once you have Adobe Digital Editions installed on your computer, you can check the box on the window above and the eBook will download. You will see a new box like the one below:
The ebook will appear in the lower left corner of your screen 
Note: In order to download eBooks, you must have Adobe Digital Editions 1.7.1 or higher installed on your computer. This is a free download available at http://www.adobe.com/products/digital-editions/download.html.
