NetLibrary Frequently Asked Questions

Over 50,000 Ebooks
available to UNF faculty, staff and currently enrolled students

How do I know that I'm connected to the UNF Ebook collection?

Can I use NetLibrary books when I'm not on the campus network?

What kinds of ebooks are available in NetLibrary?

More information about free electronic book collections.

What is an ebook?

An ebook is an electronic version of a printed book. NetLibrary ebooks can be viewed online from any computer connected to the Internet. Because ebooks are online, they're available at your convenience -- anywhere, anytime.

How do I use ebooks?

You can search for ebooks the same way you search any electronic library catalog -- by author, title, subject, keyword, etc. The main difference is you can search every word in every book by selecting the full text search option.

You can also search for NetLibrary books in the UNF online catalog. Just add NetLibrary as a keyword to your normal search.

Creating an account.

You must create a NetLibrary account to view books in NetLibrary from off campus. This account is different from your UNF OspreyCard library number or your UNF N number.

Your NetLibrary account must be created while on the campus network, in the library, or while you are logged in from off campus. From then on, no matter where you are, NetLibrary recognizes you as a UNF user. Here is more information.

Note the "Create a Free Account" link at the top right of the screen. Simply follow the steps to create your account. Once created, you can use your account to log in to NetLibrary from any computer with Internet access.

How do I know that I'm connected to the UNF Ebook collection?

University of North Florida eContent Collection and the UNF logo will automatically be visible when you connect to NetLibrary from a library or campus network computer. When you log in to NetLibrary with your user name and password from an off-campus computer, you should also see the UNF words and logo.

You can elect to search the NetLibrary Public Collection also. This collection contains thousands of books in the public domain (out of copyright). You do not need to log in to use this collection.

Can I use NetLibrary books when I'm not on the campus network?

Anyone who is a faculty, staff or student member of the University of North Florida can view NetLibrary books from any computer with Internet access. However, you can only create your user name and password (needed for viewing books when off campus) from a campus machine or while logged in from off campus. Once your user name and password are created, they can be used view NetLibrary books on any computer connected to the Internet.

Mac users information

Mac OS X users have discovered problems viewing NetLibrary books. Here is a fix for you.

Here is more information.
http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/databases/trb/netlibrary.html

What kinds of ebooks are available in NetLibrary?

Titles featured in the academic ebook collection represent all subject areas.

Literature, business, history, health/medicine, sociology and religion are the strongest subject areas in this collection.
Over 2,500 science, technology, and computer science titles, including most O'Reilly titles.
University presses make up more than 50% of the collection. They include State University of New York, Oxford University Press, MIT Press and Harvard Business School Press. Also included are Vanderbilt University, University Press of Florida, University Press of Virginia, University Press of Mississippi, University of North Carolina Press and University of Alabama Press.
Macmillan's The Complete Idiot Guides, SAMs Computer Guides, McGraw-Hill business & computer books, Scarecrow's Historical Dictionaries, Career Books, and Travel Guides.
NetLibrary's Public Collection, an extensive collection of public domain books, including some enhanced "Project Gutenberg" titles are also available to UNF users.

Some guides use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to access portable document files (pdf).