How to access e-book platforms

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Access and Navigate E-Book Platforms

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At Nescot, you have access to four different E-book Platforms.

 ProQuest Ebook Central  dawsonera  VLeBOOKS  myilibrary

To get access to these platforms off-campus, you need to have created an Athens Account. If you don’t have one yet, please contact the LRC Help Desk (020 8394 3055) or email LRC@nescot.ac.uk 2

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 STEP 1 Log in to Weblearn Log in to Weblearn at: http://weblearn.nescot.ac.uk/

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 STEP 2 Go to the E-Books List Go to your course and find the e-resources and e-books section, then scroll down to the E-books.

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ďƒ˜ STEP 3 Sign in via OpenAthens Click on the link next to the E-book you want to open.

Then enter your Athens username (ness0------) and password when prompted.

Please note the look of the e-book will be different depending on the platform it is hosted on.

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ďƒ˜ STEP 4 ProQuest Ebook Central Platform Navigation Please see the below for how to navigate the platform

Read online

Full download: to download a copy of the book for a specified number of days (1-21 days)

How many pages available for printing and copying

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Bibliographic information used for referencing

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dawsonera Platform Navigation Please see the below for how to navigate the platform Bibliographic information used for referencing

Full download: to download a copy of the book for a specified number of days (1-7 days)

Read online

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VLeBOOKS Platform Navigation Please see the below for how to navigate the platform Bibliographic information used for referencing

Read online

Full download: to download a copy of the book for a specified number of days (1-5 days) 8

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myilibrary Platform Navigation Please see the below for how to navigate the platform Download limit to 5% of the book for an example in this book it equates to 8 pages

Bibliographic information used for referencing

How many pages available for printing

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CONTACT DETAILS

Address North East Surrey College of Technology (Nescot) Reigate Road Ewell, Epsom Surrey KT17 3DS ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Telephone Welcome desk: 020 8394 3175 Help desk: 020 8394 3055 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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