Citing Articles

APA Style Example: Wells, G. (1999). The Tillamook. Cornvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press. Retrieved May 22, 2001, from http://www.netLibrary.com. For additional APA examples, visit the APA site.

MLA Style Examples: Wells, Gail. The Tillamook. Cornvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 1999. NetLibrary. Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA. 13 Aug. 2002 <http://www.netlibrary.com>. For additional MLA examples, visit the MLA site.

Basic Steps

Use the Basic Search form on the main screen or click Advanced Search for more options. Enter your terms, select options and click Search. Sort your results by Top Matches, Newest first, Oldest first, Author or Title. From the results list, either - View this ebook online (your book will be "returned" if there is no activity for 15 minutes) - Show details* for more information and to checkout book for 24 hours, or - Add to my list* to create a list of favorites that you can go back to when you log in. *You will need a netLibrary account to checkout a book or Add to my list. To check out a book for use within 4 to 24 hours, either: - from the results list, click Show details for the item you want, or - while viewing an ebook online, click eContent Details To read or check in checked out items: - click Home or a Search option, choose My Checked Out Items from the top right bar, and then select View this ebook or Check In; - or when viewing online, click eContent Details on the left and click Check in.

Creating a NetLibrary Account

A personal netLibrary account is needed only if you wish to save notes, create a personal list or checkout a book to reserve for your use only for up to 24 hours.  Choose create a free account from the menu bar.

Advanced Search Tips

The Advanced Search screen provides a form to search any combination of Author, Title, Subject, Keyword, Fulltext, Publisher, ISBN and Publication Year. You can also select how you would like the list to be sorted or displayed - by Top matches, Newest first, Oldest first, Title or Author.

Name	Format	Example
keyword - searches the author, title, subject, publisher and ISBN fields		latin american history
fulltext - searches the keyword fields and the entire contents of the book		caribbean revolutions
Truncation - searches for all forms of the word	**	drive** (searches for drive, driving, drove, driven)
Wildcard - searches for all forms of a word	*	cook* (search for cook, cooks, cooking, cookery, cookbook, etc.
Boolean searching	AND OR	entrepreneur and team

Scope

NetLibrary is a shared collection of over 11,000 electronic books on all topics.  Users can search the full-text of the complete collection or a single book, read the ebook online, look up words in a dictionary and hear them pronounced, and with a personal netLibrary account, add notes, create personal lists and reserve books for 4-24 hours. Note: new ebooks added Summer/Fall 2004. Babson College eContent Collection includes 8000 books published 1998-2004 and shared with other library members of the NELINET consortium. The books come from publishers such as AMACOM, John Wiley, Macmillan USA, MIT Press, O'Reilly, and Oxford University Press. A little something for every one! The Public Collection contains 3400 public domain works, such as Shakespeare, Poe and Dickens, but nonfiction too.

Access Restrictions:	Students, Faculty, Staff may use Alumni and Visitors may not use.
List of Titles:	- WEBnet Library Catalog - Lists most but not all available books. Use Power Search to limit to Library: Babson... and to Location: Netlibrary Electronic Book Collection. To view a book from the catalog, view the item's record and click the URL that has an http://iisweb01.babson... prefix. - Click Whats Available, here or within NetLibrary.  You may be prompted to login with your Babson user name and password.
Years of Coverage:	Various
Number of Simultaneous Users:	Unlimited, but only one person at a time can access a specific Custom Collection book
Durable links:	Not Available
Online User Documentation:	Once you connect, choose HELP
Not connecting? Check out our troubleshooting tips. Questions or continued problems, call the Library Information Desk at 781-239-4596 or submit a Problem Report.

Updated November 1, 2005 By  Frances Nilsson