Inform Quarterly

              Serving Illinois state employees • Spring 2003
Perusing eBooks
Through participation in the Illinois Digital Academic Library Initiative, the
Illinois State Library has access to more than 1,900 academic, reference
and scholarly eBook titles. Subject areas include business, consumer health
and medicine, computers and information technology and general
reference.
Provided by netLibrary, eBooks are electronic versions of published books
that library patrons can browse, search, borrow, read and return over the
Internet. Because eBooks are available online, they are conveniently
accessible nearly anywhere and virtually anytime.
The netLibrary’s eBook collection is searchable by keyword, title, author
and subject. Users also may browse the collection by subject. After
locating an eBook using netLibrary’s Search or Browse options, users can
view the eBook or check it out online. Patrons may read an eBook for 15
minutes or check it out for approximately four hours.
To access an eBook, you must establish an account in netLibrary through
a publicly accessible computer located at the State Library. Once an
account is created, you may access eBooks using State Library terminals
or log in to the site remotely.
To create a netLibrary account:
  Select the Create an Account link in the Log In
box on the right side of the page.
  Enter your identifying information, including user
name, password and e-mail address in the fields
provided. (Note that user names are not case-sensitive,
but each user name in the netLibrary
system must be unique.)
  Enter a security question and answer, and
complete the rest of the account information.The
security question will be used in conjunction with
your e-mail address if you ever forget your
password.
  Click Submit to create the account.
To log in to your netLibrary account:
  Go to www.netlibrary.com and enter your user
name and password on the right side of the screen.
  Click on the red Log In button.
From the Reference Desk
In addition to noting a few new
reference titles and electronic
resources, this issue of Inform Quarterly
highlights two other services the State
Library has to offer through its
Reference Section. One is its Standards
Collection and the other is the
availability of eBooks.We hope you find
these and all our resources helpful with
your informational needs.
I encourage you to tell your co-workers
about the State Library’s INFORM
service.Thank you for your interest, and
we look forward to hearing from you.
To make requests for materials or find
answers to your questions, please contact:
Reference phone • 217-782-7596
Reference fax • 217-524-0041
Map Collection • 217-782-5823
Patent & Trademark Division • 217-782-5659
“Ask the State Library”
www.cyberdriveillinois.com/library/
forms/ email_ref.html
Access the State Library database at
http://library.ilcso.illinois.edu/isl
Illinois State Library hours:
Mon. – Fri., 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
We look forward to
hearing from you!