1.Download & Loans
Easy access to the books you’ve downloaded or have on loan, and a reminder of how many days are remaining.
2. Recently Viewed
Up to 18 titles that you’ve recently viewed are displayed here.
3. Annotated Books
Easy access to all of the books that you have bookmarked, highlighted or added notes to
4. Save to Bookshelf
Organize your books into as many folders as you’d like. Your bookshelf comes with a Research folder and you can add more folders as you need them.
5. Annotations
Access your highlights, notes and bookmarks at the book level quickly and efficiently.
6. Sort By
Sort by Title, Contributor(s), Year Published, Publisher.
7. Share Link to Folder
Share a link to your folder with others at your institution. The link could be used to create online course reading lists or new title lists for patrons and faculty.
8. Email Folder
Email folder contents to other Ebook Central users.
9. Export Folder
Export folder contents in .csv format.
10. Cite Folder
Create a citation from your choice of styles: APA, Chicago/Turabian - Notes-Bibliography, Chicago/Turabian - Author-Date, Harvard, MLA, or Vancouver, or import into RefWorks/Flow or EndNote/Citavi.
11. Export Notes, Share Link to Book, Copy To, Remove
Export your notes and bookmarks; share a link to the book; copy a book to another folder; or remove the book from your bookshelf.
12. Cite Book
Create a citation from your choice of styles: APA, Chicago/Turabian - Notes-Bibliography, Chicago/Turabian - Author-Date, Harvard, MLA, or Vancouver.
13. Select, Copy or Remove Books
Select books and copy them to a new or existing folder or remove books from bookshelf.
There is no limit to the total number of books (i.e., links to books) you can save to your bookshelf.
However, only about 1000 books can be at any one level. If you have more than that at a single level, you may start to lose information from the last titles in the list.
The solution is to nest the books in your bookshelf into folders. You could, for example, create subject folders or alphabet folders (e.g., folder “A-C” for all titles that begin with one of those letters). To create a folder, simply go to the Bookshelf and click on Add Folder as shown below.
In summary, it is important to put your books into folders so you never have more than about 1000 at any single level.
Your bookshelf in ProQuest Ebook Central keeps track of your downloads, loans and saved books, and lets you share them with others.
NOTE: There is no registration required for an Ebook Central account. You automatically have an account and are signed in to it whenever you access the Ebook Central database from the Library website. The upper right corner should show a Sign Out link when you have been authenticated. Additionally, clicking on Profile under Settings will display an automated username/email. You do not need to remember or enter this login information anywhere; it just ensures that you have been logged in automatically. For screenshots, see the Creating Personal Accounts page within this guide.
Refer to the box on the below left for a description of the bookshelf features.
If you have saved items in a personal ebrary Bookshelf account, when you log in after the upgrade you will be prompted to merge it into an Ebook Central Bookshelf. Follow the steps below to migrate your account.
1. Navigate to your Bookshelf in Ebook Central and click on "Move ebrary Bookshelf" as shown below.
2. Click "Get Started" as shown below. NOTE: If prompted to sign into your Ebrary account just click to continue the process. You do not need to enter any login information.
3. Click "Move ebrary Bookshelf" once more as shown below.
4. You will receive confirmation that your bookshelf has been moved to the Ebook Central platform as shown below.
For additional assistance with ProQuest Ebook Central, see the guide here.
