How-to

Online viewer

The eBooks online viewer offers multiple ways to navigate and several other interactive tools for the reader. Each icon represents a different tool within the online viewer. Each tool serves a specific function, including navigation tools, annotation tools, and view settings. See below for an explanation of each tool.

Navigation tools

The online viewer provides many options for navigating through the eBook, as well as to and from the bookshelf.

The simplest way to navigate through an eBook is page by page, indicated by the large forward and backward arrows to the right and left of each page.
You can also navigate through an eBook by section using the smaller forward and backward arrows to the top of the eBook.
In the toolbar, you'll find the table of contents icon. This allows you to jump to specific sections of the eBook, to bookmarks you've placed, or to embedded resources (such as sounds or videos).
You'll also see the search tool, indicated by the magnifying glass. With this tool, you can search for keywords or phrases throughout the text and easily jump to those locations.
At the bottom of the toolbar, is the thumbnail view. This allows you to scroll through the eBook, see previews of each page, and jump straight to any page in the book.

Annotation tools

Customize your eBooks by taking notes and marking important pages for easy access later. For more detailed information on each annotation tool visit the annotate and take notes page of the eBooks how-to guide.

Use the pen tool to mark up the text with underlines, circles, stars, etc.
Use the sticky note tool to take notes in the book.
Use the highlighter tool to highlight important text.
View your saved noted and highlights in the My Data tab.
Add your own bookmarks to the text by clicking the bookmark icon at the top of each page. You can add bookmarks to as many pages as you'd like.

View settings

The eBooks online viewer also allows users to adjust the way the book appears to best suit them.

Zoom in and out on the eBook using the magnifying glass icon.
Fit the pages of the book to your screen size with the Fit to width/height icon. Click it once to fit to width, click it again to fit to height.
The online viewer's default setting is to show two pages of the book at a time, side by side, as if you were reading a print book. You can change this to view the book one page at a time using the Single page view icon. Click it again to return to double page view.
You can also read the book in full screen. Click the diagonal arrows icon in the top right corner of the online viewer. Press ESC to exit full-screen mode.