As a student or staff member at Ohlone College, you have round the clock access to any of the eBooks in your library's collection -- over 10,000 titles in all.

How to find eBooks through HANS:

(Watch the tutorial to learn how)

HANS is the Ohlone College Library online catalog. When you search in HANS — by keyword, by author, by title or by subject — any eBooks we own will be included in your search results. For keyword and title searches, you can "Quick Limit" your search results so that you retrieve only electronic books. The eBooks will be labeled:
Library Location: Electronic Book

To view an eBook, Click on any one of the resulting titles. When the full record is displayed, look for the link that reads: Click here to access [this electronic book]. If you click on this link, you will be taken to the summary page for that eBook. Follow the directions at each vendor's web site to access their materials most efficiently.

Note: From off-campus, you will be prompted to login when you attempt to view an eBook. Follow the prompts on the screen to enter your student/staff ID and your last name. You will only have to log in once per browser session.

Notes for Finding eBooks directly through the NetLibrary catalog:

The Basic Search allows you to search for words or phrases in the keyword, title, author, subject, or full-text fields.

To perform a more advanced search, click on the tab for advanced search, and fill in any or all of the fields that appear including title, author, subject, keywords, full text, publisher, year, and ISBN.

Note: To access the Ohlone Library collection through the NetLibrary page from off-campus, you will need to either connect to NetLibrary through one of the links on this page, or have an account set up with NetLibrary. See How to Create an Account below for more information.

Creating an account:

1. From a computer on the Ohlone College campus or from a link on this page connect to the NetLibrary site. If you are off-campus, you will be prompted to log in using your student/staff ID and last name. Once you are connected to the NetLibrary site you should see a welcome message identifying you as affiliated with Ohlone College Library.

2. Select the "Create a free account" link.

3. Enter your identifying information (user name, password, email address).

3. Select the Submit button.

Logging in to your account:

1. Once you have established your account from on-campus or through the above link, you can go directly to www.netlibrary.com from computer and follow the "log in" link on the right side of the screen.
2. Enter the user name and password you established in the steps above, and select the red Log In button.

To use our eBook collection, you must be online.

In the NetLibrary catalog, you can print single pages of an eBook, much like you can copy a single page of a print book on a photocopy machine. In the Greenwood Press catalog, you can print up to 20 pages at a time. Sections of pages, within limitations, can also be copied and pasted into reports and presentations. In the Gale Virtual Reference Library you can generally print one article at a time Copying or printing an entire eBook violates copyright law.