Your Remote eBook Roadmap

Created by Doug Worsham, Chris Lopez, Sylvia Page, Matthew Johnson, Kian Ravaei, Katherine Ramirez, Michael Lima-Sabatini

Descriptive Transcript

Need a book? We've got you covered! Follow this roadmap to find e-Books on reserve and through UCLA Library.

Haven't found it yet? No problem! We'll also show you how to search HathiTrust's Temporary Expanded Access Service, a collaboration of academic libraries preserving a massive collection of scanned books from around the world.

UCLA students, faculty, and staff currently have temporary expanded access to UC library books collected by the HathiTrust Digital Library.

This means that if any UC library has a book in print and in the HathiTrust, you can get temporary access to it electronically through the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service. That’s more than 7 million books!

And, we haven't reached the end of the road quite yet! There's also the National Emergency Library, Interlibrary Loan, and getting in touch with your subject librarian.

Now you have a road map to follow when searching for e-books in the future!

And, as always, UCLA Library is here for you! Let us know how we can help!


About this tutorial
Authors

Doug Worsham, Chris Lopez, Sylvia Page, Matthew Johnson, Kian Ravaei, Katherine Ramirez, Michael Lima-Sabatini

Contributors

Renee Romero, Zoe Borovsky, Natalie Selzer, Kate T. Pham, Alicia Reiley, Luz Badillo, Ruby A. Bell-Gam, Callie Holmes, Antigone Kutay, Lisa Kahn, Srikar Poruri, Anahita Sehgal, Miki Goral, Alison Scott

Learning Outcomes
  • Articulate the importance of VPN/Proxy for off-campus access to library resources
  • Recognize the scale and diversity (not just books) of library resources available from off-campus
  • Choose a personal solution for off-campus access to resources based on personally available technology (e.g., operating system, browser, etc.)
  • Work through the steps in the set-up process (with troubleshooting tips and additional resources)