A book that is published in computer-readable form and is usually available via the Internet. Often there are print and electronic versions of a book, but there are also some electronic-only titles. There are two main sources of electronic books available through the University Libraries. You can search the catalog using the "electronic materials:" option, choosing "electronic books" from the pulldown menu and then limit the results by author, title, subject, etc. Illustration of limit button. Or you can search the BigChalk Electronic Library provided by the Nebraska Library Commission and made possible by funding from the State of Nebraska. In addition, there are collections of books and documents that have been digitized, usually literature and historical documents, in the E-Text Collections section of the Internet Resources Collection.
The Electronic Book is a system in which characters, graphics and sound are written onto an 8cm CD. This is mainly used for dictionaries or information databases. The Electronic Book is based on the "Electronic Book Standard," by which the data formats and search methods have been established. Titles produced under Electronic Book standards can be utilized with the same user interface.
Text materials translated into machine readable form. Typically 'marked up' (ie. encoded) into Hypertext with the addition of sound and pictures eg. Hypercard, Supercard or the HTML format used for the World Wide Web. Also Sony hand-held reader which can deliver sound and images as well as text.
a book which is available full text online. The library has subscriptions to several e book services including Ebrary, Netlibrary, and Safari, which contain access to hundreds of e books. E books can be found by searching the library catalog.
a book that you read on your computerinstead of on paper
a datafile of a single book that can be located on a variety of hardware devices including, but not limited to desktop or laptop computers and handheld devices
a device about the size of a book with some form of memory to hold the book being read, a screen on which to read it and a means of downloading books from the Internet
a handheld electronic device specifically designed to display books which are stored in digital form by the device
a published book that has been transcribed into digital form
books that are available in digital format. The advantage of having the book accessible via the Web is that you don't have to come into the library to read it. The books may also be searched by keyword.
book published online in digital format, rather than in print.
A book that is accessed online.
standalone document intended for on-screen reading on a PC or a handheld device, either a dedicated 'reader' or a general purpose Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).