1. eBooks &
Digital Downloads
“everything you ever
wanted to know, but were
afraid to ask”
Dorrie Scott: LSC-CyFair

2. What is an eBook or Digital
Download?
 eBook - a digital file
that you read on a
computer or mobile
device
 eAudio, Movies, &
Music - digital files
you listen to or watch
on a computer or
mobile device

3. Types of Digital Files Used with
Digital Downloads
 eBook  eAudio
• EPUB • WMA
• PDF • MP3
It was a
• MOBI  Movies dark and
• Kindle • WMV stormy
video night…
 Music
• WMA
music

4. Compatible Computers
& Mobile Devices
 Windows PC
 Apple Mac
 BlackBerry
 iPad/iPhone/iPod
 Kindle
 Nook
 Sony Reader
 various other
tablets, eReaders, MP3 players
 List of other compatible devices
http://www.overdrive.com/
resources/drc/Default.aspx?
type=ebook
 NOTE: each device is
compatible with select file types

5. Who Can Read/Download eBooks?
 LSCS
students, faculty, a
nd staff with a LSCS
ID/library card
 HCPLpublic
customers with a
HCPL library card

6. When Can I Access the eBook
Collection?
NOW!

7. Where Can I View the eBook
Sources?
 HCPL.net  LoneStar.edu
http://hcpl.lib.overdrive • LSCS Libraries - Library
.com/ Research Databases
• E-Books & Audio Books
http://www.lonestar
 EBSCO eBooks .edu/library/15176.htm
http://lscsproxy.lonestar
.edu/login?url=http://sear
ch.ebscohost.com/
login.asp?profile=ehost&
defaultdb=nlebk

8. eBook Vendors1…Online Viewing Only
Titles available from the vendors below cannot be downloaded, they must be viewed
online with an internet connection.
 Gale Virtual Reference Library  Safari Tech Books Online
(LSCS Libraries) (LSC-CyFair, LSC-Tomball, or HCPL
(Thomson Gale) Includes full- library card required)
text, searchable reference sets in (Safari) Safari is the premier
such areas as electronic reference library for
literature, business, education, ga computer users, programmers, and
me programming, and social IT professionals.
sciences. NOTE: 5 simultaneous user limit
 STAT!Ref (Healthcare)
(LSCS Libraries)
(Teton Data Systems)
An electronic medical library that
enables users to cross-search more
than 35 medical resources.

9. eBook Vendors2…Online Viewing Only
Titles available from the vendors below cannot be downloaded, they must be viewed
online with an internet connection.
 Encyclopedia of Popular Music via  Naxos Music Library
Oxford Music Online (LSCS Libraries)
(LSCS Libraries) (Naxos Digital Services Ltd.)
(Oxford) Features articles on Classical, jazz, world/folk, new
popular music genres such as age, and Chinese music recordings
jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, tec in 75,000+ tracks plus related text
hno, musicals, and world music information about the musical
from 1900 to the present. Also works.
includes information on NOTE: requires Windows Media
trends, styles, record Player version 9 or later - limit of 25
labels, venues, and music festivals. simultaneous users for this resource.

10. eBook Vendor…Online Viewing with
Download Option
EBSCO eBooks titles are available for online viewing with an internet connection, and
many can be downloaded to a computer then transferred to a mobile device.
 EBSCO eBook Collection
formerly NetLibrary
(EBSCO) Complete electronic
books.
• LSCS has approximately 26,582
e-books with the majority
available from EBSCO. New titles
are added every month.
• Most titles allow one user at a
time, though a few titles allow
three users.
• An “unlimited users” option can be
requested for individual titles that
faculty would like to use for a
class. It is on a title-by-title basis
and is at the publishers discretion.

11. eBook Vendor…with Download Only
OverDrive titles cannot be viewed online. They must be downloaded to a computer or
mobile device. Many require a transfer from computer to mobile device.
 Harris County Public Library Purchased Titles in Collection: 13,966 (This is
Digital Media Catalog individual titles)
(LSC-CyFair, LSC-Tomball, or • eBook - 6,592
• eAudio - 6,110
HCPL library card required) • Music - 730
(Digital Library Reserve, Inc.) • Video - 534
Download digital materials
(including books and music) with Purchased Copies in Collection 23,357
free software to listen at home, at (Individual titles plus multiple copies of each
title)
work, or when you travel.
• eBook - 10,944
• eAudio - 10,882
• Music - 847
• Video - 684
70-75 eBook titles are added each month
and around 30 eAudio titles, many with
multiple copies.
Approximately 1,000 new users per month.

12. Help with Downloading &
Transferring Files
 LSC-CyFair eBooks & Digital
Download
Tutorialhttp://www.lonestar.edu/
library/15767.htm
 HCPL Digital Media
 LSC-North Harris Video Tutorial
http://www.lonestar.edu/depart
Catlog
ments/libraries/nharrislibrary/eBo • Support/eBook Help
ok_Collection.swf or
http://www.youtube.com/watch
• OverDrive – MyHelp
?v=hqY3Eug8sGM • OverDrive – Getting
 LSC-Tomball eBooks Access Started
Guide http://www.lonestar.edu/
departments/libraries/
TomballLibrary/ebooks.pdf  EBSCO eBooks
• Help

13. References
Text Images
 Michael Saperstein  EBSCO eBook Collection
http://lscsproxy.lonestar.edu/login?url=http://search.
Multimedia Selection Librarian ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=ehost&defaultdb=
nlebk
Harris County Public Library
 Harris County Digital Media
 Dorrie Scott Library
http://hcpl.lib.overdrive.com/
Reference Librarian
Harris County Public Library  IconArchive
http://www.iconarchive.com/
Lone Star College–CyFair Branch
 Lone Star College System
 Carol Steinmetz
Director of Automated Library  psdGraphics
Services http://www.psdgraphics.com/
Lone Star College System
 Stock.XCHNG
http://www.sxc.hu/