Instructions for using NetLibrary

Creating a User Account
Logging In 
Printing from an eBook
Reading eBooks
Downloading Audiobooks
Search Tips
Search Results

Creating a User Account

For authentication purposes, it is necessary for all Boyd County Public Library users to create an individual user account. With this netLibrary account you have access to all of the eBooks in the Library's eBook collection, as well as thousands of eBooks in the netLibrary Public Collection.

1. To create a user account, click the Create an Account button on the main navigation bar or the link at the bottom of any NetLibrary page.
2. Enter your name and other identifying information in the fields provided. You can include letters, numbers, spaces, and standard punctuation. User names are not case-sensitive, but each user name in the NetLibrary system must be unique.
3. Enter a security question and answer, and complete the rest of the account information. The security question will be used in case you ever forget your password.
4. Click Submit to create the account.
5. If you are not at a branch of the library, you will need to contact the Reference Department at the main library to have an account created for you.  Please e-mail us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call us at 606.329.0090.  You will be asked for your library card number for identification purposes.

Note: all user IDs and passwords must be unique. This means that different users cannot simultaneously use the same ID or password.

For more help, go to http://www.netlibrary.com/help/

Logging In

Although you can use some NetLibrary features without logging in, to check out eBooks or access your account from multiple locations, you must create a user account and log in to NetLibrary.

1. Click the Log In button on the NetLibrary main navigation bar or on the bottom of the page to access your user account.
2. Enter your user name and password and click Submit.

Note: If you forget your user name or password, click the Forget your username or password? link on the log in page, and follow the instructions displayed.

For more help, go to http://www.netlibrary.com/help/

Logging Out

When you finish using NetLibrary, you should close your user account by logging out. This will prevent any unauthorized users from accessing your account.

1. Click the Log Out button on the NetLibrary main navigation bar or on the bottom of the page to close your user account and log out of the NetLibrary system.

For more help, go to http://www.netlibrary.com/help/

Printing from an eBook

Due to copyright restrictions, some eBooks will only let you print one page at a time. You may need to log in to print. Use the "print current page" button at the top left of the page viewer, open the PDF file, and print using the print function within the Adobe PDF reader (rather than the File_print command of your browser).

If you are looking at a page in a format other than PDF, click in the text portion of the page and then hit your "Ctrl" and P keys.

Reading e-books

Reading e-books is easy! Locate the book you want and click View this e-book beneath the item. Turn pages using the Previous and Next buttons on the upper right. You can also move between chapters using the table of contents on the left hand side.

Downloading Audiobooks

Download options:

• Choose CD Quality for listening on portable devices
• Choose Radio Quality for listening on your PC
• Choose Checkout (no download) to save the item to your account so
  you can download it later

Putting an audiobook on your portable device

1. Download the audiobook
2. Connect the portable device to your computer
3. Open Windows Media Player
4. Go to your Sync List
5. Drag the e-book file to the portable device in the Sync List.

More information regarding the transfer of an audiobook to a portable device can be found inNetLibrary > Help > Listening > Transfer an eAudiobook

Burning an audiobook to CD

Audiobooks cannot be burned to CD. They can be listened to on desktop and laptop PCs as well as portable music players that support copy-protected .wma files.

iPods and NetLibrary Audiobooks

NetLibrary audiobooks cannot be played on iPods. iPods do not support the playing of protected .wma files which incorporate the Digital Rights Management protection required by NetLibrary audiobooks.

Search Tips for Locating and Searching for eBooks

There are several ways to locate specific eBooks in a NetLibrary collection:

• Basic Search lets you search by Keyword or other criteria from the NetLibrary navigation bar. Enter your search information in the search box displayed at the top of the screen.
• Advanced Search lets you search by title, author, subject, or other criteria; you can also limit your search results by year published, language, and more.

Search Options

You can choose from several different options to locate an eBook. Depending on the type of search, some of these options may be unavailable.

• The Keyword option searches for your terms in the title, author, Library of Congress subject heading, publisher and ISBN fields. You may enter single terms (example: programming) or multiple terms that may be found in the same or different fields (example: pride prejudiceor midsummer Shakespeare).
• The Full Text option searches for your terms in every word of every eBook. When using the full text option in Quick Search, the keywords are also searched and keyword results appear before full text results. Use this option to search for words that may appear in the text of a book but not in the title or other fields or to search for text you remember from a book. When using this search option, be as specific as possible.
• The Title option searches all titles for the terms you entered. You may enter the exact title (example: A Tale of Two Cities) or any portion of the title in any order (example: Huckleberry adventures). It is not necessary to enter beginning articles in the title (the, a, an, etc.)
• The Author option searches all authors for the name(s) you entered. You may enter the name in any order, with or without punctuation, and capitalization is not necessary (example: Twain, Mark or mark twain orTwain Mark).
• The Subject option searches Library of Congress Subject Headings for the terms you entered. You may enter a single term (example: computer) or multiple terms (example: civil war history).
• The Publisher option searches all netLibrary publishers for the publisher name you entered.
• The Publication Year (Power Search) or Date (Command Search) option searches for the publication date or date range you entered. Dates must be entered in whole years only. You may enter a single date (example: 1998) for titles published in 1998, an inclusive date range (example: 1955-1995) for titles published in or between 1955 and 1995, the beginning of a date range (example: -1960) for titles published in or before 1960, or the end of a date range (example:1960-) for titles published in or after 1960.
• The ISBN option searches both the print and electronic version for the ISBN you entered.

Basic Search

Basic Search lets you easily locate an eBook. You can use this search without logging into NetLibrary. However, to browse or check out an eBook, you must create a user account and log in.

1. On the NetLibrary home page, enter search informaiton in the Search box displayed at the top of your screen.
2. Select a search option from the list. You can search Keyword, Full Text, Title, Author or Subject.
3. Click Go to start the search.

Note: To help novice or inexperienced users easily locate information when performing a Quick Search, NetLibrary automatically expands the search to include all variations of a word. For example, if you enter the search term flower, NetLibrary also searches for the words flowering, flowers, flowered, etc.

Advanced Search

Advanced Search locates an eBook by Title, Author, Subject, Keyword, Full Text, Publisher, Publication Year, ISBN or any combination of these criteria. In addition, Power Search allows you to customize your search results display; you can order your results by the number of occurrences of your search words, author, title, publisher, or publication year.

1. Click the Advanced Search link below the Basic Search box.
2. Enter search information in one or more of the fields displayed.
3. Select an option to either search eBooks owned by your library, search eBooks not owned by your library, or search the NetLibrary Public Collection. eBooks that are not part of your library's collection will be marked in the search results with an asterisk (*).
4. Select options to determine how the search results are displayed.
5. Click Search to start the search.

Note: You may reorder your search results, after the search is completed, by using the Display results by dropdown list on the search results page.

Search Results

Search results are usually arranged by number of occurrences (based on the frequency of your search terms). netLibrary returns a maximum of 300 search results. The amount of information displayed depends on whether you choose the Brief display or Full display option before starting the search.

When using the Power and Command Search functions you can select the order in which you wish your search results to appear (number of occurences, author, title, publisher, or publication year) before performing the search. You may reorder your search results, after the search is completed, by using the Display results by dropdown list on the search results page.

Search results include title, author, publisher and publication year information. To view more information about the book before reading or checking it out, click the title. A book summary page ("About this eBook") is displayed.

Note: the Browse function may not be available for all NetLibrary eBooks.

For more help, go to http://www.netlibrary.com/help/

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