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Technical Communication 405: Usability

For Dr. Kate Crane

eBook Project

Example ebooks for users to search for:

  • EBSCOhost unlimited title - 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology by Lilienfeld and others
  • EBSCOhost unlimited DRM-free title - Bias, Belief, and Conviction in an Age of Fake Facts by Finger and Wagner
  • ProQuest unlimited title - Streaming Culture by David Arditi
  • ProQuest unlimited DRM-free title - Food Instagram by Contois and Kish

Ielleen's Brief Directions

EBSCOhost unlimitedhttps://ezproxy.library.ewu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=509945&site=ehost-live&scope=site 

  • You can read the book online – just scroll down and click on any of the table of contents. 
  • You can download individual chapters as PDFs, but only up to 60 pages at a time. Click on one of the table of contents, then the chapters are broken up on the left side, with download icons – click on the down arrow. (If you need more, you can exit, and go back in and grab more chapters. But you may have to use a different browser, or clear out history/cookies.)  
  • If you’d like to download the whole book, click Full Download on the left side. You’ll need to log in or create your MyEBSCO account. You’ll also need to download the free Adobe Digital Editions app – it will provide a link if you don’t have this app. You’ll have access to it for however long you’d like to check it out, up to 180 days. Once you have downloaded the file for the ebook, and Adobe Digital Editions, just click on the ebook file and it will open it in Adobe Digital Editions. (Detailed directions can be found here: https://support.ebsco.com/help/?int=ehost&lang=en&feature_id=eBooks&TOC_ID=Always&SI=0&BU=0&GU=1&PS=0&ver=&dbs=nlebk#downloadebook.) 

EBSCOhost unlimited DRM-freehttps://ezproxy.library.ewu.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=3391340&site=ehost-live&scope=site

  • You can read the book online – just scroll down and click on any of the table of contents.
  • You can download individual chapters as PDFs. Click on one of the table of contents, then the chapters are broken up on the left side, with download icons – click on the down arrow.  
  • If you’d like to download the whole book, click Full Download on the left side. Choose PDF or EPUB version.

ProQuest unlimitedhttps://alliance-ewu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01ALLIANCE_EWU/4s7dq9/alma99900521655201843

Scroll down a bit and click on ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete.

  • You can Read Online – just click the blue icon on the right.
  • You can download individual chapters as PDFs, but only up to 56 pages at a time. (If you need more, you can exit, and go back in and grab more chapters. But you may have to use a different browser, or clear out history/cookies.) 
  • If you’d like to download the whole book, click the Read Online first, then click Full Download - the down arrow icon on the top menu bar.  You’ll need to download the free Adobe Digital Editions app – it will provide a link if you don’t have this app. You’ll have access to it for however long you’d like to check it out, up to a year. Once you have downloaded the file for the ebook, and Adobe Digital Editions, just click on the ebook file and it will open it in Adobe Digital Editions. (Detailed directions can be found here: https://proquest.libguides.com/ebookcentral/download.)

ProQuest unlimited DRM-freehttps://alliance-ewu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01ALLIANCE_EWU/4s7dq9/alma99900606017101843

Scroll down a bit and click on ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete.

  • You can Read Online – just click the blue icon on the right.
  • You can download individual chapters as PDFs.
  • If you’d like to download the whole book, click the Read Online first, then click Full Download - the down arrow icon on the top menu bar. Choose PDF or EPUB, for e-readers. (Detailed directions can be found here: https://proquest.libguides.com/ebookcentral/download.)