NetLibrary

I have become a bigger fan of NetLibrary over the years. I am particularly happy when I demonstrate a catalog search, and a NetLibrary title comes up. Then I'm able to demonstrate the differences between a physical book in our library and an e-book. I always tell students not to shy away from e-books, which are just as legitimate as a physical book. I wonder as more students and library patrons get Kindles or Nooks, will the concept of "selling" e-books become less and less needed?

For this exercise I typed a basic full-text search for "knitting." I came up with over 1000 hits. When I changed my search to keyword with "knitting" I came up with just one title---Knitting and Crocheting for Dummies. A more useful result!

It was very easy to search for other topics. I do like the feature of logging in to my personal account, so that I can save notes, quotations, or thoughts for later. That has become a habit in NetLibrary, along with starting with an advanced search. Another newer feature that I really appreciate is that when you print, it will let you know how many pages you will be able to actually print.

A great source, especially if a class is doing similar research topics!