How to set up your NetLibrary account.

• Click on the NetLibrary icon.
• Type your Joliet Public Library card number in the space provided.
• Select the "Create Free Account" option on the upper right hand side of the NetLibrary homepage.
• You are now ready to search and download e-content.

Accessing Joliet Public Library's eContent through NetLibrary
 

Basic Search Option

• Use the "Basic Search" option to quickly look for an eBook or use the "Advanced Search" option to construct more complex searches. You can find out what titles are available by clicking the "What's Available" tab.

Search Results and Details

• Once you retrieve a list of search results, you can immediately read a full-text eBook title. You can also view additional information about  an eBook by clicking "Show Details" option.

Viewing Full-Text eBooks

• NetLibrary's full-text eContent (eBooks and eJournals) represents a broad range of predominantly non-fiction subject areas. You can read the eBooks page-by-page or chapter-by-chapter. You can also search for specific content within the full text of the eBook by using the search bar on the lower left hand side of the NetLibrary webpage, navigating with the standard Adobe toolbar or by merely scrolling. You can also print, cut and paste, and e-mail portions of the eBook.

Checking Out an eBook
 

• Select "eContent details"
• Select "3-day check out" option.
• You may view an eBook without checking it out as often as you wish. Keep in mind that while a book is being viewed it cannot accessed, just like physical books, by another patron. If you wish to keep the eBook exclusively you must check it out.
• The checkout period for the NetLibrary eContent is 72 hours. The license will automatically expire after this time. There is no need to check the eBook back in. Currently there is no limit to the number of eBooks that you can check out at one time.