Library Service E-Book Guide

Library Service E-book Guide

Introduction

Titles in the BSMHFT e-book collection range from key psychiatry textbooks such as Psychiatry at a Glance, Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry by Gunn and Taylor to Overcoming Anxiety and Microsoft Sharepoint for Dummies.

The library welcomes your feedback on new titles to purchase to help up build our e-book collection; recommendations can be made within the e-book platform.

The e-books can either be read online via a PC or laptop or downloaded to a personal device such as Kobo, Nook or Sony e-reader, or a tablet like an iPad, Kindle Fire or Android device. (Unfortunately not on Amazon Kindle e-readers).

Getting started

Before you can start downloading e-books onto your device, you will need to create the following accounts:

1. Athens Account If you do not already have an Athens account, you can self-register for one at: https://openathens.nice.org.uk/, it is advisable to do this on an NHS PC.

2. Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) Visit: https://www.adobe.com/account/sign-in.adobedotcom.html to set up an ADE account, you will need these details later in the process.

Contents

Reading books online

Downloading books to an iPad or Android device (including Kindle Fire)

Downloading ebooks to an e-reader (Kobo, Nook, Sony e-reader – not Kindle)

Frequently Asked Questions

Reading books online

Go to http://www.bsmhft.eblib.com/patron

1. Once you are logged in you will see this screen where you can either enter a search term in the search box or browse your ‘View Full Catalogue’.

2. You will see there is a list of 444806 e-books; although not all of them have been purchased by the library, you can still view any of the e-books listed. If the book has been purchased already you will see if the e-book has not been purchased you will see You can limit the list to book owned by the library by ticking the ‘Limit search to titles by your library’ box.

3. If you decide to look at an e-book we have not yet purchased, you can click on the title of the book you will see this next page. Here you will have the opportunity to browse the book for 5 minutes, after which you will have the option to suggest that the library purchase the e-book.

If you think it would be a good addition to the collection without browsing it first, just click ‘Ask library to buy this e-book’ and fill in your details which will be forwarded to the Trust library.

Alternatively, you could click on the links below:

 Read this book – this will open the book so that you can read it online.  View details – this will take you to the same page as clicking the book title.  Add to Collection – you will have the option to create your own bookshelf of favourite books. To access this once you have added to it, click the ‘My Collection’ link at the top of the screen.

4. If you choose a book the library service has already purchased you will see the screen below:

Here you can choose to read the book online

Downloading an e-book to your device (iPad and Android, including Kindle Fire)

The next section will guide you through downloading an e-book to your personal device.

If you are using an iPad or Android device, including Kindle Fire, the first step is to download the ‘Bluefire’ app from the App Store / Google Play.

Android/Kindle Fire Note: If you have a Kindle Fire it is possible to download the ‘Bluefire’ app even though it is not available through the Amazon store. To install the app visit: http://www.bluefirereader.com/blog/?p=158 on your tablet and follow the instructions on the web page. Then just follow the instructions below to download e-books onto your Kindle Fire. iOS Note: Bluefire will only work with iOS devices running iOS 6 or higher.

1. Connect your iPad/Android device to the internet and visit: http://www.bsmhft.eblib.com/patron and log in with your Athens username and password. Once you are logged in you will see this screen, you can either enter a search term in the search box or browse your ‘View Full Catalogue’.

2. You will see there is a list of 444806 e-books, although not all of them have been purchased by the library, you can still view any of the e-books listed. If the book has been purchased already you will see if the e-book has not been purchased you will see

You can limit the list to book owned by the library by ticking the ‘Limit search to titles by your library’ box.

Alternatively, you could click on the links below:

4. If you choose a book the library service has already purchased you will see the screen below:

Here you can choose to read the book online or download it to your device. If you click ‘Download to your device’ you will be prompted to download ‘Bluefire’ app if you have not already done so. Once Bluefire is on the device you will have the option to download the book for between 1 to 7 days.

5. Bluefire Reader will then open and you will be prompted to log in with your Adobe ID to authorise Bluefire Reader to your Adobe ID. Note: you will only need to do this once.

6. When the e-book has finished downloading you will be asked whether you would like to read the book now or later. If you click ‘Go To Library’ the book will be stored in the Bluefire library for when you are ready to read the book. If you click ‘Read Now’ the book will open and you can browse through it and read the sections you want to.

7. You can enter bookmarks, highlights and notes within the book, but when the loan time has expired, you will no longer be able to open the book, but you can download it again at a later date if you would like to and all of the bookmarks, notes and highlights will have been saved.

Downloading an e-book to your device (Kobo, Nook, Sony e-readers)

1. Go to: http://www.bsmhft.eblib.com/patron and log in with your Athens username and password. Once you are logged in you will see this screen, you can either enter a search term in the search box or browse your ‘View Full Catalogue’.

2. You will see there is a list of 444806 e-books, although not all of them have been purchased by the library, you can still view any of the e-books listed.

3. If the book has been purchased already you will see if the e-book has not been purchased you will see 4. You can limit the list to book owned by the library by ticking the ‘Limit search to titles by your library’ box.

5. If you decide to look at an e-book we have not yet purchased, you can click on the title of the book you will see this next page. Here you will have the opportunity to browse the book for 5 minutes, when these 5 minutes have expired; you will automatically be asked whether you would like the library to purchase the e-book. If you think it would be a good addition to the collection without browsing it first, just click ‘Ask library to buy this e-book’ and fill in your details and this will be forwarded to the Trust library.

Alternatively, you could click on the links below:

6. If you choose a book the library service has already purchased you will see the screen below:

7. Here you can choose to read the book online or download it to your device. If you click ‘Download to your device’ you will be prompted to download ‘Adobe Digital Editions’ app if you have not already done so. You will have the option to download the book for between 1 to 7 days. Then click the ‘Download to your device’ button. The e-book file will then be saved to your computer. Open Adobe Digital Editions, NOTE: if the book doesn’t automatically open in ADE, then click file, then ‘Add to Library’, you should then open the Downloads folder and select the. ascm file. The book will be activated to open in your ADE account.

8. Plug your e-reader into your computer, and your ADE should recognise the device attached to it.

9. You can now drag and drop the book onto your device.

For any help or advice, please contact the Library Service: (0121 685 7449) [email protected]

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Can I use download e-books from a Trust computer?

Due to network restrictions, ADE cannot be used on the NHS network. It is also linked to a specific PC.

2. Why can’t I download books to my Kindle?

The format of books available for download from EBL are either Epub or PDF which are not recognised by Kindle. The format used by Kindle is AZW format only. However if you have a Kindle Fire, you can download an app called ‘Bluefire’ which will enable you to download the e-books. See ‘Downloading e-books onto an Android Device’ guide for instructions.

3. Can I download the same eBook on multiple devices?

Yes - as long as the Adobe ID matches the ID that was originally used to open the book (i.e. you can’t share this with another person), EBL allows you to download the same eBook multiple times, to multiple devices.