Reading Articles and ebooks on Your Mobile Device Ashford University Library Contact: Phone: 866.685.8089 M-F : 7:30am – 5:00pm PST Chat: M-F 9-10am & 3-4pm PST Email: library@ashford.edu

Reading Articles & Ebooks on Your Mobile Device There are several ways to read articles and ebooks on your mobile device. Use the Ashford App to get into the library Download an app (IOS, Android) from ebrary or EBSCOhost 3. Email an article to yourself and access it on your device

1. Accessing articles and ebooks on your device through the Ashford App

You can access the Ashford Library by downloading the Ashford University App and clicking the Ashford Library button

2. Using other mobile apps to read articles and ebooks on your device

There are three steps to set up ebrary on your mobile device ebrary mobile app ebrary now has two dedicated mobile apps – one for the iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch® and one for Android™. There are three steps to set up ebrary on your mobile device 1 2 3 Go to ebrary in the Ashford Library. Click on Sign In to create an account Create an Adobe ID at http://adobe.com Download the App and use your ebrary login and your Adobe ID to configure your app

You can read the ebook right on your device ebrary mobile app Once you have the app downloaded and configured, you can open it up and search for a book. You can read the ebook right on your device

Available for: Android 2.3.3 and 4 Apple iOS 4 and iOS 5 EBSCOhost Mobile App Available for: Android 2.3.3 and 4 Apple iOS 4 and iOS 5

EBSCOhost iPhone and Android Application Downloading the EBSCOhost APP Go to the Ashford Library and open EBSCOhost Scroll Down to the bottom of the page and click on the link EBSCOhost iPhone and Android Application Enter your email address for instructions and a key:

EBSCOhost App Search for a topic List of Articles Click on the arrow for more information Click the PDF link to read the article

3. Reading articles by emailing them to yourself

Reading articles on your mobile device by emailing them to yourself What you will need: 1. The ability to access your email on your device 2. The ability to read PDF documents on your device

When you find an article you want to read, click on PDF Full Text Here are the steps to email yourself an article. The details of the process will depend on the tools within the database. When you find an article you want to read, click on PDF Full Text

Check to see if the database has an email tool, usually designated by an envelope icon. If so, click on it to send the PDF to your email

Then, send an email to yourself and attach the PDF If the database does not have a email tool, save the PDF to your computer. Then, send an email to yourself and attach the PDF

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