How to read an e-book A short guide

Our e-book listings contain some useful information

For example: A handbook for medical teachers (4 th ed) Newble, D & Cannon, R, 2001, MyiLibrary, NHS Athens MyiLibrary is the supplier of this title

Alternatively, Atlas of urodynamics (2nd ed) Blaivas, J. et al, 2007, Wiley Online, NHS Athens Wiley is the supplier of this title

Click on the name of the supplier of the book you want to read to learn how to use that book 123 Library Clinical Key Made incredibly easy MyiLibrary Oxford Wiley

123 Library: e.g. MCQs for MRCOG Part 1

Clicking on the title takes you to the login page. Click on login here

Enter your Athens details and click Login

If you’re unlucky you’ll see something like the screen below, rather than the cover of the book you want

If this happens MINIMISE the screen:

And then click once again on the title of the book you want to read

You should be taken straight to the book cover. Click on read online

Experiment with the grey toolbar to turn over pages, resize the font etc.

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Clinical Key: e.g. Obstetric imaging

Once you’ve input your Athens credentials the site should display the book

Download the text a chapter at a time

Many books, but not all, allow you to download chapters as PDFs which you can then store on your device

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Made incredibly easy: e.g. Diagnostic tests made incredibly easy!

Clicking on the title takes you straight to the Athens log in page. Enter your Athens details and click Login.

This takes you to the book (and to the real supplier, OVID)

Use the side menu on the left of the page to find the section you want to read

Click on Print Preview to make the section fill the screen (or to print off)

Select either Full size or Medium and click Continue

More convenient for reading or printing.

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MyiLibrary: e.g. A-Z of chest radiology

Clicking on the title takes you straight to the Athens log in page. Enter your Athens details and click Login.

The book appears: use the icons to resize, find the page you want…

Or print a page (or pages, up to a maximum of ten at a time)

Warning: attempts to print off too many batches of ten pages at a time can result in your account being suspended for 24 hours

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Oxford: e.g. Oxford handbook of medical statistics

Clicking on the title takes you straight to the Athens log in page. Enter your Athens details and click Login.

The book appears:

Select the chapter you wish to read from the contents list

The best of luck with that particular section…

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Wiley: e.g. Alarm bells in medicine: danger symptoms in medicine, surgery and clinical specialities

Clicking on the title takes you straight to the Athens log in page. Enter your Athens details and click Login.

This takes you to the book’s homepage, at the bottom of which…

…you’ll find the individual chapters which you can download…

…and are positively encouraged to print off, or download to your hard drive

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