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Comp II: Literature Review: eBrary Academic Complete eBooks

eBrary

eBrary Academic CompleteA growing and changing collection of 110,000+ e-books in many different academic subject areas. This collection includes books from university presses and other academic publishers first published in recent decades, but also selected classic works dating as far back as 1628. 

Although the fiction collection is fairly substantial (over 1600 titles), you will not find the latest best sellers. The collection does include classic works by such authors as Thomas Hardy, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Jane Austen, Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Chekov, among others. Even if you cannot find the book you are seeking in eBrary, it is an ideal source for research related to your book selections, including authors, historical periods, cultural issues, etc. 

SEARCH SUGGESTION

Use the Advanced Search interface and change the drop-down menu next to the search box to search by author. 

 

eBrary Tools and Features

eBrary has several very useful features that are only available when log into your account, using your Tribeca Flashpoint College log-in and password.  Once you are logged in, you can highlight text, take notes, print chapters, and download to any desktop or laptop computer or mobile device (iPhone or Android) for reading offline.


For more detailed instructions, see the eBrary User's Guide

MLA Citations for eBooks

MLA eBook Citation

  • Examples are not double-spaced, but your Works Cited list should be double-spaced 
  • Examples do not show indented lines after the first line, but yours should be indented

Author's Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book: Subtitle of Book. edition. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Name of Database. Web. Date of access.

E-book Example:
Roush, Chris. Inside Home Depot: How One Company Revolutionized an Industry through the Relentless Pursuit of Growth. New York: McGraw, 1999. ebrary. Web. 4 Dec. 2005.