InfoToolsTM

InfoTools is a key feature of the ebrary Reader TM that enables you to expand your research. With InfoTools, you can quickly link to additional books, reports, and other documents in the ebrary Dynamic Content Platform (DCP)TM and access information on the Web simply by selecting words and picking a menu item. Your library may have also customized the InfoTools menu to search across its catalog and other subscription databases.

Menu	Function
Define	Look up the dictionary definition for the currently selected word. (See below)
Explain	Search an online encyclopedia for the selected term. (See below)
Locate	Access maps related to a selected location. (See below)
Translate	Translate selected phrases, sentences or paragraphs to/from French, German, Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese. (See below)
Who	Find phone information, postal and email addresses, biographies, and bibliographies for the selected name. (See below)
Search Document	Search the current document for the selected words. (See Search Help)
Search all Documents	Search all documents in the collection for the selected words. (See Search Help)
Search Library	(Optional) Some libraries support searching across their catalog and other subscription databases. (See below)
Search Web	Search the Web (using 3rd party search engines) for a selected word or phrase.
Highlight	Highlight portions of text in yellow, pink or blue. Highlights are automatically saved on your Bookshelf and can be viewed in the Highlights pane. (See Bookshelf Help)
Add to Bookshelf	Place a link to the current book on your Personal Bookshelf for future use. (See Bookshelf Help)
Copy Text	Copy the selected text for pasting into any of your applications. A bibliographic citation is automatically included. (See ebrary Reader Help)
Copy Bookmark	Copy the URL for the specific document and page.
Print	Print the specified pages. (See ebrary Reader Help)
Print Again	If you had a printer problem and were unable to print the selected pages, you can try to print again. (See Printing Troubleshooting Help)
Toggle Automenu	Set the InfoTools menu to pop up (or not) after selecting text. (See below)
Preferences	Control how certain features appear including highlight colors, citation formats, the InfoTools menu, text links, and more.
Help	Open the Help window.
About ebrary Reader	Information about the installed version of the ebrary Reader.

There are three ways to activate the InfoTools menu:

1. Select a function from the InfoTools menu, on the ebrary Reader Toolbar
2. Select text in a document, then right click with your mouse to bring up the menu
3. Choose Toggle Automenu (from the InfoTools menu or Preferences) which makes the InfoTools menu automatically appear when you select text

Have you ever been reading and come across a word you didn't recognize? With the ebrary InfoTools "define" tool this experience is a thing of the past!

Use the Define menu item to instantly link to dictionary definitions simply by selecting a word.

Results will appear in a new browser window so you won't lose your place in the book.

With the Explain menu item, you can easily access relevant information in online encyclopedias. ebrary's DCP defaults to Britannica Online, however your library may have customized this menu item to link you to other online encyclopedia resources.

Results will appear in a new browser window so you won't lose your place in the book.

Simply select the name of a location with your mouse to instantly access maps using InfoTools. ebrary's default offers three different choices: MapQuest, National Geographic, and Yahoo. This menu item may be customized by your library to link to different map resources.

Results will appear in a new browser window so you won't lose your place in the book.

You don't have to be multilingual to translate text in ebrary. Just select text, then translate to and from a number of different languages including French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. ebrary defaults to Alta Vista's Bablefish, however your library may have customized this menu item to link you to other online translation resource.

Results will appear in a new browser window so you won't lose your place in the book.

This InfoTools menu item enables you to easily find information about people including biographies, bibliographies, phone numbers, and email addresses.

Results will appear in a new browser window so you won't lose your place in the book.

A key feature of ebrary's InfoTools is the ability to change search terms while you are reading a book. For example if your original search was for: carpet AND loom you may realize while reading that what you are more interested in specifically is "lower wages". This is easy with ebrary using "Search Document."

Search Document enables you to efficiently search within the current document for words or phrases. When you select text, then go to Search Document on the InfoTools menu, your search term will automatically appear in the search field. You may, however, enter a different search term by overwriting the text in the search field. InfoTools will take you to the next occurrence of your search term in the current document.

You may then navigate for each occurrence of your search term using Next Search Page/Previous Search Page items on the ebrary Reader Toolbar. See Search section for details.

This InfoTools menu items allows you to conduct advanced searches across all documents in the DCP. You may search by a number of combinations including by full text, subject, title, contributor (author) or publisher.

When you select text, then go to Search All Documents on the InfoTools menu, your search term will automatically be entered into the search field, with a text search selected as the default. To enter a different search term, just type a new word or phrase into the search field, and click on the appropriate box for the type of search you'd like to conduct.

When you select OK, your new search results will appear in a new browser window, with your search terms automatically entered into ebrary's Advanced Search pane on the left hand side of your screen. You may then further refine your new search using ebrary's Advanced Search features, or click a document to start reading it! See Search section for details.

Your library may have customized the InfoTools menu to enable you to search across its catalog and other subscription databases, which will appear in the selection list.

Search Web allows you to use Internet search engines to expand your research. Just select a word of interest, then select a search engine listed in the InfoTools menu. ebrary's default search engines include All the Web, Alta Vista, Excite, Go, Google, and Yahoo, however this menu item may be customized by your library.

Results will appear in a new browser window so you won't lose your place in the book.

This InfoTools menu item allows you to highlight text in three different colors - yellow, pink, or blue - and automatically store them on your Personal Bookshelf for future reference. You may highlight by selecting text then choosing Highlight from the InfoTools menu, or choose the Toggle Highlighting option for a digital marker. You may also highlight by clicking on the Highlight Text button in the ebrary Reader Toolbar.

You must be signed in to use the Highlighting feature. When you highlight text, a link to that section is automatically stored on your Personal Bookshelf along with all of your other Highlights, Notes and Bookmarks. To view your highlights in just the current document, click on the Highlights Tab to the left side of the document.

See Bookshelf help for more information.

This InfoTools menu item adds a link to a current document on your Personal Bookshelf. For more information, see Bookshelf help.

ebrary allows you to copy and paste text into Word, email, or any text application complete with an automatic bibliographical citation. ebrary offers four different citation formats including MLA (Modern Language Association ), APA (American Psychological Association), and ACW (Alliance for Computers and Writing). All ebrary citations include a URL that links back to the exact page from which the information was obtained. To copy text from a document:

Use your mouse to select the text you want to copy. Select Copy Text from the InfoTools menu. (or click the Copy button on the ebrary Reader Toolbar.)

Note: You must use the ebrary Reader to copy text in an ebrary document. Your browser's "Copy" command/button won't work, nor will Control-C or Command-C.

Once the transaction is completed, the selected text and automatic bibliographic citation will be copied to your system clipboard. You can then paste the copied text into a text editor, such as MS Word (Windows/Macintosh), Notepad (Windows Wordpad (Windows), SimpleText (Macintosh) or TextEdit (Macintosh) or any email program.

To change your citation format, go to Preferences on the InfoTools menu, then select Citation Format.

(See ebrary Reader help for details)

Copy Bookmark allows you to copy and paste a simple URL to an exact page in an ebrary document as you conduct your research. These URLs can be pasted into any application such as Word or email. You can also paste them into your browser and save as a browser "bookmark" or "favorite."

Note: If you copy the URL that appears in your browser instead of using Copy Bookmark, it will only link to the first page containing your original search results. For example, if the first occurrence of your original search term is on page 15, then you flip to page 30, you will need to use the Copy Bookmark feature to copy a URL to page 30. Copying the URL in your browser will link to page 15.

The Print menu item allows you to print pages complete with an automatic bibliographical citation. ebrary citations include a URL that links back to the exact page from which the information was obtained.

Note: you must print by using the Print button on the ebrary Reader Toolbar or InfoTools menu. Printing directly from the browser will not print the ebrary content.

You may specify the page or range of pages you wish to print, and choose to optimize printing for either quality or speed. To specify which printer should receive the job, click on the Set Up button.

If you are having problems printing, select Print Again from the InfoTools menu. Note that this will only work during a current browser session. If you are still having problems printing, please see Printing Troubleshooting help.

Selecting Toggle Automenu from the InfoTools menu will enable the InfoTools menu to automatically pop up when you select text. The ebrary default is Toggle Automenu enabled. This makes access to the InfoTools features very quick and easy. To turn Toggle Automenu off, just select Toggle Automenu from the InfoTools menu. Selecting it again will turn it back on.

This InfoTools menu item lets you choose how various functions appear:

• Highlight Search Terms - You may choose to have your search terms appear in red text or gray highlights. You may also turn this feature off.
• Highlight Text Links - Choose how text links appear in a document. Select blue text, anchor graphics, or the default set by the publisher. You may also turn this feature off.
• Highlight Graphic Links- You may choose to have graphics links in a document appear in blue outline or in publisher default. You may also turn this feature off.
• Display InfoTools Menu After Selecting - Like Toggle Automenu, this enables InfoTools to automatically appear when you select text.
• Citation Style - Choose from among four different bibliographical citation formats: MLA (Modern Language Association ), APA (American Psychological Association), ACW (Alliance for Computers and Writing), and the ebrary default.

This InfoTools menu item takes you to ebrary's Help and Support home page.

Select this menu item to find out which version of the ebrary Reader you are using.