FREE ACCESS TO OVER 2,500 eBOOKS THROUGH INSPIRE

An extensive collection of eBooks is now available to all Indiana residents through INSPIRE, Indiana ’s Virtual Library. As electronic full-text copies of published print materials, eBooks can be viewed from any home, business, school or library computer with Internet access in Indiana . The Indiana Shared eBook Collection contains over 2,500 titles from leading publishers of reference, scholarly and professional books. Indiana residents have exclusive rights to check out a broad range of eBooks on subjects including psychology, history, social and political science, fine arts, language, medicine and technology.

To access the Indiana Shared eBook Collection simply go to www.inspire.in.gov and click on the “NetLibrary” icon on the lower left-hand side of the screen. This will direct you to the Indiana ’s eBook collection. From here, users can perform simple searches to locate eBooks based on their criteria. Also, eBook titles will appear on the results page following a standard INSPIRE search.

NetLibrary also enables users to create a personal NetLibrary account that allows them to create bookmarks, add personal notes, and customize their search preferences. A personal account also enables the user to go directly to their current eBook from any computer (within Indiana ) with Internet access.

The Indiana Shared eBook Collection includes content from leading publishers such as McGraw-Hill, Oxford University Press, AMACOM, Taylor & Francis Routledge and university presses including Indiana University Press. The collection’s strengths include eBooks focused on popular topics and information of great use to Indiana residents. In particular, the collection offers professional development resources that offer insight into writing effective résumés, learning simple and advanced computer skills and career guidance and job effectiveness strategies. Additionally, the collection contains extensive medical and personal health holdings from topics on diet and weight loss to information of all aspects of physical and mental health.

NetLibrary has a detailed interactive online tutorial on how to utilize eBooks and tips to maximize the eBook reading experience. Indiana residents using any computer equipped with an Internet Protocol (IP) address located in Indiana and a Web browser, such as Firefox or Internet Explorer, may access INSPIRE and the Indiana Shared eBook Collection. Indiana residents with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that serves areas outside Indiana (such as AOL, CompuServe and Prodigy) will need to apply for an INSPIRE password.

The Indiana Shared eBook Collection purchase was made possible through a partnership between the Indiana State Library and SOLINET. The eBook collection is paid for through Build Indiana Funds as appropriated by the Indiana General Assembly.