Instructions for accessing e-books through the State Library
Only Commonwealth employees with valid State Library
Borrower’s cards may access the e-books. If you do not have a State Library
card you may apply for one in person or online. Online
Library Card Application
Once you have your State Library card you must
create a separate account in our e-book area. You will do this by clicking on
Electronic Resources and then pick E-book Collection
(Ebsco). You will get a screen that says KLN PAAS. In the left-hand box put in
the barcode number on the back of your library card that starts with 90144… and
then in the second box your last name. Once you are into the collection look in
the upper right where it says “Sign In”. The screen will ask you to create a new
account In creating a password the system will not let you proceed unless you
password is considered “strong”. This must be at least 10 alphanumeric
characters and one of the letters is capitalized. Once you have created an
account you will be able to sign in using that ID and password to show what you
have “checked out”.
If you are downloading to a tablet or smartphone
it is better to already have the Adobe Digital Collections software on your
device. The app
can be downloaded through the App store.
Once you have created an account with MyEBSCOhost
you may search for a book you want. You may search by title, author or subject area
The books may be read right on any PC or device. To download to another device
you need the Adobe Digital Collections software.
You may only check out 2 books at one time. They
have a choice that you can check them out for either 7 or 28 days. At this time
there is not a way to turn the book back before its due date. It has to just
expire.
On the left-hand side of the record for the book
you have checked out there is a symbol for downloading the book. If you are putting
this on a Kindle you will have to connect your device to a regular PC to
download.
There is support
available through EBSCOhost