Learning Objectives

• Use the navigational tools to search and browse content to find the best titles for students and instruction.
• Find the instructional supports available in the resource.

Creating a Profile 

In order to use the features of saving favorites, adding bookmarks, and taking notes, you must create a profile. To create a profile, click the hamburger menu in the top left corner of the Literature Online homepage. Under My Board, click Create Your Profile. 

Once you click Create Your Profile, you will need to add your email address and create a password. 

My Board Features

Saving Favorites

There are multiple ways to add favorites to My Board. You can click the heart icon using the tools inside of each book and there is also a heart icon to the right of each title when books in a list. You can also check the Favorite box before opening the book as seen in the image above. 

Once books have been marked as favorites, you can go to My Board and click Favorites to see a list of all of your books marked as favorites.

Adding Bookmarks

The number of bookmarks that are added within a book can be seen by clicking the Bookmarks button in a book and a window will open that displays your bookmarks. The date a bookmark was added is included. To see a list of all of your bookmarks from all books, go to My Board and click the Bookmarks tab. 

Taking Notes

Taking notes within a book is easy. After clicking the notes icon on the right side tool bar, you can reflect on what you have read and jot down your notes. All notes are saved and can be found by clicking on the left side menu button called Notes.

Navigating through an eBook

When you find a book of interest or a book that fits your curricular needs, click the title and then click the Read This button. 

Once the Read This button has opened the book, it will appear as below. You can see there are tools available on the left and right side of the text for help with navigating. 

Tools for Reading

The tools on the right side of an opened eBook allow the user to do the following: 

1. Arrow keys turn the pages either forward or backward.
2. The large A makes the size of the font larger and the smaller A makes the size of the font smaller.
3. The moon button allows users to switch between different contrasts.
4. The bookmark button allows users to bookmark pages.
5. The notes button allows users to take notes on the page they are on.

EBook Menu

The eBook Menu tools on the left side provide additional tools for navigation as well as tools for taking notes and adding bookmarks: 

1. The heart icon, when clicked, makes this book a favorite and will add it to your Favorite under your profile.
2. This page icon will display the book one page at a time or two pages at a time.
3. The download button allows users to download the book and save it to their device for offline access. The book will download in EPUB format.
4. Contents button provides the table of contents.
5. Search button allows users to search for keywords or phrases in a book.
6. Bookmarks button will show how many bookmarks you have and where they are in a book.
7. Details button provides additional information about the book.
8. Share button allows users to share a book with others through social media platforms. 

When expanding the Contents button, users can skip to different parts of the text. 

When clicking the Search button, a search bar appears where users can type in a keyword to find its location within a text.

Clicking the details button expands the window and provides additional information about the book. 

The Share button displays ways to share the book on social media and provides a URL to share in other methods. The URL is a permalink that will take those who click it directly to a specific eBook. Any content shared on social media from Literature Online is username and password protected and will require logging in to read.