The first thing you should do when using the Follett Shelf is to decide if you want to read an eBook online or if you would prefer to check it out. Use the chart below to help you make your decision.
| Read the eBook online if: | - The eBook is shorter and readable in one sitting, or
- If you do not want to check the eBook out
- If you choose this option, you will sign in as a guest
- Everyone (students, staff & parents) are able to sign in as guests
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| Check out the eBook if: | - The eBook is longer and will require starting and stopping to finish it, or
- If you don't want someone else to check the eBook out before you finish reading it
- If you choose this option you will sign into your personal Follett Shelf account
- Students and staff are able to check out eBooks,but parents are welcome to use the eBooks as guests only
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Once you have decide how you want to read your eBook, find directions below that explain both processes.
| Here's how to read an
eBook online: | - Log in to the Follett Shelf website.
- Make sure the eBook is available -- if the cover says OUT it is not available at this time.
- Click on an eBook's cover.
- Wait for the eBook to load, and it will appear on the screen, ready for you to read.
- To quit, click on the book bag at the right top corner, then select Close Book.
- To check out the book, click on the book bag at the top right corner, then select Check Out.
- The book will be checked out to you for one week.
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| Here's how to check out an eBook: | - Make sure the eBook is available - if the cover says OUT, it is not available at this time.
- Choose an eBook that you would like to check out. Make sure it is available by looking at the top right corner of each eBook's record.
- Click on the green Checkout/Hold button. A message will appear that you have checked out the book.
- Go to your Bookbag and open the book to read it.
- Logout when you need to stop reading. Log back in to continue reading.
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More information:
| User Name and Password | - For Students: The Log In is your school ID number (your lunch number) and the Password is cougar.
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| Loan Period | - All eBooks have a loan period of one week.
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| How Many? | - Due to the limited number of eBooks currently available, each student's limit is set to one eBook at a time.
- eBooks have their own circulation system separate from the one used to check out hard copy books in the library at school.
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| Returning? | - All eBooks are automatically checked in exactly one week from when they were checked out.
- You may return an ebook early by going to your Bookbag and clicking on the button with the return arrow below the eBook that is currently checked out to you.
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| Renewing? | - Unfortunately at this time the Follett Shelf does not allow eBooks to be renewed.
- A work-around for this would be to simply check the eBook out to yourself again after it has been returned.
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This information is shared through the courtesy of Becky Collins, Park Forest Elementary School Library Web Site, State College, PA.