• Ebook Central can be found here. Click on the “ProQuest Ebook Library” button to begin
• If you are new to ProQuest Ebook Central, click first on the “Request Account” button, and follow the instructions
• Once Ebook Central has loaded, you can find helpful tutorial videos, like this one
• Another helpful training resource is this webinar that shows you how to do a search
• After watching the videos at the links listed above, you will know how to type a keyword into the search bar to conduct an initial search. Next, you should try these options:
  • Filter your search (see video). This is the best way to narrow your results and find exactly what you are looking for. It will also save you loads of time scrolling!
  • Use Advanced Search (top of page) to search by author, publisher, publication year, and more
  • Take a look at the Browse Subjects (top of the page). This may give you some good ideas for your topic
• How to read, save and cite
  • Watch this video for more information
  • As you will see, there are many options for saving in Ebooks central. Copy to PDF, Download, and add to Ebook Central Bookshelf are some good options
    • Click here to learn about your Ebook Central Bookshelf (including how to cite all of your books and export your notes)
  • It’s also easy to cite your Ebook Central books. Simply highlight your text and click on the “Copy” icon. This will include a citation. See the video listed above for more information

Ebook Central has both academic (scholarly) titles and devotional or popular titles meant for lay people (non-scholars). Sometimes it’s difficult to know where a book may land on that scale. Here are some tips to help you:

• Best Bible Commentaries is a website that has lists of comparison charts. This is a good place to start for commentaries
• For other resources, like biblical or systematic theologies, this LibGuide has some very useful info to help you determine if a book is scholarly
• Encyclopedias, concordances, word studies, maps, timelines, lists, histories/Bible backgrounds, and word studies fall under the category of “Bible study tools”. You typically test their scholarship based off the author’s qualifications, other titles the author has published, and his/her authority in the field. Often, the more academically qualified people listed as co-authors or contributors to a single title, the better