ProQuest Central is a multidisciplinary, multi-format resource that is designed to support broad curricular needs as well as defined, discipline-specific research. This resource provides a single search experience across thousands of full-text periodicals, newspapers, market and industry reports, and more. In addition, ProQuest Central includes the ProQuest One line, providing users with complete discipline-specific lenses to support the study of business, education, sustainability, psychology, health and medicine, and more.
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To create a persistent link, open the resource you wish to share. Near the top-right of the screen, click the three dots that indicate "all options":
The persistent link will be available to copy and paste from the top of the pop-up window.
The LibCentral platform will open and ask which databases and resources you want to use for your search. You can leave the list as it is, or you can scroll down to un-check options that aren't of interest to you.
Enter search terms in the primary search box.
Use filters on the left side of the results page to narrow your results.
Once you choose an article or other resource that you want to view, click the title. It will open a new page where you can read/view the resource in your browser or download the PDF. At the top right of that page, you will find a tool bar with the download button, a citation tool (that creates a citation you can copy and paste into your document), and the print button. On the left side of the page, you can click the "references" link to view the references this article cited.
Select Download Book from the Book Details Page or the Online Reader on Ebook Central.
Select loan length. The available options depend on your institution's settings.
Select Download the app. You will need the code to register your device.
Select a download option for your device.
Open the app and enter the code to register your device.
On your bookshelf you can see the books you have selected. On the top right corner you have features for viewing the books as thumbnails or in a list. You can also change interface language. For each book you can view Book Details and Download.
For a downloaded book you can click Read.
On the book pages you can use the features on the top right corner to change font size. You can also open the Book Details pane, where you have access to details about the book, features for searching the book and the table of contents. Features for adding bookmarks and annotations will be available at a later stage.
The Currently Reading feature will be available when you have started reading a book. From here you can return to where you left the book.
All information and images on downloading the eBook Central App courtesy of ProQuest: https://proquest.libguides.com/ebookcentral/appdownload#s-lg-box-34431724