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An e-book is a shorter term for a digital version of a book that lives inside your iPhone or any electronic device you want to read a book on. They are made instead of regular books with print on paper; e-books are made with glowing pixels on the screen that turn into text. Scholarly definitions describe it as a normal paper book equivalent in a digital version.<ref name=":0">“E-Books.” ''ScienceDirect Topics'', Elsevier, 2002, www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/e-books.</ref> E-books can be made by reusing books that have already been created over hundreds of years and | An e-book is a shorter term for a digital version of a book that lives inside your iPhone or any electronic device you want to read a book on. They are made instead of regular books with print on paper; e-books are made with glowing pixels on the screen that turn into text. Scholarly definitions describe it as a normal paper book equivalent in a digital version.<ref name=":0">“E-Books.” ''ScienceDirect Topics'', Elsevier, 2002, www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/e-books.</ref> E-books can be made by reusing books that have already been created over hundreds of years and translated into the e-book version, or can be made primarily on the e-book itself, and vice versa. E-books replicate many features of a regular book, like text, pages, and a table of contents; they must be used on a digital form to be considered e-books.<ref name=":1">Zhang, Tao, Xi Niu, and Marlen Promann. “Assessing the User Experience of E-Books in Academic Libraries.” ''College & Research Libraries'', vol. 78, no. 3, 2017, crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/16713/18220.</ref> E-books are also great options for people with disabilities, as there are many options to fit anyone's specific needs. For example, you can enlarge the text as much as you need, which is not readily available on books that are on paper. This makes e-books more accessible to people who might have visual impairments, to find e-books a much better option. | ||
==== Academic Contexts ==== | ==== Academic Contexts ==== | ||
In academic contexts e-books are perfect because they allow you to see a wide range of books without physically having to go to the library yourself. E-books also make it much easier especially to use their search engine so you | In academic contexts, e-books are perfect because they allow you to see a wide range of books without physically having to go to the library yourself. E-books also make it much easier, especially to use their search engine, so you do not have to go looking around for physical books, and just search up a keyword and find many e-books on that topic.<ref name=":1" /> E-books also make it easier to look up certain passages by searching for certain sentences or words in the book, and you could be brought straight to the page or pages on which it is said. This is great, especially for academic purposes, if you need to find a specific quote or are trying to find a good quote for an assignment.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
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E-book
An e-book is a shorter term for a digital version of a book that lives inside your iPhone or any electronic device you want to read a book on. They are made instead of regular books with print on paper; e-books are made with glowing pixels on the screen that turn into text. Scholarly definitions describe it as a normal paper book equivalent in a digital version.[1] E-books can be made by reusing books that have already been created over hundreds of years and translated into the e-book version, or can be made primarily on the e-book itself, and vice versa. E-books replicate many features of a regular book, like text, pages, and a table of contents; they must be used on a digital form to be considered e-books.[2] E-books are also great options for people with disabilities, as there are many options to fit anyone's specific needs. For example, you can enlarge the text as much as you need, which is not readily available on books that are on paper. This makes e-books more accessible to people who might have visual impairments, to find e-books a much better option.
Academic Contexts
In academic contexts, e-books are perfect because they allow you to see a wide range of books without physically having to go to the library yourself. E-books also make it much easier, especially to use their search engine, so you do not have to go looking around for physical books, and just search up a keyword and find many e-books on that topic.[2] E-books also make it easier to look up certain passages by searching for certain sentences or words in the book, and you could be brought straight to the page or pages on which it is said. This is great, especially for academic purposes, if you need to find a specific quote or are trying to find a good quote for an assignment.[2]
“E-Books.” ScienceDirect Topics, Elsevier, 2002, www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/e-books.[1]
Zhang, Tao, Xi Niu, and Marlen Promann. “Assessing the User Experience of E-Books in Academic Libraries.” College & Research Libraries, vol. 78, no. 3, 2017, crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/16713/18220.[2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “E-Books.” ScienceDirect Topics, Elsevier, 2002, www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/e-books.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Zhang, Tao, Xi Niu, and Marlen Promann. “Assessing the User Experience of E-Books in Academic Libraries.” College & Research Libraries, vol. 78, no. 3, 2017, crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/16713/18220.
