Transcript eBooks - Mahtomedi Senior High School

How to Access and Use Them
The eBooks may be accessed by multiple users at a time and
they’ll never “disappear” from your device.
They’re available over any Internet connection, 24/7/365.
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Go to the MHS site at: www.mahtomedi.k12.mn.us/highschool
Under the “Academics” tab click on Digital Library.
Click on “Card Catalog” on the left sidebar.
Choose the High School site if prompted/ click on Catalog.
Choose the dropdown arrow for “Material Type” and select
Electronic Books (eBooks).
6. Put your cursor in the “FIND” box and hit Enter.
7. You will now see a list of all the eBooks we have.
8. Of course, you can always “FIND” a book by subject, title, or
author.
• We have purchased eBooks from a variety of publishers and
each company has its own way of providing access.
• When you click on a title in the card catalog, it will take you to
a screen describing the book.
• One of the lines will tell you to “Click on the hotlink below” and
what the username and /or password is.
• Just click on the hotlink and sign in with the aforementioned
username / password.
• On the next screen we’ll talk about MackinVIA access.
• Mackin eBooks use a different access method called MackinVIA.
If you get this screen, type in Mahtomedi High School and use
zephyrs and zephyrs for the User ID and Password.
• Click on the red button to “READ NOW”or “OPEN NOW.”
• When the book has loaded, you’ll find a picture of the cover,
all your bibliographic information, a Table of Contents if it has
one…it’s a REAL BOOK!
• If your teacher requires you to use a REAL BOOK as a resource,
any eBook qualifies because it is indeed a real book that
happens to be in digital format.
• Here’s what your screen will look like before you click on the
red button.
• Mackin eBooks need an additional setup step before they can
be accessed by Apple devices.
• You may get the MackinVIA app here:
• http://www.mackin.com/ESERVICES/MACKIN-VIA.aspx
• …and here’s more info on its features:
• http://www.mackin.com/Help/VIA_Help/index.html
• You login to MackinVIA on your Apple device by downloading
the app and using your school’s name (Mahtomedi High School)
and your network name/password (lastname-firstname and
your student ID number).
• Mahtomedi Middle School has all the Classics and you may access
those by searching their card catalog.
• Go to: www.mahtomedi.k12.mn.us/middleschool and click on the
Academics’ tab / Media Center-Library.
• Click on the Destiny Library Catalog on the left sidebar. Choose
Mahtomedi Middle School. Click on the Catalog tab. From the
Material Type dropdown arrow choose Electronic Books (eBooks), put
your cursor in the FIND box and hit ENTER.
• You now have a list of all the eBooks at the Middle School.
• Access them by clicking on the hotlink, typing in Mahtomedi Middle
School, and use mahtomedi for both the User Name and Password.
• You need to “check out” the book. Just use your network username
and password when prompted.