user guide Welcome to Pageburst — all your Elsevier digital textbooks at your fingertips! This user guide contains the information you will need to redeem your access code and start using Pageburst for your program. Your Digital Content is available in three formats:
»»Online from any computer with an internet connection »»Desktop application downloaded to your computer »»Mobile direct to your Apple iOS
Access to each of the three platforms begins online with your access code and simple registration steps. After the online registration is completed, you will be presented with links to download the desktop application format, the mobile format, and to access your Pageburst online through your Evolve account at http://evolve.elsevier.com.
Software Requirements: »» W indows XP SP2 (32-bit)/Windows Vista (32- or 64-bit)/Windows 7 (32- or 64-bit) (Windows users are also required to install Microsoft .NET 4.0) »» M ac OS X 10.5 or greater with Mozilla Firefox 3.0 for online access »» S upported web browsers for Windows include Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) version 7.0 or higher and Mozilla Firefox version 3.0 or higher
Hardware Specifics:
iOS Requirements:
»» 1.0-gHz or greater processor
»» Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
»» 512 MB of RAM or greater
»» Requires iOS 4.0 or later
»» 1024 x 768 or greater monitor/display resolution
»» V italSource Bookshelf size: 6 MB (not including textbook downloads)
»» Internet connection for registration and downloading of digital textbooks
»» Quicktime 7.6 or greater is needed for books with embedded video content
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table of contents Table of Contents Getting Started with Pageburst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Using Pageburst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Pageburst Main - Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Pageburst - Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Advanced Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Creating and Using Highlights and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Sharing and Subscribing - Highlighters and Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Copying and Pasting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Custom Folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Editing Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mobile Pageburst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Signing In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Using Pageburst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Using Notes, Highlighters, and Collections:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Advanced Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Text to Speech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Administrative Tasks and Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Contact Us. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Content Reuse- Copy, Paste, Print, Figure Capture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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getting started
Registration and Access – Quick Guide You will need the 20-character access code from the user guide to register for and activate access code
your account. Locate the sticker inside the user guide and remove it to reveal your access code.
»»Please go to
http://evolve.elsevier.com/redeem
»»Click the appropriate button for your role to begin the registration process
»»Enter your existing Evolve username and password. »»If you are new to Evolve, enter a desired password and click
Continue
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»»Create a new account and proceed to the user agreement.
»»Enter your Pageburst access code.
»»Next you will see a confirmation page listing the three ways to access Pageburst. »»Click the link next to online to access your Pageburst online.
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»»The desktop application and mobile app can be downloaded now, or you can do so later at no cost by following the steps on page 6 of this user guide.
»»Clicking the online link will lead you to the Evolve home page: http://evolve.elsevier.com »»Click the go to Pageburst/Evolve link located on the left-hand side to enter Pageburst online.
»»The first time you link to Pageburst online, you must accept the user agreement. »»If you have new titles, you may need to update your book list.
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»»You can do this by clicking Account Update Book List. »»You are now ready to proceed to the desktop application installation.
Quick Guide to Installation – Windows Desktop Application Version
»»You will be downloading and installing software that will enable you to access and use your Pageburst digital textbooks offline.
»»You must have an internet connection and administrative rights to your computer in order to perform the installation.
»»Please go to
http://www.vitalsource.com/software/pageburst.
»»You will need to choose Microsoft Windows or Mac OS depending on your Operating System. »»Click the Click to Download
to start the installation
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getting started
»»Mac users will use the Mac installer and Pageburst will be found in the applications folder platform.
»»Click
Run
to start downloading the desktop application software.
»»In Firefox and Google Chrome, you will be asked to save the file to the downloads folder first. You can then open the setup file by double clicking on the file from your downloads window.
»»The installation will begin processing to bring you to the Install wizard. »»During this process, follow the directions by choosing any custom options and select
Next
for each step.
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»»At the end of the wizard, click the
Install
button to finish this step.
»»Go to your start menu and open Pageburst. You will need to accept the license agreement that pops up the first time you open the Pageburst application.
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getting started »»If you registered your product online using the instructions on page 3, or if you are an existing Pageburst user, supply your information and click the
Sign In
button.
»»Your account credentials consist of the email address and password you used to register for Evolve. »»If you have not registered already, you will need to register.
»»In the Pageburst desktop application version, go to Account and Update Book List to ensure all your content appears. »»Your available digital textbooks will now be available to start downloading to your computer. If your books do not start downloading automatically, you may double-click each title to begin the download process.
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Installation for Mac OS x 10.5 or later
»»Download Pageburst by visiting
http://www.vitalsource.com/software/pageburst
and selecting VitalSource bookshelf Mac OS as your platform.
»»Click the image on the screen to begin the download. »»Click on
Save
when prompted to download the installer to your machine.
»»Open the installer that was saved to your hard drive by double clicking on the file.
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getting started »»Drag Pageburst to the Applications folder to install.
»»Launch Pageburst by opening up the Applications folder and clicking on Pageburst.
»»Sign in using your Pageburst email and password.
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using Pageburst
Quick Guide to Using Pageburst – Now that you have created your account and installed the desktop application software, you are ready to begin using Pageburst.
We recommend that you start with the desktop application version where you have more functionality.
»»The online version of Pageburst allows you to perform the most important tasks like reading your books, searching your books, and taking and sharing notes and highlighting.
»»The desktop application version has some additional features like the ability to set user preferences and add friends with whom you may share your notes and highlights.
Pageburst Main - Window
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»»1. Click on All Titles in the left-hand frame to allow keyword searches across all your books. »»Searching can also be done within one book by opening a title and performing a search from the book view.
»»2.A list of your books will appear in this area. The default view is sorted alphabetically by title and can be sorted alphabetically by author by clicking the Author tab. »»A book with a
! (yellow triangle) designates that the book is part of your license but has
not yet been downloaded to your computer. »»To download, double-click the title and click to Download. »»To check for the latest updates or additions to a book, right-click the title and click Check for Book Update. »»To open a particular book, double-click on the title.
»»3. Click on the Pageburst with VitalSource to purchase additional Elsevier digital textbooks and references.
»»4. Create a rainbow of customized highlighters to organize all your notes. »»5. This area displays highlights from other friends that you have subscribed to. »»6. Create custom folders to store copies of your books as well as important class documents that you drag from your desktop.
»»7. Quickly add folders, highlighters, and friends from the main window by clicking the New Folder, Highlighter, and/or Subscribe icons.
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Pageburst - Book
»»1. T his tool bar includes the icons you use to make notes and highlights within the book you are viewing
»»2. Insert Searching from the book window will return matches within the book you are viewing. »»3. The book tabs allow you to quickly navigate through the table of contents, terms, figures and tables, as well as any notes you have for that book. »»In the Notes tab, you can right-click on your notes and export them to your word processor to make note cards or a custom study guide.
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»»4. C ontextual drop-down menus allow you to easily search a new term through your dictionary or other references you have in your digital textbook collection.
»»5. Choose from a variety of custom highlighters to annotate and identify important information. Advanced Features
»»In the book window, click the Book Menu for additional options »»Including go to hardcopy page and many Advanced Notes Features.
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Creating - Highlighters
»»Open Pageburst and navigate to your Collections window. »»Click the middle
Highlighter
button located at the bottom left of your screen.
»»This will add a middle New highlighter for you to begin using.
»»To edit highlighters already created, right-click on the highlighter name in the left frame to update the color or name.
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Using - Highlights and Notes
»»To make a highlight or note, select a block of text or image with your mouse cursor.
»»To make a highlight or note, choose your desired highlighter from the drop-down box that is located at the top middle of the application. »»Then click the
Highlight
button located on the left of the same toolbar. If you would like to add
a note to your highlight, click the
Make Note
button.
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Sharing and Subscribing - Highlighters and Notes - Requires an Active Internet Connection You may elect to share one or more highlighters with your friends or anyone who subscribes to your highlighters. Any notes made with selected highlighters will also be shared with your friends and subscribers. This is a great way for students to share notes within their study groups.
»»To make a highlight or note, select a block of text or image with your mouse cursor. »»Create a new highlighter or select an existing highlighter from the menu. »»After selecting your desired highlighter, navigate to the bottom of Pageburst. »»Click the checkbox to share the highlighter. »»Directions on how to create a highlighter are provided on page 17.
About Sharing Notes to Anyone:
About Sharing Notes to Friends Only:
»»In order for another user to see your Notes
»»You can have only one friends list, so any
and Highlighters that are set to Anyone, they will need to know your email address used for the account.
highlighter that is set to Friends Only will share the same friends list.
»»When someone is subscribing to your notes, they will only see notes for books that you both have in your license.
»»Anyone who subscribes to your notes and highlights that are in your friends list will also automatically be subscribed to any shared highlighters that are set to be shared to ‘Anyone’ as well.
»»When someone is subscribing to your notes, they will only see notes for books that you both have in your license.
You will need to have an active internet connection and to have bookshelf open to publish any changes to your notes.
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Sharing - Highlighters
»»To add friends, click the Preferences, and then the
Edit Friends
button.
»»Enter the name and email address of friends with whom you will share selected highlighters »»Your friend must also do the same using your name and email address and name to enable the syncing between your two accounts.
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Subscribing - Highlights Made by Others
»»Click the
Subscribe
button that is located in the bottom left hand side of the Pageburst window.
»»In the box provided, please type the user’s email address that you are trying to subscribe to.
»»After subscribing, the user’s name appear in your Collections window. »»Any highlighters that the user has shared will appear below their name when you click on it.
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Deleting - Highlighters
»»To delete a highlighter, right click on the highlighter you wish to delete.
»»Select Delete “Name of highlighter” »»If there are no highlights or notes present the highlighter will be automatically deleted.
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»»If you have made notes and highlights with that highlighter, you will be presented with a dialog box for reassigning your highlights and notes or to delete all of the notes and highlights for that highlighter.
Working with Highlighters and Notes
»»In order to make a note, you have to have a highlight that accompanies it. »»But you can have a highlight by itself.
»»Highlights with notes will have a Sticky Note
icon next to the highlight.
»»If you have a highlight you want to add a note to, double click anywhere on the highlight and the note window will appear. »»Once you have typed your note, close the window to save the note.
»»You can add new text at any time by double clicking on the highlight to bring up the note window, add the text you want to and close the note window to save the updates to the notes.
»»To delete a note, double click on the highlight to have the note window appear and delete all the text in the note window and close the note window.
»»When you change the highlighter color in the main bookshelf window, it will change all of the highlights to the new color.
»»To delete a highlight, right click on the highlight and select Remove Highlight.
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Copying and Pasting - Figures, Tables, and Text
»»You may copy figures, tables, and text to your word processor or other software applications such as MS Word or PowerPoint to create custom exam guides, note cards, class presentations, reports, and more.
»»To copy text, select a block of text with your cursor, right-click, select copy, and then paste into the application of your choice. »»Note that a reference will carry over with the pasted text. »»To copy an image or table, simply right-click over the image or table, select Copy Figure, then paste into the application of your choice.
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Create Folders - Create Folders to Organize your Title and Documents.
»»To create a folder, select the
New Folder
button in the bottom left hand corner of Pageburst.
»»Simply drag and drop titles from the all titles section to the folder to easily find later. »»You can also drag and drop documents or files from your computer for easy access later.
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using Pageburst Editing Preferences
»»From the Pageburst menu, go to Edit and then to Preferences.
»»You may make a number of changes to how you view and navigate your content; including changing the size of the text and adding the email addresses of those with which you wish to share your notes and highlighters.
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mobile Pageburst
Quick Guide to Installation - Mobile Version
»»VitalSource / Pageburst Application System Requirements: »»Requires iOS 4.0 or later »»Compatible with iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch »»VitalSource Bookshelf size: 6.0 MB (not including textbook downloads) »»Valid Apple ID for downloading VitalSource bookshelf app
Installing the VitalSource Bookshelf Application via iOS Device
»»Enter the app store app on your iOS device. »»Tap search and search for VitalSource bookshelf. »»Download VitalSource bookshelf to your iOS device.
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Signing into Pageburst on Your iOS Device
»»Launch the Pageburst app on your iOS device. »»Sign in with your email address and password.
»»Your license will download. »»Once downloaded, you will be shown your book list.
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Using Pageburst After Installation
»»Download the books by simply tapping on them. »»An internet connection is needed to download the books this way. »»Another method to download is when you have your iPhone/iPad connected to your computer and iTunes open; you can actually drag your titles from the Pageburst desktop application version to the device in iTunes. »»This is a good method if you have a lot of titles to load.
»»Browse the book by swiping the pages or by using the table of contents at the top. »»Return to the bookshelf by tapping the bookshelf tab at the top.
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Using Notes, Highlighters, and Collections
»»Return to the Bookshelf by tapping the
Collections
button at the top left.
»»Add highlighters by tapping the highlighter icon in the top left corner of the Collections window.
»»Make notes by opening the book and naviwgating to the text you would like to highlight. »»Hold your finger down at the first word of the text. »»After it is highlighted, drag the highlight to the full group of text you need highlighted. »»Tap the section once, then tap make highlight. »»If you need to add a note to a highlight, tap again, then tap make note.
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advanced features
Advanced Features - Text to Speech
»»Pageburst utilizes the text-to-speech (TTS) reader in your computer’s operating system (OS). »»The quality of the TTS voices depends on what your OS offers and is not a function of Pageburst. »»To use TTS, open a book and go to the book menu then choose 1 Play/Pause Speaking. »»P ageburst is Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant and works with JAWS and other thirdparty accessibility programs. »»Please visit this URL for the ADA VPAT and for more information on accessibility:
http://www.vitalsource.com/508 Advanced Features - Advanced Searching
»»From the bookshelf menu at the top, click the edit menu and advanced search to narrow your results based on the author, title, figures, notes, or highlighters where you think your term(s) may be located.
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advanced features Administrative Tasks and Updates
»»From Pageburst, go to Account and you will see a number of important features. »»Periodically you should update your book list to see any new content we might have added to your license, including updated user manuals and corrections to books in your library.
»»Redeem code allows you to enter a new access code you may have purchased from your bookstore or from:
http://pageburststore.elsevier.com
»»From the Pageburst, go to Help and you will see additional important features. »»Select Check for Software Updates periodically to take advantage of new features and routine fixes we make to the desktop application software.
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support
Non Apple Devices
»»Currently, devices other than the Apple iOS and Android are not supported. »»However, users with a device that has a mobile browser can access Pageburst via:
http://evolve.elsevier.com
»»Users will need to sign in with their email address and password. Contact Us
»»Live Evolve Support is available 24/7 at 1-800-222-9570. »»Or visit : http://evolvesupport.elsevier.com »»Evolve Knowledge Base »»Downloads »»Support Ticket system
»»Please note that we do not support third-party software such as those used to convert text to speech.
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Additional Pageburst Digital Textbooks Training and Resources
»»Introduction to Pageburst for students and faculty: http://elsevieradvantage.com/pageburst
»»Using Pageburst for students: http://evolve.elsevier.com/studentlife
click on e-Product Training
»»Mobile information: http://www.wcom/iphone
»»Mobile support: http://support.vitalsource.com/kb/bookshelf-touch
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support
Content Reuse- Copy, Paste, Print, Figure Capture
»»Elsevier allows the user unlimited use of content to copy and paste text for reports, study guides, and patient teaching handouts.
»»Pages of digital textbooks may also be printed for portability and to use as handouts in class. »»A great feature that users love is the ability to right-click on an image or table, copy and paste it into PowerPoint, Word or other document.
»»Images and tables may also be saved as .JPGs
to insert into your documents, to use on exams or for
reports.
The reuse of content falls under fair use of copyrighted material and is not to be done for profit, resale, or mass distribution beyond your institution.
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