netLibrary E-books

The Library owns over 46,000 full-text electronic books. The collection is available through the Web to Lord Fairfax Community College students, faculty, and staff 24 hours a day, seven days a week, from any location worldwide. Scholarly reference materials, monographs, and consumer publications have been digitized so that users can access books without physically coming to the LFCC libraries.

How Do I Access netLibrary?

On Campus

A search in the library's online Catalog will show results for both print books and netLibrary eBooks. You can search for only eBooks by including "netlibrary" as a keyword in your search. Click on the external link to see the eBook. You may view the contents of the eBook for 15 minutes. To check out the eBook for a four-hour period, you must have a netLibrary account.

Off Campus

A search in the library's online Catalog will show results for both print books and netLibrary eBooks. You can search for only eBooks by including "netlibrary" as a keyword in your search. Click on the external link to see the eBook. To see the eBook's content from off-campus you must sign in to your netLibrary account with a netLibrary username and password.

Creating a netLibrary Account

You must create an account with netLibrary at one of the computers on campus at LFCC. This account cannot be created from a home or work computer. From the netLibrary Web page choose "Create a Free Account" on the top right corner of the page. If you have any questions, please contact the Library and someone will help you. Once an account has been established on campus, you will be able to read an eBook online from your home computer, a campus computer, or a laptop.