This page serves as a quick guide and will give you an overview of how to use the VitalSource Bookshelf platform to make the most of your Sage Catalyst collection.
1. Login 2. Find your titles 3. Navigating the eReader 4. Accessibility
This introductory video is part of a walkthrough series designed to help you navigate the platform and make the most of the collection.
Your Library has subscribed to the Sage Catalyst collection, you now have unlimited access to 550 premium Sage textbooks via VitalSource Bookshelf.
Go to the Vital Source Bookshelf login page and log in with your institutional account details.
Watch this walkthrough video designed to help you navigate the eReader to make the most of the collection.
Step 3:
Once you open the book, you’ll see a table of contents, which you can use to navigate within the book. Click on the ellipses to get citations, copy the page URL, or read offline.
Click on the “table of contents” icon to hide the table of contents and maximize your text display.
Citations
Citations are available in 4 different formats, and you can copy them directly from here.
Go to the Explore tab to see all the titles available to you. The books are categorized by recommended titles, recently added, and by discipline.
Scroll down to see the discipline categories. The collection spans across 16 disciplines, and you’ll see here the top ones, including Business & Management, Research Methods, Psychology, Communication & Media Studies, Criminology, Politics & International Relations, Sociology, and Other Social Sciences.
If you’re looking to find a specific book, use the search function. Besides searching for a particular title, you can also search for content in the book or your notes.
When you find the title you’re looking for, you can view the book details or open the book right away. You can also search within the book from this page.
When you “borrow” a book from the Explore page, it will add it to your library, so you’ll see all the titles you currently use in one place. Go to the Library page to find these titles.
Navigate to “Reader Preferences” to change the display, including text size, font, margins, and line height. You can also switch between day/night/sepia, and cyan modes.
Still in the “Reader Preferences,” go to highlighters to add your highlight colours. You can also name these, and either keep them private or make them public. Share your highlighters with others and choose whose highlights to follow.
