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How To Access Emeraldinsight i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi.
Open your browser and go to www.msu.ac.zw Click on the “Libraries” link at the top of the page On the Library page click on the “e-Books” link to get to the page below. Navigate to the letter “E” on the A-Z list and look for Emeraldinsight Click on the Emeraldinsight link to bring up the log in page. Log in with your staff portal username and password or your student e-Learning username and password.
Staff login
Student login
Log in page vii.
You will be taken to the Emeraldinsight homepage on the next page.
Search box
Emeraldinsight homepage
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viii. ix.
In the search box type your keywords and select the Books option on the drop down menu as shown above. Click on the “Go” button to be taken to the results page shown below.
Result
Emeraldinsight results page x.
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Results from emerald are provided in two formats, PDF and HTML, now you can open results of your choice by clicking on the appropriate link.
How To Access E-Book Library (EBL) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Open your browser and go to www.msu.ac.zw Click on the “Libraries” link at the top of the page On the Library page click on the “e-Books” link to get to the page below. Navigate to the letter “E” on the A-Z list and look for E-BOOK LIBRARY Click on the E-BOOK LIBRARY link to bring up the log in page. Log in with your staff portal username and password or your student e-Learning username and password.
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Staff login
Student login
Log in page 7. You will be taken to the EBL homepage on the next page.
The EBL patron interface page EBL requires every user to individually register in order to access its book. Follow the steps below to register with EBL. a) Once you are in the EBL patron interface page shown above, click on the “Create new account” link. b) Fill in all the required fields and when finished click on the “create” button.
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c) You will then receive a message instructing you to open your e-mail and activate your newly created account. d) In your e-mail open the new message from EBL (
[email protected] ) with the subject “NEW EBL account” and click on the activation link contained in the e-mail. e) You will be taken the EBL page informing you that your account has been activated. f) Now go to http://msuz.eblib.com and log in with username and password you supplied in step 3 above, you will be taken to the page below.
Search box
Search page
g) Type your keywords in the search box and click on the “Search” button. You will be taken to the results page shown below.
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