Navigation

There are two ways to navigate the eBook version of Essential Chemistry: book-level navigation, which is performed from the home screen, and page-level navigation, which is done using the page navigation bar at the top of each page.

Note

Several icons are used in both book-level and page-level navigation but have slightly different functions between the two systems. In general, these icons bring up lists of content throughout the entire book when clicked on the home screen, whereas when clicked on the page navigation bar these icons bring up lists of content only in the current chapter.

Book-level navigation

The eBook home screen provides the starting point for navigating the Essential Chemistry eBook. From here, any part of the eBook can easily be reached.

The icons on the home screen have the following functions when clicked:

• Standards: Opens a web page containing a list of relevant science standards, along with links to sections of the text that correlate to each standard.
• Book: Navigates to the interactive table of contents for the textbook.
• Labs: Navigates to the interactive table of contents for the lab book.
• Problems: Displays a list of links to all section reviews and chapter reviews in the textbook, sorted by chapter.
• Interactives: Displays a list of links to all interactive simulations and molecules in the textbook, sorted by chapter.
• STEM: Displays a list of links to all STEM connections in the textbook, sorted by chapter.
• Jump: Opens a text box in which you can enter a page number. On entry, the eBook will automatically navigate to the selected page.
• Elements: Navigates to the interactive periodic table.
• Equations: Navigates to the interactive equation builder.
• Appendix: Navigates to the interactive table of contents for the appendix.
• Help: Opens a list of available help resources, including a link to this site.
• Test Bank: Navigates to the Test Bank. (Teacher's Edition only)

Page-level navigation

Each page in the eBook includes the page navigation bar, a list of icons at the top of the page which allow you to move to specific areas of the book without returning to the home screen. The layout of the page navigation bar, with some key features highlighted, is shown below.

The icons in the page navigation bar have the following functions:

• Home: When clicked, returns to the home screen.
• Chapter: Indicates the current chapter, section, and book at all times. The top of the icon will read "TEXT" while viewing the textbook and "LAB" while viewing the lab book.
• Book: When clicked, displays an interactive table of contents for the textbook.
• Labs: When clicked, displays an interactive table of contents for the lab book.
• Page: When clicked, opens a text box in which you can enter a page number. On entry, the eBook will automatically navigate to the selected page.
• Search: When clicked, displays a search bar that allows you to search the book for a specific topic.
• Problems: When clicked, navigates to the first page of the chapter review for the current chapter.
• STEM: When clicked, displays a list of links to all STEM connections in the current chapter.
• Interactives: When clicked, displays a list of links to all interactive simulations and molecules in the current chapter.
• Elements: When clicked, navigates to the interactive periodic table.
• Equations: When clicked, navigates to the interactive equation builder.
• Appendix: When clicked, displays a list of links to the Appendix, Glossary, Index, and Standards.