Navigation

There are two ways to navigate the eBook version of Essential Physics: 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.

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

Book-level navigation

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.
Contents: Navigates to the interactive table of contents.
Jump: Opens a text box in which you can enter a page number. On entry, the eBook will automatically navigate to the selected page.
Help: Opens a list of available help resources, including a link to this site.
Investigations: Displays a list of links to all investigations in the textbook, sorted by chapter.
Video: Displays a list of links to all videos and animations in the textbook, sorted by chapter.
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 equations in the textbook, sorted by chapter.
Science: Displays a list of links to all science connections in the textbook, sorted by chapter.
Technology: Displays a list of links to all technology connections in the textbook, sorted by chapter.
Engineering: Displays a list of links to all engineering connections in the textbook, sorted by chapter.
Math: Displays a list of links to all math connections in the textbook, sorted by chapter.
Test Bank: Navigates to the Test Bank. (Teacher's Edition only)

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.

Page-level navigation

The icons of the page navigation bar have the following functions when clicked:

Home: Returns to the home screen.
Chapter: Displays a list of links to all chapters in the textbook, as well as all sections in the current chapter. The icon symbol indicates the current chapter and section at all times.
Page: Opens a text box in which you can enter a page number. On entry, the eBook will automatically navigate to the selected page.
Search: Displays a search bar that allows you to search the book for a specific topic.
Investigations: Displays a list of links to investigations in the current chapter.
Problems: Navigates to the first page of the chapter review problems for the current chapter.
Video: Displays a list of links to videos and animations in the current chapter.
Interactives: Displays a list of links to interactive simulations and equations in the current chapter.
Science: Displays a list of links to science connections in the current chapter.
Technology: Displays a list of links to technology connections in the current chapter.
Engineering: Displays a list of links to engineering connections in the current chapter.
Math: Displays a list of links to math connections in the current chapter.