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Highlighting in ProQuest

ProQuest Ebook Central banner

If you're in ProQuest Ebook Central:

Along the top of the ebook is a toolbar with annotation options: highlighter, add notes, bookmark.

Toolbar with highlighter, notes, and bookmark icon all outlined in red


Highlighter: Highlight text in different colors using the icon at the top
ProQuest toolbar with highlighter tool outlined in red

Or highlight text using the cursor, and look for the highlighter tool to appear.

Highlighted text with popup option to change highlighter color


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Saving highlighted sections: Your highlighted sections will be automatically saved in the Annotations section of the ebook, and linked to your account.

Side toolbar with Annotations star icon highlighted and highlighted sections saved


In Accessibility Mode

When the accessibility mode is turned on, highlighting is not available.

Highlighting in EBSCO, JSTOR, or Springer

EBSCO, JSTOR, and Springer do not offer highlighting tools.

You can try to download your ebook or chapter as a PDF in order to highlight your copy in Preview, Adobe Reader, or other PDF viewers.

Other / I don't know

I'm not sure what platform I'm on or my platform isn't listed here

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