My Library

Access your Top Hat eTextbooks in "My Library" via the mobile app or web browser—highlight text, take notes, or use Ask Ace AI for study support. This guide shows students how to locate and open their interactive textbooks, navigate chapters using the index, and personalize their study experience with highlighting and note-taking tools.

You’ll also learn how to ask Ace to simplify content, quiz you, or generate examples. Please note: responses submitted in My Library are not saved or graded.

Table of Contents

  1. Accessing "My Library"
  2. Chapter Index
  3. Highlights, Notes and Ask Ace (AI)

Accessing "My Library"

To access your "My Library", open Top Hat in a web browser or the mobile app and select "My Library". If you're using a web browser, click the menu ("hamburger") icon in the top-left corner to reveal the "My Library" option.

Select "Open" to view your textbook.

Split view showing the 'My Library' navigation option in both the Top Hat mobile app sidebar and the web browser hamburger menu.Image: My Library in the Mobile app and Web Browser

Reminder: Questions and activities submitted in this version of the textbook are not saved or graded. This version is intended for study and review only.

A textbook question in My Library showing a banner stating that submissions in this view are not recorded for grades.Image: Content in "My Library" is not answerable for credit

Chapter Index

The Chapter Index allows you to quickly navigate to specific parts of your textbook. To open it:

  • In the mobile app: Tap the three horizontal lines at the bottom of the screen or swipe up.
  • In the web browser: Click the three horizontal lines located on the right side of the window.

The chapter navigation drawer expanded on a mobile device showing a list of sections.Image: Chapter Index (Mobile App)The table of contents sidebar visible on the right side of the web browser interface.Image: Chapter Index (Web)

Highlights, Notes and Ask Ace (AI)

Highlighting

To highlight text, select the desired passage. A menu will appear—select "Highlight" and choose your preferred color. Because "My Library" chapters are always accessible, your highlights will remain available even after a course ends.

A user selecting text on a mobile device and selecting a color from the highlight toolbar.Image: Highlighting on the Mobile App

Notes

To add a note, select the text and choose "Note". A sticky note icon will appear in the margin to indicate your saved thought. You can access a consolidated list of all your notes by selecting the three vertical dots in the top-right corner and clicking "Notebook".

The mobile app interface showing a text selection menu with the 'Note' option and the resulting margin icon.Image: Notes on the Mobile App

Ask Ace (AI)

Top Hat Ace provides AI-powered study assistance. By highlighting content, you can ask Ace to:

  • Simplify the language for easier understanding.
  • Provide additional examples of a concept.
  • Generate a practice quiz based on the material.
  • Answer custom questions about the selected text.

The web browser interface showing the Ace AI dropdown menu with options like 'Simplify' and 'Quiz Me' after highlighting text.Image: Using Ask Ace AI within the My Library textbook

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