WISER Oxford’s e-Books and how to use them Hilla Wait

Structure of today’s session Value of e-books for teaching and research Overview of e-books in Oxford How to access and use them Time to explore

What is an eBook? Oxford’s collection of e-books  Readable on PCs and laptops within university domain or via SSO  Limited downloading  Not generally accessible on personal e-readers Free e-books  May be read on a PC or personal e-reader Personal purchases  May be read on a PC or personal e-reader e-book, n. A hand-held electronic device on which the text of a book can be read. Also: a book whose text is available in an electronic format for reading on such a device or on a computer screen; (occas.) a book whose text is available only or primarily on the Internet.

Why do we want e-Books? Print surrogates  Accessibility - 24/7 access for multiple users  Substitute for antiquarian texts  Space-saving  Do not deteriorate  No graffiti  Reduced processing costs  Adaptability for print/visual disabilities Added value  Full-text searching  X-author searching  Reformatting, cut & paste, compilation  Textual mark-up  Group working

What are the drawbacks Finding them Learning how to use them Access to computers Tiring to read on screen Copyright and illegal sites Do they encourage plagiarism? Quality control Incompleteness

Frequently Asked Questions Why is the book I want not available as an e-book? Why is this e-book “busy”? Why can’t I download onto my i-phone? Why can’t I find the book on SOLO when I know we have an e- copy? Why can I only see the abstract and TOC for this book? What is my username and password? turnaway No subscription

e-books in Oxford 350,000 + e-books Electronic Reference Sources  Quick sources of information  Short sessions, 5 mins Electronic Primary Texts  Print surrogates + search  Session length, 20 mins + Electronic Secondary Texts  Print surrogates + search  Session length, mins +

How do we find Oxford’s e-Books? Package or individual titles SOLO/OLIS - links to individual books SOLO/OxLIP+ - links to individual packages OxLIP+ - subject menus Diversity rules Package on SOLO or OxLIP+ Reference Oxford Reference On-Line Oxford Art On-Line Primary Source Perseus Past Masters MOMWEEBO/ECCO Secondary Sources OSO NetLibrary CCO Individual titles on SOLO or OLIS Reference The Oxford dictionary of the classical world (ORO) Grove Art Online Primary Sources Foure sermons of Maister Iohn Caluin 1579 (EEBO) Secondary Sources Calvin's Christology, 2004 (NetLibrary)

Searching for e-Books in SOLO 1000s of E-books included in SOLO Listed alongside print books Can search simultaneously for print and e Look for “1 of X versions” link - groups editions and print/electronic together Click online access for direct link to the e-book How to limit search to e-books only 1 of 2 versions of this work Online Resource Show only Online resources

Example search: 1. Simultaneous searching E-copy displays first Expand to see other formats/editions [electronic resource] in title identifies e-book No separate icon for e-books link to e-book

Example search: 2. Simultaneous searching Must expand to find e-book Will not link to e- book Click for e- only Print copy displays first Expand to see other formats/editions

Example Search: 3. Refining the search Click here to refine to Online resources only

Example Search: 4. Limiting the search Set limits before you start searching Limit to books (no journals) Limit to Online resources only

Searching for e-books via OxLIP+ OxLIP+ - links to individual packages OxLIP+ - subject menus   Individual packages Subject menu Package title search

Electronic Reference Sources Oxford Reference Online Dictionary of National Biography Blackwell Reference On-Line Oxford Music OnLine Oxford Art Online Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Select e-book via subject menus Or subject search Oxford Reference

Electronic Primary Texts Perseus Past Masters  Philosophy, English, Theology, Politics, History Early English Books Online ECCO Making of the Modern World

Past Masters Expand package → author→title Using Table of Contents Changing the display Navigating the text Full-screen text option Full-screen contents Text hierarchy Page turning

Past Masters Searching: simple, advanced, proximity X-database searching Example of a proximity search X-database searching Simple search

Secondary Texts Cambridge Companions Online Cambridge Histories On-Line DeGruyter e-books NetLibrary  Social Sciences and Humanities MyILibrary  Law and Social Sciences Taylor & Francis  Humanities and Education Oxford Scholarship Online  Political Science, Economics & Finance, Religion, Philosophy, Classics, History, Literature, Law Oxford Handbooks Online ACLS Humanities e-Books  History Science Direct (Elsevier) SpringerLink

Cambridge Companions Online

NetLibrary Navigating Searching Note-taking 1859 e- books + Most popular title 2009

MyILibrary

Oxford Scholarship Online Complete list Quick Search Abstract and TOC Navigating

OSO: subject searching Advanced Search Searching by keyword X-reference search Keyword search X-ref search on compositionality requirement Keyword search on Principle of charity

Recent Acquisitions Oxford Handbooks Online

Combined OHO & OSO search Simple search for searching OHO & OSO for “stem cell* Also searches unsubscribed texts

E-books in the sciences Many are accessible from SOLO Packages can also be found from subject menus on OxLIP+

Science & Medicine - book series Advances in Parasitology Methods in Enzymology “Current Protocols in…” series in Biosciences Lecture Notes in Computer Science Lecture Notes in Mathematics Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry Knovel Critical Tables More likely to contain diagrams and figures

Cross-searching on publisher sites Combined journal/book platforms  De Gruyter’s Reference Global  SpringerLink  Elsevier’s ScienceDirect  Wiley OnLine Library Many more journal articles are available to Oxford users than books on these platforms

Springer-Link

Recent Acquisitions Oxford Medical Handbooks Online

Free e-books Project Gutenberg Google project Internet Archive Intute  peer-reviewed Other internet resources  Not peer-reviewed  Basic scanned older editions  Not always legal in the UK May download to personal e-readers Michael Faraday

How do readers use our e-books? Information from surveys, interviews, statistics Dip in and out method Longer and repeat sessions Surrogate or search Use of annotation software DIY annotation Oxford’s own annotation software is in beta test

Usage Statistics: Summaries

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Note-taking : the DIY approach Word document OSO Screen split between OSO and Word

Are people using the added value features?

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