WISER Oxford’s e-Books and how to use them Juliet Ralph and 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 also be read on a personal e-reader Personal purchases 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 Illegal sites Do they encourage plagiarism? Quality control

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

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

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

Example Search: 3. Refining the search Click here to refine to Online resources only Might include e-journals

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)  Handbooks in Economics and Statistics

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

Recent Acquisitions Oxford Handbooks Online

Combined OHO & OSO search Simple search for x-searching in OHO & OSO Also searches unsubscribed texts

Science & Medicine - reference Encyclopedia of Life Sciences International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Encyclopedia of Biodiversity Handbook of Statistics Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics

Science & Medicine - book series Advances in Parasitology Methods in Enzymology Various “Current Protocols in…” biosciences Lecture notes in computer science Lecture notes in mathematics Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry Knovel Critical Tables

Cross-searching on publisher sites Search Within all content or Within this book. Green box indicates Oxford subscription.

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 May download to personal e-readers

And finally Requests Practice opportunities Questions Further information esources/ebooks