1. Electronic Resources in Mirlyn What types are available How to find them How to identify them Be sure to ask questions! Julie Piacentine | April 2008

2. Mirlyn Formats Icons denote types of resources All types can be electronic 2 icons denote electronic resources Format Icons

3. Search for Electronic Resources Use Advanced Search to limit by format: Electronic Resources

4. Various Search Results

5. Electronic Books

6. Electronic Journals

7. Electronic Maps

8. Other Formats Book with CD-ROM Journal on CD-ROM Notes: “Electronic Resource” & “Digital Resource” may be used interchangeably. You may find inconsistencies. If you’re unsure, ask a librarian.

9. Special Cases NetLibrary –A leased collection of electronic books MBooks –Digitized items from the UM collection There are other special cases.

10. NetLibrary 20,000+ books on all topics 800+ computer manuals, reference books In Mirlyn –NetLibrary is listed as a single site –NetLibrary book titles are also listed individually Note: Clicking on NetLibrary takes you to the NetLibrary site where you can search for individual titles.

11. NetLibrary

12. What is MBooks? - A partnership with Google to scan everything in the University Library. Note: You will see not see the Google logo in the Mirlyn record. Most MBooks can’t be read online because.. Most are under copyright. Some publishers argue that no formatting changes – including digitization – can be made to copyrighted material without publishers ’ consent. The question is now a legal matter. Until it is resolved, full text of many items is not available. But, you can still search the full text for keywords.

17. All MBooks – both full text & restricted – are listed as electronic resources in Mirlyn. Generally, only MBooks published before 1924 will have full text available online. Digitization continues; Not all items are yet MBooks.

18. Questions? Julie Piacentine | April 2008