Database Review: E-Book Academic Collection

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Attention all students and faculty!

EBSCO’s Academic E-book Collection database has more than doubled the JKM Library collection with the addition of circa 120,000 titles!

 

What is in this e-book collection? This database is multidisciplinary, covering a wide range of academic fields from the humanities to STEM and beyond. Although several classic titles have been included, most of these e-books have been published recently: 72% of the titles were published from 2000 to 2010, and 11% were published in the last 2 years.

 

How can you find these e-books? Many of these titles can be found in the catalog search with our normal collection but not all. We are working to get all titles into the catalog, but for the moment, you can access all titles through the E-book Academic Collection link on the Databases A-Z page. Once you are in the database, you can browse e-books by category, highlights, and featured books. You can also search for words within the books or search by subject, category, year of publication, language, and whether it can be downloaded.

 

How do you access an e-book you want? You can always view the e-book through the database (any time, any place, and unlimited students). Most of the e-books can also be downloaded as well, but you’ll need to create an account with EBSCO to do so (books are checked out for 28 days). Please note that your device must be compatible with Adobe Digital Editions, which can be freely downloaded. If an e-book has been downloaded, you may still view it through the database.

 

What else does it feature? Once you find a useful e-book, you can use SmartText searching to find similar ones. When an e-book is opened, you can use the dictionary to look up vocabulary, search within the e-book, find its citation, make notes on and bookmark important passages, as well as print, export, or email sections. If you create an account with EBSCO, you can save your materials and searches into a folder for future use.

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