Over 3000 new e-book titles now available

Over 3300 new ebrary e-books have been added to the library catalogue bringing the total to over 75,000 titles across all subjects in this collection.

All books in ebrary and other e-book collections can be found via searches on Primo.

 

New ebrary app launched

Ebrary’s free app for the iPad® and iPhone® is now available from the App Store®. You will be able to access the database – both online and offline, as well use an option to import your own PDF documents – outside the ebrary platform – through the app itself.

We use Shibboleth to login to ebrary, so you need to use the Facebook sign in feature to open the app on your mobile device. All you need to do is link up your personal ebrary account to your Facebook account, then you can use the ebrary mobile app by signing in with your Facebook login.

This is what you need to do to set up your Facebook login link:

1. Go to your ebrary site and sign in to your ebrary account as usual
2. Once signed in, open the My Settings link at the top-right of the ebrary screen
3. Under Link your account to Facebook click Log In
4. If you have a Facebook account, enter your Facebook username and password and click Log In
5. If you don’t have a Facebook account, click Sign up for Facebook at the lower left
6. Once you’ve successfully logged in to your Facebook account, you’ll be ready to use ebrary’s mobile app

Elaine Shallcross
e.shallcross@abdn.ac.uk

Ebrary offers options to download content for offline use

 

ebrary PDF file in iBook

Around 70,000 titles in the Ebrary Academic Complete Collection can now be downloaded for offline use on your computer and mobile devices. Look out for the Download button in each record in your search results, or on the toolbar in QuickView.

You have a choice of two download options:

1. Create a PDF file of a specific chapter or page range, up to a maximum of 40 pages*, to read on your computer or on mobile devices such as the iPad, Kindle, Kobo, Nook and Sony Reader. PDF files can be kept indefinitely.
2. Download a whole book using Adobe Digital Editions, a piece of free software for Windows and Mac that can be installed on your computer via the ebrary download window. You can use your bookshelf, navigate documents, search text, create bookmarks, print and much more using Adobe Digital Editions. A book downloaded by this method automatically expires after fourteen days and is unusable, but it is possible to ‘borrow’ the book again.

*Please remember that copyright restrictions apply to electronic material which is why a 40 page limit for downloads is imposed. Guidance on copyright can be found in library guide QG GEN008 Copyright, Photocopying & Scanning – Your Responsibilities.

NOTE: around ten titles, purchased individually, have single user access and are not available to download using Adobe Digital Solutions.

Elaine Shallcross
e.shallcross@abdn.ac.uk

Update on access to ebrary

Due to the current problem with Shibboleth ebrary have altered our account temporarily so that IP authentication is possible. This should allow people working on campus, or those off-campus who set the web proxy in their browser,  to directly access the e-books. Instructions on how to set the web proxy are available at http://www.abdn.ac.uk/proxy.

Unfortunately it will not be possible to view books on your bookshelf or other personalised features available through Shibboleth login.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Elaine Shallcross
e.shallcross@abdn.ac.uk

Problem with login to ebrary

There is currently a problem with the login to ebrary e-books. This has been reported to ebrary customer support and we will let you know when it’s resolved. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Ebrary QuickView has increased functionality

Ebrary (e-book collection) has announced significant additional functionality on QuickView, the reader tool that gives you access to the full text of e-books. QuickView does not require software downloads or installations and is the default reader for the database.

Elaine Shallcross

Only 1 week left to participate in an important international study

A week left to participate in an important study.

Elsevier is conducting an international e-books usage and value study. Data gathered from surveys of researchers, teaching staff and students will be analysed to gauge how and when Elsevier e-books are used in the academic environment.

Your contribution to this important international study will be recognised by a complementary gift from Elsevier.

Please link here to find out more…

Elaine

Two important e-book collections currently on trial

Cambridge Books Online gives us trial access to 7,700 full text e-books until 15th June 2010. The collection covers science, technology and medicine, as well as humanities and social sciences. The URL for access is: http://ebooks.cambridge.org.

There are over 16,000 items in the Springer electronic books trial which runs until October 2010. The collection has a broad scientific content including life and biological sciences and includes the Protocols series. To find out what is there, and to search across it, you need to go to www.springerlink.com/books.

A full list of current trials and new electronic resources is available at www.abdn.ac.uk/library/newtrials.shtml.

Do you use Elsevier e-books? Participants needed for an important international e-book study

The Library at the University of Aberdeen is among a number of universities in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia working in partnership with Elsevier in an international e-books usage and value study. Data gathered from surveys of researchers, teaching staff and students will be analysed to gauge how and when Elsevier e-books are used in the academic environment.

Your contribution to this important international study will be recognised by a complementary gift from Elsevier.

2D barcode link for smart phones

To link to a library web page on the Elsevier e-books study either *read this 2D barcode into your smart phone, or follow the link here.

* a free barcode reader app can be downloaded from here.