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 OxfordHow to access and use themTime 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, 10-30 mins +

Primary texts

Secondary Texts

Referencesources

350,000 E-books

Primary texts

Secondary Texts

Referencesources

350,000 E-books

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 Package on SOLO on SOLO or OxLIP+or OxLIP+

ReferenceReferenceOxford Oxford

Reference Reference On-LineOn-Line

Oxford Art Oxford Art On-LineOn-Line

Primary SourcePrimary SourcePerseusPerseus

Past MastersPast MastersMOMWMOMW

EEBO/ECCOEEBO/ECCO

Secondary Secondary SourcesSources

OSOOSONetLibrary NetLibrary

CCOCCOIndividual titles Individual titles

on SOLO or OLISon SOLO or OLIS

ReferenceReferenceThe Oxford The Oxford

dictionary of the dictionary of the classical world classical world

(ORO)(ORO) Grove Art OnlineGrove Art Online

Primary SourcesPrimary SourcesFoure sermons of Foure sermons of

Maister Iohn Maister Iohn Caluin 1579 Caluin 1579

(EEBO)(EEBO)

Secondary Secondary SourcesSourcesCalvin's Calvin's

Christology, 2004 Christology, 2004 (NetLibrary)(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 [electronic resource] in title resource] in title identifies e-bookidentifies e-book

No separate No separate icon for e-booksicon for e-books

Expand to see other Expand to see other formats/editionsformats/editions

Will link to Will link to e-booke-book

Example search: 1. Simultaneous searching

E-copy E-copy displays firstdisplays first

Example search: 2. Simultaneous searching Example search: 2Example search: 2. Simultaneous searching

Must expand to Must expand to find e-bookfind e-book

Will not Will not link to e-link to e-

bookbook

Print copy Print copy displays firstdisplays first

Click for e-Click for e-onlyonly

Example Search: 3. Refining the search

Click here to refine to Click here to refine to Online resources onlyOnline resources only

Might include Might include e-journalse-journals

Example Search: 4. Limiting the searchSet limits before you start searching

Limit to Limit to books (no books (no journals)journals)

Limit to Online Limit to Online resources onlyresources only

Searching for e-books via OxLIP+ OxLIP+ - links to individual packages

OxLIP+ - subject menus

Individual packages

Subject menu

Package Package title searchtitle search

Electronic Reference Sources

Oxford Reference OnlineDictionary of National BiographyBlackwell Reference On-LineOxford Music OnLineOxford Art Online Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Select e-book via subject menusSelect e-book via subject menusOr subject searchOr 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

title2009

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 AcquisitionsOxford Handbooks Online

Combined OHO & OSO search

Simple Simple search for search for

x-searching x-searching in OHO & in OHO &

OSOOSO

Also searches Also searches unsubscribed unsubscribed

textstexts

Science & Medicine - reference

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences International Encyclopedia of the Social &

Behavioral Sciences Encyclopedia of Biodiversity Handbook of StatisticsEncyclopedia of Materials: Science and Te

chnologyEncyclopedia of Mathematical Physics

Science & Medicine - book series

Advances in ParasitologyMethods in Enzymology Various “Current Protocols in…”

biosciencesLecture notes in computer scienceLecture notes in mathematicsComprehensive Analytical Chemistry Knovel Critical Tables

Cross-searching on publisher sites

Search Search Within all Within all content or content or Within this Within this

book.book.

Green box Green box indicates indicates Oxford Oxford

subscription.subscription.

Recent AcquisitionsOxford 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

http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/science/eresources/ebooks