e-Books@Mac

• Locally-hosted e-books:
  • Encyclopedia of Witchcraft
  • Encyclopdedia of Folk Medicine
  • American Indian Religious Traditions

• 5 concurrent users

Subscription

• Unlimited concurrent users
• Fair use printing and downloading; incorporation in course packs permitted
• NO ILL 
• No archival access to content
• Free MARC records

• Various databases

• Course Packs and Electronic Reserve permitted
• ILL permitted
• Local load permitted for content added during subscribed period
• Access to the digital edition of nearly every ASTMl book and paper spanning 140+ industries and 100+ years. Includes over 1,500 books (e.g. manuals, STPs, monographs, handbooks, symposia, etc.)

• Multiple concurrent users
• Course Packs and Course Reserves permitted, limited to a maximum of 20% of the title
• ILL permitted via print, scan, and fax in Canada only
• Hosted on the ebrary platform and books.scholarsportal.info
• Permitted to print or copy a maximum of 20% of the content; or less, if managed by global DRM restrictions at Ebrary or Scholars Portal.

• Includes: Associations Canada, Canadian Almanac & Directory, Canadian Environmental Directory, Financial Services Canada, Directory of Libraries in Canada

• Multiple concurrent users
• Course Packs and reserves NOT permitted
• E-Reserves permitted
• Hosted on the ebrary platform and books.scholarsportal.info
• Permitted to print or copy a maximum of 30% of the content; or less, if managed by global DRM restrictions at Ebrary or Scholars Portal. 
• Some issues with content being withdrawn by publisher.

• Unlimited concurrent users
• ILL, Course Packs & E-Reserves permitted
• Hosted on the ebrary platform and books.scholarsportal.info
• Permitted to print or copy a maximum of 100% of the content; or less, if managed by global DRM restrictions at Ebrary or Scholars Portal.

• Unlimited concurrent users
• ILL, Course Packs & E-Reserves permitted
• Hosted on the ebrary platform and books.scholarsportal.info
• Permitted to print or copy a maximum of 100% of the content; or less, if managed by global DRM restrictions at Ebrary or Scholars Portal.
• Sometimes content is withdrawn by publisher.

Subscription

• The Brain and Cognitive Sciences Community Online featuring 6 MIT Press journals, nearly 500 books, job postings, library resources, graduate studies.
• Book chapters may be read onscreen or saved to the desktop.  Not possible to print any content.

• Early official publications available

42,700
(5 minute)

• MAC ID required on and off campus
• Purchased EBL ebooks allow multiple simultaneous users.  Limited to 325 uses per year, at which time additional copies can be purchased.
• Print limited to 20% of the book; copying limited to 5%.  Remaining print/copy balances can be viewed for each ebook on the Details tab in the Online Reader.
• Patron-driven request pilot (launched Mar 5, 2007; concluded Jan 2009--STLs suspended Jan-June 2009)
• EBL profile revised and STL records re-loaded June 2009
• Permits local archiving in PDF of titles that we've purchased. Will investigate.

Ebrary (platform)

• also see Cambridge, Oxford, Taylor & Francis, Canadian Publishers Collection, Canadian Public Policy Collection, Canadian Health Research Collection

• Individually selected titles may have only one simultaneous user, or may have been purchased at a higher cost for multiple users.  Check with collections to confirm level (SUPO or MUPO).
• Print limit will display under 'Infotools'.  Print liimit of 100 pages is common, but varies by collection.

• One user at a time per book
• Help http://www.netlibrary.com/help/

• Can limit search to specific subject area (including general reference)
• When complete, the full collection will include nearly 138,000 titles

• Possibility of adding individual records into Endeca?

• Title List purchased by McMaster
• Purchased e-books can be archived locally (CD or download).
• Other titles available through Knowledge Ontario

•  purchased reference books; see InfoSci-Books

Subscription

• Ebooks, standards, etc.

• MARC records loaded; updates available

•  Free titles.  List changes occasionally

 Subscription via CRKN

• Includes 230 Knowledge Notes, student guides

• Includes
  • Encyclopedia of Popular Music
  • Oxford Dictionary of Music
  • Grove Music Online
  • Oxford Companion to Music

• Multiple concurrent users
• Course Packs and Course Reserves permitted, limited to a maximum of 20% of the title
• ILL permitted via print, scan, and fax in Canada only
• Hosted on the ebrary platform and books.scholarsportal.info
• Permitted to print or copy a maximum of 20% of the content; or less, if managed by global DRM restrictions at Ebrary or Scholars Portal.

 Subscription

• OECD Factbook is a good statistics reference source. Click on "At a Glance" tab to access it.

• Unlimited simultaneous users
• no limits on number of views
• e-book printing, e-mailing and non-systematic downloading permitted
• Coursepacks, ILL permitted
• Each collection contains books, textbooks, reference books, monographs, and book series
• Coverage: 2005-2009.  Series coverage goes back to 1997.
• German-language titles not purchased; however, Springer is willing to provide access, and records pointing to Springer have been loaded.

 Subscription

• Multiple concurrent users
• Course Packs and Course Reserves permitted, limited to a maximum of 20% of the title
• ILL permitted via print, scan, and fax in Canada only
• Hosted on the ebrary platform
• Permitted to print or copy a maximum of 20% of the content; or less, if managed by global DRM restrictions at Ebrary.

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