Library Online: Books
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The document outlines how to access e-books available through the library website, detailing several specific e-book collections such as the ACLS Humanities E-Book Collection and JSTOR. It provides a list of various databases subscribers can use for accessing a wide range of academic e-books across multiple disciplines. Users are instructed to log on through the Eastern University EZ-Proxy server to begin reading from these resources.
Library Online: Books
- 2. Where can I find e-books? From the library website select the database icon.
- 3. The Databases The library subscribes to several e-book collections. There are tens of thousands of academic books found within our databases: Look for the following: 1. ACLS Humanities E-Book Collection 2. ATLA Historical Monographs Collection: Series 1 & 2 3. Biodiversity Heritage Library 4. Classical Music Reference Library (Music Online) 5. Credo Reference 6. Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts 7. Digital Loeb Classical Library 8. eBook collection in EBSCOhost 9. eBrary 10. Encyclopedia Britannica 11. Encyclopedia of Social Work 12. JSTOR 13. Mental Measurements Yearbook 14. NCBI Bookshelf (.GOV) 15. PsycBooks
- 4. Proxy Server Select a e-book database to search then logon through the Eastern University EZ-Proxy server to begin reading.
- 5. ACLS Humanities E-Book Collection ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB) is an online collection of nearly 4,700 books books of high quality in the humanities. These are works of major importance that remain vital to both scholars and advanced students, and are frequently cited in the literature.
- 6. American Theological Library Association (ATLA) Historical Monographs Collection Series 1 & 2 With the ATLA Monograph series you are able to search the full-text of rare and had to find books relating to the Church’s history. 1. Series 1 presents more than 15,000 titles from 13th Century through the 1893 World Parliament of Religions."— EBSCO 2. Series 2 consists of nearly 15,000 titles published from 1894 through 1923. It presents a comprehensive picture of religion in America at the turn of the century."--EBSCO
- 7. Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) BHL is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global 'biodiversity commons.'"--biodiversitylibrary.org/ The collection contains both periodicals and monographs in full- text.
- 8. Classical Music Reference Library - Music Online “Classical Music Reference Library brings together a variety of essential reference materials, spanning the entire history of Western classical music, in a unified online database. Included are the authoritative reference titles Baker's Dictionary of Music, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, and Baker's Student Encyclopedia of Music, which are available for the first time in electronic form.” – Alexander Street
- 9. Credo Reference The Academic Core Collection covers the primary disciplines of Higher Education, providing students with the reference tools they need to perform research at any level of study. With continuous updates, this Collection includes over 600 titles with particular emphasis on encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. -- Credo
- 10. Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts A uniquely exhaustive resource for historians, theologians, political scientists, and sociologists studying the religious and social upheavals of the 16th and 17th centuries, the Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts gives researchers immediate, Web-based access to an extensive range of seminal works from the Reformation and post- Reformation eras. -- Alexander Street
- 11. Digital Loeb Classical Library "Presents an interconnected, fully searchable, virtual library of important Greek and Latin literature. Epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; those Church Fathers who made particular use of pagan culture — is represented here with up-to- date texts and accurate English translations. More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts are available."-- loebclassics.com.
- 12. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) EBSCOhost’s eBook Collection contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter, and is a strong complement for any academic collection. The breadth of information available through this package ensures that users will have access to information relevant to their research needs. -- ebsco.com
- 13. ebrary ebrary offers over a 100,000 “authoritative ebooks in a wide range of subject areas, along with powerful tools to help you find, use, and manage the information you need.” -- proquest.libguides.com
- 14. JSTOR Books at JSTOR offers more than 35,000 ebooks from renowned scholarly publishers, integrated with journals and primary sources on JSTOR's easy-to-use platform. The ebooks cover such subject areas as: • Business & Economics • Film Studies • History • Language & Literature • Philosophy • Plants • Political Science • Religion • Science & Technology • Sociology
- 15. A Whole Library of Books Online There are 100s of 1000s of ebooks available from our databases. The Library Online is a “click” away.
- 16. The End Tuesday, September 1, 15