The State of UL’s Electronic Book Collections: February 25, 2008 BGSU subscribes to the following electronic book collections, either locally or via OhioLINK. All titles in the listed collections *should* have entries in both the BGSU catalog and the OhioLINK catalog soon after they are added to the collection. OhioLINK typically buys vendor-supplied records, and they often need “clean up” before they can be loaded. I’ve indicated known delays and particular problems below. E-brary (9,900+ books): University Libraries has purchased ebrary’s electronic books on education and business, marketing, and economics. Each book is listed in the catalogs and the ebrary reader must be downloaded to read the books. Electronic Book Center (OhioLINK): The OhioLINK Electronic Book Center (EBC) offers thousands of scholarly and reference e-books covering the humanities, sciences and social sciences. The e-books were purchased from ABC-CLIO, Oxford University Press, and Springer, and also include their following imprints: Apress, Birkhauser, Clarendon, Physica Verlag, & Steinkopff. More information on the OhioLINK e-book Center is available at http://www.ohiolink.edu/ostaff/ref/ebook-info.html. ABC-CLIO (540+ books): A few dozen of ABC-CLIO reference titles are added at a time, with about 100 titles scheduled for 2008. They are entered in the catalogs as received, with typically a 2 to 3 week delay. Title lists are available at (Ostaff password needed for access): http://silver.ohiolink.edu/cirm/abc-clio.htm Oxford University Press “Scholarship” books: In total about 1425 titles in biology, business, classics, linguistics, history, management, math, physics, psychology economics/finance, philosophy, political science, and religion are in the pipeline to be added to the EBC. Title lists of forthcoming OUP ebooks are available at (Ostaff password needed for access): http://platinum.ohiolink.edu/cirm/oxfordexplain.htm. NOTE: Be aware of the date updated. Most of the dates on this page are currently incorrect (2/25/08). As of 2/25/08 (1) The initial load of Oxford Scholarship titles are in the OhioLINK Catalog and the BGSU catalog. (2) Additional Oxford scholarship ebooks are on their way. Arrival data unknown. (3) As new titles are added to the OL EBC, there will be a delay before the titles are listed in the catalogs. (4) Some additional Oxford titles (currently unavailable in EBC) are available at the Oxford Scholarship Online website at http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/ Springer: These titles are NOT currently in the BGSU or OhioLINK catalogs. OhioLINK is experiencing major problems obtaining Springer titles for the Electronic Book Center. OL estimates they have only 6500 of the 11,000, and thus cannot load the MARC record set, as this would load all 11,000 titles, including the approximately 4500 that are not yet in the EBC. Check here for title lists (Ostaff password needed for access): http://platinum.ohiolink.edu/cirm/springertitlelists/index.html Workaround: To access ALL 11,000 Springer titles, search the SpringerLINK web site. Access SpringerLINK through the Research Databases page (http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=e1000382~S0) The following content is on its way to the OL EBC Gale Virtual Library: Selected titles, starting with 2007 imprints. (Does not include Literary Criticism, UXL imprints, or any imprints that Gales does not directly publish.) Forthcoming titles: See appended list. Sage Reference: 19 reference titles, 2008 imprints. Contract is close to being signed. Forthcoming titles: See appended list. NetLibrary (14,800+ books): NetLibrary offers full text of scholarly, reference, and professional books. DjVu® Browser Plug-in is required. To create a user account, BGSU users must be on campus. After creating a personal user account, access from off campus is available. Oxford Reference Online (100+ books): Full text of over 100 dictionaries, general reference, language reference, and subject reference works from Oxford University Press. Search at publisher’s web site. This collection includes the Oxford Digital Reference Shelf titles. Safari Tech Books Online (2,600+ books): Electronic books in computer science, information technology, and related fields from O'Reilly and Associates and Pearson Technology Associates. Chadwyck-Healey Collections: Each collection (database) is cataloged in the OhioLINK & BGSU catalogs, but all individual titles within the collections are not. Cataloging is in process for individual sources, but seems to be moving at a slow pace. Last report: Completed a portion of English Poetry; records for African-American Poetry, Eighteenth-Century Fiction, & American Poetry have been in process, but are on hold while cataloging the Springer & Oxford ebooks. African-American Poetry 1760-1900 American Drama American Poetry 1600-1900 The Bible in English Bibliography of American Literature Early American Fiction Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare Eighteenth Century Fiction English Poetry 600-1900 (individual records are in the catalogs) English Prose Drama (1280-1915) English Verse Drama (1280-1915) 20th Century African-American Poetry 20th Century American Poetry 20th Century English Poetry William Butler Yeats Collection Forthcoming Sage Reference Titles: Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology Encyclopedia of Global Health Encyclopedia of Obesity Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society Encyclopedia of Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate change Encyclopedia of Counseling Encyclopedia of Social Problems Encyclopedia of Education Law Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods Encyclopedia of Stem Cell Research Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods 21st Century Education: A Reference Handbook Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Encyclopedia of African Religion Encyclopedia of Gender and Society Forthcoming Gale Virtual Library Titles: GALE VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY 2007 SUBJECT IMPRINT TITLE 2007 RELEASE DATE Electronic Pricng to Individual Libraries 5K-15K +15K Print 0-5K FTE FTE FTE Biography Business Education Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations Dictionary, 38th Thomson Gale ed. 6/27/2007 Thomson Gale African American Almanac, 10th ed. 10/5/2007 Thomson Gale American Law Yearbook 2007 11/30/2007 Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and Thomson Gale North Africa 11/3/2007 Thomson Gale Business Plans Handbook, Volume 13 10/5/2007 College Blue Book, 35th ed. Macmillan 12/21/2007 Science Scribner History K.G. Saur Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Constitutions of the World from the Late 18th Century to the Middle of the 19th Century. Sources on the Rise of Modern Constitutionalism, Europe: Volume 4: Constitutional Projects of Russia 1799-1825 7/19/2007 $209 $230 $311 Nation and World Business Business Business Business Social Science Thomson Gale Thomson Gale Thomson Gale Thomson Gale Thomson Gale Macmillan Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 2008 10/26/2007 Encyclopedia of American Industries, 5th ed. 12/21/2007 Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries, 5th ed. 7/24/2007 Encyclopedia of Global Industries, 4th ed. 8/10/2007 Encyclopedia of Products and Industries 12/21/2007 Encyclopedia of Race and Racism 12/21/2007 $340 $650 $327 $495 $725 $345 $374 $715 $360 $545 $798 $380 $507 $969 $488 $738 $1,080 $514 Social Science Macmillan Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Culture Society History 12/21/2007 $425 $468 $633 $842 4 Volume Reference Set Biography Thomson Gale Encyclopedia of World Biography Supplement, Volume 27 Everyday Finance: Economics, Personal Money Thomson Gale Management, and Entrepreneurship Thomson Gale Gale Encyclopedia of Diets Thomson Gale Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Health, 2nd ed. Thomson Gale Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 4th ed. Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: Government and Thomson Gale Politics Thomson Gale Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. History: War Thomson Gale Gale Encyclopedia of World History: Governments Thomson Gale Gale Encyclopedia of World History: War Thomson Gale Gale Library of Daily Life: Slavery in America Impact of Electronic Publishing: The Future for Libraries and Publishers K.G. Saur Thomson Gale Infectious Diseases in Context Thomson Gale Information Plus Reference Series Fall 2007 Thomson Gale Information Plus Reference Series Spring 2007 International Encyclopedia of Social Science, 2nd ed. Macmillan Thomson Gale Literary Newsmakers for Students, Volume 2 Thomson Gale Literary Themes for Students: The American Dream Thomson Gale National Survey of State Laws, 6th ed. New Encyclopedia of Africa Scribner Thomson Gale Newsmakers 2007 Cumulation Thomson Gale Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans, 24th ed. Thomson Gale Shakespeare for Students, 2nd ed. Thomson Gale VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 2008 Thomson Gale Who's Who Among African Americans, 20th ed. 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