Electronic Book Collections
UFV Library Ebook Survey Results
Introduction
A search in the UFV Library catalogue for almost any subject now brings up titles identified as "E-Book on the Internet". These are electronic versions of complete books or documents from a number of different sources, including Netlibrary, ebrary, Myilibrary, Oxford Reference, Gale Virtual Reference, Canadian Electronic Library Publishers Collection, and Early Canadiana Online.
To view these titles, just click on the URL link in the catalogue record. From on campus, the titles will open on your computer screen. From off campus, most titles require authentication. (Off campus access details) Titles from ECO are free for anyone to use.
Netlibrary Information
ebrary Information
| ebrary books are viewed using software called the ebrary reader. You will be asked to download this reader the first time you view an ebrary book at home. |
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Myilibrary Information
Our Myilibrary collection includes thousands of titles from 3 important academic publishers, Taylor & Francis, Oxford University Press, and Cambridge University Press. Please note: titles will begin appearing in the UFV library catalogue after Oct. 15th, 2008
Oxford Reference Online
Looking for authoritative facts and figures? Need background information on a person, place or topic?
Oxford Reference Online Premium includes over 170 reference titles, updated regularly with an expanding range of key titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions and Oxford Dictionaries series plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. The database can be searched as a whole or limited to one or more subjects, or to one or more individual books.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
24/7 access to a growing collection of electronic subject specialized encyclopedias from prestigious academic publishers including Greenwood, Elsevier, MacMillan and Gale.
Canadian Electronic Library Publishers Collection
Collection of 8131 e-book titles from 47 Canadian publishers, including UBC Press, McGill-Queens University Press, and University of Toronto Press. All titles are included in the UFV library catalogue. The content platform is provided by ebrary.
Early Canadiana Online Information
"Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a digital library providing access to 2,384,542 pages of Canada's printed heritage. It features works published from the time of the first European settlers up to the early 20th Century." (from ECO website)
In addition to viewing the historical documents included in the UFV library catalogue, users may search the ECO database for specific subjects or keywords.
The UFV library does not subscribe to the Early Official Publications component of ECO.
Updated June 10, 2009 pw
