wiser oxford’s e-books and how to use them kate williams and hilla wait
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WISER
Oxford’s E-Books and how to use them
Kate Williams and Hilla Wait
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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
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What is an ebook?
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.
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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
Added value Full-text searching X-author searching Reformatting, cut & paste, compilation Textual mark-up Group working Quality control
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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?
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E-books in Oxford
How many do we have in Oxford?
Electronic Reference Sources Quick sources of information
Short sessions, average 5 mins
Electronic Primary Texts Print surrogates with search options
Session length, 20 mins + Electronic Secondary Texts
Print surrogates with search options Session length, 10-30 mins +
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How do we find Oxford’s E-books?
Package or individual titlesSOLO/OLIS (links to individual books)OxLIP+ (links to package)Diversity rules
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On-Line philosophy texts
Primary sources Past Masters Perseus EEBO and ECCO Wittgenstein Nachlaß
Secondary sources NetLibrary Oxford Scholarship On-Line Taylor & Francis (Routledge) E-books Cambridge Companions On-Line Blackwell Reference On-Line
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Searching for e-books in SOLO
1000s of E-books included in SOLOListed alongside print booksCan search as normalLook for “1 of X versions” link - groups
editions and print/electronic togetherClick online access for direct link to the e-
book
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Searching for e-books in SOLO
Can limit your search to e-books:Limit item type to booksLimit collections to online resources
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Searching for e-books in Oxlip+
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Electronic Reference Sources
Oxford Reference On-LineDictionary of National BiographyBlackwell Reference On-LineGrove Encyclopaedia of Music Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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Oxford Reference On-Line
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Electronic Primary Texts
Past Masters Philosophy, English, Theology, Politics
Early English Books Online ECCO Making of the Modern World World Bank e-Library
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Past Masters
Expand package → author→title
Using the Table of Contents
Changing the display Navigating the text Searching by simple search Power search Cross database searching Results Map Proximity search
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World Bank E-Book Library
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Making of the Modern World
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Secondary Texts NetLibrary
Social Sciences and Humanities MyILibrary
Law and Social Sciences Taylor & Francis
Humanities and EducationOxford Scholarship Online
Political Science, Economics & Finance, Theology, Philosophy
ACLS Humanities E-Books History
Science Direct (Elsevier) Handbooks in Economics and Statistics
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NetLibrary
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MyILibrary
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Oxford Scholarship On-Line
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Blackwell Reference On-Line
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Taylor & Francis
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Free e-booksProject GutenbergGoogle projectIntute
peer-reviewed
The Internet Not peer-reviewed Basic scanned older editions Not always legal
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Forthcoming
Cambridge Histories On-LineDe Gruyter e-booksOxford Scholarship On-Line –
Classics and English
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And finally
Live demonstrations Past Masters, MyILibrary, WorldBank,
NetLibrary, Taylor & Francis, Oxford Scholarship On-Line, MOMW,
RequestsPractice opportunitiesQuestions