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January 2015
Selector: Monique Oldfield
Click to read! How does that sound? Pretty good right? The Wayne State University Library System has mobilized to provide you with eBook content. You can easily locate eBooks from our library catalog and other library web site search functions. We have over 800,000 eBooks for you to access and read. The library procures eBooks from a variety of sources. In addition to reading eBooks on the computer some can be downloaded and our eBook models are constantly evoluting. This is a very exciting time for libraries. Join us and read online!
WSULS web pages on eBooks
- What can I do with eBooks?A how to guide for eBooks and our major platforms. This guide contains helpful hints on downloading eBooks and other features.
Featured Video, January 2015
A Digital Shift: Libraries, Ebooks and Beyond
"Cory Doctorow discusses the challenges facing authors and cultural heritage institutions with the increasing use of electronic texts.."
Read eBooks about eBooks, January 2015
- Ebooks : Neither E, Nor BooksDoctorow, Cory
- Reinventing the library for online educationFrederick Stielow
- Ebooks and the school library program : a practical guide for the school librarianCathy Leverkus, Shannon Acedo
- Turning the page : the evolution of the bookAngus Phillips
- Your ebook survival kitDavid P Reiter
Read articles on eBooks, January 2015
- eResources in Academic Libraries: A Look AheadDavidson, Karen S (07/01/2013). "eResources in Academic Libraries: A Look Ahead". The Serials librarian (0361-526X), 65 (1), p. 59.
- Best Practices for Integrating E-books in Academic Libraries: A Literature Review From 2005 to PresentBlummer, Barbara (04/01/2012). "Best Practices for Integrating E-books in Academic Libraries: A Literature Review From 2005 to Present". Collection management (0146-2679), 37 (2), p. 65.
- "Will Books Be Different?"Guthrie, Kevin M (07/01/2012). "Will Books Be Different?". Journal of library administration (0193-0826), 52 (5), p. 353.
- User perceptions of ebooks versus print books for class reserves in an academic libraryRojeski, Mara. "User Perceptions of Ebooks Versus Print Books for Class Reserves in an Academic Library." Reference Services Review 40.2 (2012): 228-41.
- The Future of eBooks? Will Print Disappear? An End-User PerspectiveErnst, Olaf, and der Velde van. "The Future of eBooks? Will Print Disappear? an End-User Perspective." Library Hi Tech 27.4
- Electronic Book Usage Patterns as Observed at an Academic Library: Searches and ViewingsLamothe, A. (2010). Electronic Book Usage Patterns as Observed at an Academic Library: Searches and Viewings. (Undetermined). Partnership: The Canadian Journal Of Library & Information Practice & Research, 5(1), 1-22.