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Using e-booksIntroduction to using e-
books for research
James BissetAcademic Liaison Librarian (Research Support)
Session outline- Advantages and
disadvantages- Finding e-books
- library subscriptions - open access on the web
- Referencing e-books (principles of...)
Advantages of using e-booksPrint surrogate
with added benefits:
• Accessibility - 24/7 access for multiple users• Substitute for antiquarian texts• Do not deteriorate• Space-saving
Advantages of using e-booksAdded value with
each e-book:
• Full-text searching• Reformatting, cut & paste• Highlight text and add notes• Group working• Export options
Disadvantages of using e-books
• Finding them• Learning functionality on
different platforms• Normally requires online access • Tiring to read on screen• Publication dates / editions• Quality of image• Copyright
Different providers & formats
• Some allow full-text searching; others index only individual chapters
• Some display book within the interface; others link to a separate pdf
• Some scanned items (with OCR searchable text); others free text
Finding e-books• Durham University
Library catalogue
–Individual titles–Collections•Monographs•Reference•Historic
Hands-on- Use the library catalogue to find an
e-book
- Browse the collections from either : http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/online/ebooks/ orhttp://www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/online/reference/
• Free books on the web–Previews (Google Books)–Open access• OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in
European Networks)• Project Gutenberg
–Out of copyright
Finding e-books
Hands-on- Explore some of the e-book
collections at:
http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/online/ebooks/
Citing and referencing
http://library.dur.ac.uk/record=b2643050~S1
In text citationsFrom an e-book collection:• Smith and Jones (1992: 34)• “important quotation” (Fowler, 2007: 12)
From an e-book reader:• “an additional and equally important
point” (Hughes, 2004: chapter 3, section 2, paragraph 8)
Bibliographic reference
Via e-book collection• Author • (Year of publication of book)• Title of book.• Name of e-book collection• [Online].• Available at: URL• (accessed: date).
Bibliographic reference
• Graham, S. and Marvin, S. (2001) Splintering urbanism: networked infrastructures, technological motilities and the urban condition. Netlibrary [Online]. Available at: http://www.netlibrary.com (Accessed: 11 November 2012).
Bibliographic reference
e-book reader• Author • (Year of publication of book)• Title of book.• Title of download collection• [e-book reader].• Available at: URL• (accessed: date).
Bibliographic reference
• Adams, D. (1979) The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy. Ebooks.com [e-book reader]. Available at: http://www.ebooks.com/ebooks/book_display.asp?IID=161294 (Accessed: 29 October 2012).
Summary• Don’t overlook as a resource if
not immediately visible.• Use as print surrogate or for
added value elements• Varied appearance and access
points• Citation varies from that for a
print book
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