EBSCO e-books now available for download!

The former Netlibrary e-books - some 70,000+ titles - can now be downloaded to most e-reader devices or software (except for the Kindle, unfortunately).

The EBSCOhost e-books use Adobe Digital Editions digital rights management (DRM) software, which the PC/Mac versions are available here: http://www.adobe.com/products/digitaleditions/ .  From there, you can move the books from your desktop computer to a supported device.

The supported e-reader device list can be found here: http://blogs.adobe.com/digitalpublishing/supported-devices .

I can personally recommend the Aldiko Reader for Android.

You will need to create an EBSCOhost account, which is free and can be used across the EBSCO platform for storing journal article citations, searches, and other personal items. You do not need an ID/Password from the library to use the download feature.

We are trialing this feature until early November, but I anticipate it will become a permanent feature due to positive response.

If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail me or use the chat reference.

New E-book Collection!

Great news! We have added Springer E-books to our collection! By the end of this year, this collection will grow to over 25,000 books!

As always, e-books are a great resource that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

An advantage to the Springer E-book collection is that we have unlimited access to each title that we own: all 1200 Coker students, staff, and faculty could technically have the same book open at the same time!

There are no restrictions for printing, as most titles are opened as PDF files. Also, these files can be loaded on any mobile device without any modification or compatibility issues.

For now, search the link on the E-books link on the library homepage. We will be adding the books to our online catalog later in the semester.

Goin' Mobile

With apologies to the Who and Pete Townsend, the library will be goin' mobile. We will be gradually rolling out mobile device-friendly versions of many of our popular resources.

The first, from EBSCOHost, will include several of our most popular databases: Academic Search Premier, SocINDEX with Full Text, Business Source Premier, PsycArticles, PsycInfo, Literary Reference Center, and ERIC, to name a few.

The mobile platform is designed specifically for hand-held devices and has the following features:

• Basic Searching


• HTML and PDF Full Text


• Search Modes


• Limiters


• Image Quick View


• E-mailing articles


• Preferences


• Multi-database Searching

Check it out here: EBSCOHost Mobile