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SPH Library Resources for the Electronic Environment- Pt. 4 Access to Online Books

SPH Library Resources for the Electronic Environment- Pt. 4 Access to Online Books Summer Institute-- July 18, 2002 Updated 7/31/2003 Helena VonVille Topics Pt 1: Basic database information Pt 2:Locating FT of journal articles Pt 3: Creating links to e-articles

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SPH Library Resources for the Electronic Environment- Pt. 4 Access to Online Books

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  1. SPH Library Resources for the Electronic Environment- Pt. 4Access to Online Books Summer Institute-- July 18, 2002 Updated 7/31/2003 Helena VonVille

  2. Topics • Pt 1: Basic database information • Pt 2:Locating FT of journal articles • Pt 3: Creating links to e-articles • Pt 4: Access to Online books • Pt 5: Creating Bibliographies

  3. Online Books • Thousands of e-books available • Best collections from: • NetLibrary • National Academy Press • Rule of Thumb: E-books are ugly to read online • But at least we have them

  4. Ways to locate online booksWeb page for Online Books • The Library has a special Web page to help you locate e-books • Has both databases and some book individual titles http://www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/library/booksdatabases.htm

  5. Ways to locate online booksWeb page for Online Books

  6. Ways to locate online booksNetLibrary • Has more than 17,000 titles from highly reputable publishers: Cold Spring Harbor, Kluwer, Wiley, MIT Press, & Taylor and Francis, and more! • Use the database page for remote access • To link students to NetLibrary, use: http://www5.sph.uth.tmc.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.netlibrary.com

  7. Ways to locate online booksNetLibrary • Be sure your students set up an account • Books can be accessed by a title search

  8. Ways to locate online booksNetLibrary • Want to link students to a specific title? • Right click on the title to pull up properties • URL is misleading; don’t use “&piclist…” http://www5.sph.uth.tmc.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.netlibrary.com/ebook_info.asp?product_id=82759

  9. Ways to locate online booksNetLibrary • Books can be viewed online or “checked out” • An account is required to check out a book but not to view online

  10. Ways to locate online booksNational Academies Press • 2,500+ free books, completely accessible to anyone online • Not necessary to send students through proxy • http://www.nap.edu

  11. Ways to locate online booksOnline Catalog • Search the online catalog

  12. Ways to locate online booksOnline catalog • To view the book, click here:

  13. Ways to locate online booksOnline catalog • Caveats: • Not all NetLibrary e-books are listed in the online catalog • NetLibrary books are not sent through proxy so remote access is more difficult • NAP books are not all listed in the online catalog

  14. Ways to locate online booksOnline catalog • If the book is in NetLibrary and you are on the Houston campus, you can view the book • For remote access, use the Library DB page to access NetLibrary

  15. Conclusion • Don’t wear yourself out over the online stuff • The Library will help however we can • Helena VonVille • x9131 • Or by e-mail

  16. Thank you! Questions? Comments?

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