On Sept. 12, 2011, the Authors Guild sued the University of Michigan, the University of California, the University of Wisconsin, Indianan University, and Cornell University over digital copies of books from their vast libraries. Many of these scanned book are no longer in print and of interest only to scholars, but the lawsuit reflects growing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘E-books’
Interesting read…The Fight over the Future of Digital Books
Posted in World News, tagged E-books on October 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Big Guide to Living & Working Overseas
Posted in New Databases, World News, tagged E-books on November 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Library has recently added The Big Guide to Living and Working Overseas to its collection. The Big Guide Online provides access to study, volunteer and job opportunities abroad and is an excellent resource to assist in finding and succeeding in an international career.
New Atlases & Maps
Posted in Geography & Environmental Studies, Maps & GIS, tagged Digital mapping, E-books on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
ATLASES The World Bank eAtlas of the Millennium Development Goals, created by Collins Geo, lets you visualize and map the indicators that measure progress toward the 8 MDGs. It provides clear explanations of each Goal and its related Targets, leading into world maps keyed to each Indicator. The eAtlas has panning and zooming capabilities, country [...]
New e-book collection @ the Library
Posted in How To, New Books, tagged E-books on June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Want to increase your access to the full-text of e-books from major publishers? Check out the Library’s new e-books on Scholars Portal Books. Find works published by Springer, Oxford, Cambridge, and Elsevier, as well as books published by Canadian presses, non-governmental organizations, and the Ontario government. Using Scholars Portal Books you can: Browse books by [...]
