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EBSCO eBooks Purchase Offer 2015-2016

Response Deadline: 
March 1, 2016

Subscription Term

Begins: 

April 1, 2016

Ends: 

March 31, 2017

BC Electronic Library Network, COPPUL, The Alberta Library, and the Manitoba Library Consortium are participating in this special offer for EBSCO eBooks. The final pricing discount will be determined by participation throughout Western Canada. Last year a 25% discount was achieved.

eBooks in this offer are only available for purchase with access in perpetuity.


This license is made available through a national site license involving several consortia. 


Updates: 

2/29/2016

20% participation-based discount has been achieved.

2/24/2016

With TAL and COPPUL Orders Still outstanding, we have already reached the 10% participation-based discount.

2/2016

For subscribers to EBSCO's Academic eBook Collection, we have an updated subject collection spreadsheet. This will indicate if a title is in the Collection or not.

Also, if you are using ECM, the record notes whether the site owns the title from a previous purchase, or if it is in the Academic Subscription Collection.


Overview

Vendor: 
EBSCO
Description: 

Annually, BC ELN, COPPUL, TAL, and the Manitoba Library Consortium participate in this special offer for the purchase of EBSCO ebooks.

eBooks in this offer are only available for purchase with access in perpetuity. There is minimal duplication of titles between this offer and EBSCO’s Academic eBook Subscription Collection.

This ever-growing subscription package contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBooks representing a broad range of academic subject matter and is a strong complement for any academic collection. The breadth of information available through this package ensures that users will have access to information relevant to their research needs, regardless of what those may be. There are over 550,000 titles in the collection.

EBSCO eBooks offers:

  • A wide selection of academic e-books from top publishers and presses
  • Ability to browse academic e-book collections curated by librarians
  • Flexible acquisition models and ordering options
  • Convenient integration with EBSCOhost and EBSCO Discovery Service™
  • Optimized search and read experience
  • Removes access barriers with hundreds of thousands of DRM-free options

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Last updated: January 20, 2022

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Response

Current Subscribers: 

Response Instructions

Please email a completed Excel spreadsheet Order Form to BC ELN. BC ELN / COPPUL members should respond to BC ELN.

Libraries can submit orders to BC ELN up until February 22, 2016. There is no minimum order. Access to purchased ebooks will be set-up as soon as possible after receipt of your order.

Direct orders to EBSCO through YBP Gobi or EBSCOhost Collection Manager will NOT qualify for the discount.

Libraries will be invoiced the end of this offer when the total number of participants across all 4 consortia will be tallied and the appropriate discount applied to the invoice.

Terms & Conditions

Additional Information

Access Information

All eBooks are available at 1B1U (one book for one user at a time) and most of the books are available at 1B3U (one book for three users at a time) and 1BUU (one book for unlimited users at a time). Available access levels are noted in EBSCO's ECM.

FAQ

Answers to many of the most frequently asked questions can be found in the EBSCO ebooks COPPUL checklist. If you are having difficulty retrieving this PDF, try this word version.

download EBSCO MARC records FAQ