We’ve updated our statement on the ebook availability of commercial textbooks. While we are able to purchase some course materials in ebook format, the majority of traditional textbooks remain unavailable to libraries except as print books.
We were able to use some endowment funds to subscribe to the Leuven Database of Ancient Books, which collects information on all literary texts in all ancient languages. Cuneiform is not yet covered, nor are the Egyptian Books of the Dead. Please consider adding this database to your libguide where appropriate.
As you may be aware, one of the primary methods by which CSU acquires ebooks from university presses is with a demand-driven acquisition (DDA) program with JSTOR. This DDA program functions by allowing us to load into our our catalogue the records for the full frontlists of selected publishers, as […]
You may be aware of MIT Press’s Open Access initiative, Direct to Open (D2O). The University of Alberta Library has been supporting D2O through the Canadian Research Knowledge Network since 2022. D2O has already(!) met their 2024 funding goal and all 79 scholarly monographs will be made openly available. The […]
We’ve added a database asset for Black Life in America, a primary source collection covering the period 1704 to 1975. The database provides information of African American history, culture, and daily life, as well as how the media has portrayed people of African descent. Please note that this is not […]