Electronic format should be considered the default preference for all monographs whenever possible
- To request a book, use the Recommend a Purchase form. This form is for all University community members, including UAL staff.
- To see all requests, visit the mono orders database (viewable by UAL staff).
- To see turnaway and mediated request titles, visit the list.
The University of Alberta Libraries acquires ebooks in the following ways:
- Purchase of large, multi-title packages from a single publisher
- Subscriptions to large, multi-title, multi-publisher packages, usually via an aggregator platform
- Purchase of individual ebooks, usually via our preferred supplier for English monographs (ProQuest).
Here’s a visual overview of how our different English-language monograph processes work together:
More detailed information is available through the following links:
- Ebooks LibGuide: Currently being updated by the CSU Team, this guide provides information for common ebook scenarios, such as wanting to assign an ebook as a required course textbook.
- Ebook packages: Holdings information for packages we are currently purchasing directly from publishers. These publishers are excluded from our approval and PDA plans
- Guidelines for the selection of ebooks
- Ebook cataloguing codes: These codes are used by our ebook cataloguers to track which packages individual ebooks belong to (Item Cat 2 field in Workflows)