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E-books Summary Service Number of titles Collection content Content format Saving / downloading Printing On and off campus access Download to PC and USB Download to e-reader MyiLibrary Nearly 7,000 Single titles in all subjects Embedded PDF in MyiLibrary screen. 5% of a book or a single chapter. In practice usually 10 pages at a time in a session. Direct from the title within MyiLibrary & not from saved content held on a PC or other device. Yes – log into MyiLibrary via the portal from the A-Z list of resources. Yes No - but you can transfer PDF file Dawsonera Nearly 2,000 Single titles in all subjects Embedded PDF in Dawsonera screen. To the local drive of your computer, or save to a CD or USB stick for up to 3 days. Copyright restriction is 5% for printing per user for the life of each e-book. Yes – log into Dawsonera as above. Download an e-book from the Full Title Display of the Reader portal. Not yet. Cambridge Books Online (CBO) 981 Titles from the Economics collection, Film, Media, Mass Communication collection and Each chapter is a separate PDF. Download individual PDF chapters for a period of time. A chapter. Yes – log into CBO as above. Download a chapter from the table of contents in CBO. Yes – transfer PDF file

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A summary of electronic book collections at the University of Greenwich.

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E-books Summary

Service Number of titles

Collection content

Content format

Saving / downloading

Printing On and off campus access

Download to PC and USB

Download to e-reader

MyiLibrary Nearly 7,000

Single titles in all subjects

Embedded PDF in MyiLibrary screen.

5% of a book or a single chapter. In practice usually 10 pages at a time in a session.

Direct from the title within MyiLibrary & not from saved content held on a PC or other device.

Yes – log into MyiLibrary via the portal from the A-Z list of resources.

Yes No - but you can transfer PDF file

Dawsonera Nearly 2,000

Single titles in all subjects

Embedded PDF in Dawsonera screen.

To the local drive of your computer, or save to a CD or USB stick for up to 3 days.

Copyright restriction is 5% for printing per user for the life of each e-book.

Yes – log into Dawsonera as above.

Download an e-book from the Full Title Display of the Reader portal.

Not yet.

Cambridge Books Online (CBO)

981 Titles from the Economics collection, Film, Media, Mass Communication collection and

Each chapter is a separate PDF.

Download individual PDF chapters for a period of time.

A chapter. Yes – log into CBO as above.

Download a chapter from the table of contents in CBO.

Yes – transfer PDF file

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E-books Summary

Service Number of titles

Collection content

Content format

Saving / downloading

Printing On and off campus access

Download to PC and USB

Download to e-reader

selected titles published between the years 2006 to 2010 from the Sociology collection.

Oxford Scholarship Online (OSO)

433 Titles from the Business and Management, and Economics and Finance subject collections.

Each chapter is a separate PDF.

Download an individual PDF chapter, or up to 5% of the pages of any title, whichever is greater for a period of time.

A chapter Yes – log into OSO as above.

Download a chapter from the table of contents in OSO.

Yes – transfer PDF file

Emerald 550 volumes from 70 book series titles

Titles in the Business, Management & Economics eBook Archive collection.

Each chapter is a separate PDF.

Download individual PDF chapters for a period of time.

A chapter Yes – log into Emerald as above.

Download a chapter from the table of contents.

Yes – transfer PDF file