Library Catalogue as One Stop Shop

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Softlink Oliver: EBSCO ebooks and databases, Overdrive, Clickview, Pathfinders and Federated search Sign into Oliver Basic search: example "genetics" Click first ebook on list Click EBSCO link

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Transcript of Library Catalogue as One Stop Shop

Softlink Oliver: EBSCO ebooks and databases, Overdrive, Clickview, Pathfinders and Federated searchSign into OliverBasic search: example "genetics"

Click first ebook on list

Click EBSCO link

Choose PDF Full Text

Reading offline

No pass through for EBSCO personal acccount - password is problem

Click View Your Checkouts Folder now

Download Offline

Creates acsm folder - see bottom left

Opens in Adobe Digital Editions - need single signon

Federated Search

Untick google

Scroll down and find EBSCO ANZ Reference database resources

Click top one

Click EBSCO link - straight to article

Advanced search - pick eshelf and ebooks in Types

Also picks up Overdrive ebooks

But no single sign on yet

Clickview

Clickview started - no additional password required

Edshelf - instructions and pathfinders we have created

Teacher Professional Resources

EBSCO Education Source professional development resources

And reading in seconds online

Advantages of EBSCO resources: Whole school can read/use resources simultaneously - great for equity - not first students gets the best books Can read offline, but cannot get digital file of whole book - great for stopping accidental plagiarism via cutting and pasting