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The New Netlibrary, Sue Polanka Nov 2008

The New Netlibrary, Sue Polanka

University Libraries' Staff Publications

At nearly 10 years old, NetLibrary remains the largest e-content provider. Since being acquired by OCLC in 2002, it has made some major changes.


E-Book Distributors For The Public And School Library Markets, Sue Polanka Nov 2008

E-Book Distributors For The Public And School Library Markets, Sue Polanka

University Libraries' Staff Publications

In the May 15 issue of Reference Books Bulletin, Off the Shelf provided an overview of three e-book aggregators with a focus on the academic library market. This column highlights Follett Digital Resources and OverDrive, two e-book distribution services for public and school libraries. Readers should also consult “The New NetLibrary,” on p.72.


E-Book Aggregators, Sue Polanka May 2008

E-Book Aggregators, Sue Polanka

University Libraries' Staff Publications

Like many librarians, you're beginning to purchase e-books from a variety of publishers, and you're confused by all the different licensing agreements, platforms, and pricing models. A solution to this madness? Use an e-book aggregator. Aggregators partner with multiple publishers to supply content and provide a platform for libraries and end users to search, order, access, and download the content on the Web. We'll focus here on three of the larger academic aggregators EBL, ebrary, and MyiLibrary. Ebooks Corporations EBL (Ebook Library) [http://www.eblib.com] partners with 250 academic and trade publishers, offering more than 85,000 titles. Ebrary [http:// www.ebrary.com] partners with …


Psy 7670 - Literature Reviews, Spring 2008, Karl White, M. Harrison Fitt, Tom Caswell Jan 2008

Psy 7670 - Literature Reviews, Spring 2008, Karl White, M. Harrison Fitt, Tom Caswell

Psychology - OCW

This course is designed to help students in doctoral programs write a literature review that is appropriate for a dissertation or thesis proposal. The course will emphasize skills for writing the Problem Statement and conducting and writing the Review of Literature. Even though the Procedures section is an important part of the dissertation proposal, it will not be dealt with extensively in this class. Other courses which deal specifically with the appropriate design, analysis, and interpretation issues which the student will use for his or her research should be taken prior to this course. Substantial time will be devoted to …


What Motivates Consumers To Write Online Travel Reviews?, Kyung Hyan Yoo, Ulrike Gretzel Jan 2008

What Motivates Consumers To Write Online Travel Reviews?, Kyung Hyan Yoo, Ulrike Gretzel

Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)

The Web provides a fertile ground for word-of-mouth communication and more and more consumers write about and share product-related experiences online. Given the experiential nature of tourism, such first-hand knowledge communicated by other travelers is especially useful for travel decision making. However, very little is known about what motivates consumers to write online travel reviews. A Web-based survey using an online consumer panel was conducted to investigate consumers' motivations to write online travel reviews. Measurement scales to gauge the motivations to contribute online travel reviews were developed and tested. The results indicate that online travel review writers are mostly motivated …