Government Libraries

March 2013

Welcome to the inaugural EBSCO eBooks – Government newsletter. These newsletters aim to provide information on new government- and military-focused collections and titles that are available through EBSCO, and to highlight any technical enhancements and features related to the EBSCO eBooks platform. We hope you'll find value in these newsletters, and we welcome any feedback or suggestions for future editions.

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Recently-Released Collections

Targeting specific research areas for government and military personnel, these four new collections offer current, reputable content from leading publishers, and cover a range of topics within each collection:

• Current Affairs for Embassies – Over 80 frontlist eBooks related to the subjects covered on the Department of State's IIP Digital site, including titles on America, democracy, economic growth, environment, technology and security
• Military Reading List Companion – An eBook and audiobook collection featuring more than 110 titles from the official military reading lists, as well as complementary titles on related subjects
• Military Personnel & Families – Over 110 titles related to military life topics, including deployment, reintegration, family support, education, health and more
• International Security & Counter-Terrorism Reference Center (ISCTRC) Companion – More than 200 frontlist titles related to the various security and defense subjects covered in ISCTRC, including international security, terrorism and risk management across the international political, military, economic, social and technical spectrum

New Subject Sets

• Defense & Security
• Networking & Security
• Environment
• And many others...

View the complete list of 2013 Subject Sets for government libraries and title lists here (or via EBSCOhost Collection Manager).

Short-Term Loans on EBSCOhost Collection Manager

EBSCO is pleased to announce that a Short-Term Loan option is now available through EBSCOhost Collection Manager (ECM)—instead of purchasing a title on a Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA) list outright when activated, users can gain temporary access to the title via a short-term loan at a fraction of the list price.

This also means that libraries now have new customization options for PDA collections:

• Update your "traditional" PDA collection to trigger short-term loans
• Establish a loan limit to control how many loan copies any one book can generate
• Set up a PDA to automatically purchase a title after users have triggered a specified number of short-term loans ("Loan-to-Own")

To view tutorials or to sign up for free training, visit the EBSCO support site.

EBSCO has recently released a new version of ECM that features significant enhancements, including:

• Support for short-term loan/"Loan-to-Own" options (detailed above)
• A new interface design to simplify the eBook purchasing experience
• Support for P.O. numbers on ECM orders

If you would like to sign up for training on the new ECM, please visit http://training.ebsco.com.

If you have any additional questions on these enhancements, feel free to contact us at http://support.ebsco.com/contact/askus.php or visit our ECM support site at http://support.ebsco.com/ebooks/ecm.

EBSCOhost Collection Manager provides a report of all owned titles. To generate one, click the "Reports" drop down on the ECM home page, and then click "Owned Titles."