K-12 Libraries
May 2013
What's New?
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New Titles Added to the School Subscription Collections
New titles from the H.W. Wilson Core Collections have been added to the School Subscription Collections. The eBook K-8 Collection subscription has been updated with over 1,300 titles and now contains more than 6,000 titles. Over 500 titles have been added to the eBook High School Collection subscription, which now has over 5,600 titles.
Recently-Released Collections
New Additions to the Popular Genre Audiobook Collections
New titles have been added to all 10 Popular Genre Audiobook Collections, which include Romantic Fiction Audiobooks, Mystery Fiction Audiobooks, Humor Audiobooks, Sci-Fi Audiobooks, Fantasy Fiction Audiobooks, Psychological and Suspense Fiction Audiobooks, Historical Fiction and Nonfiction Audiobooks, Christian Fiction Audiobooks, Biography Audiobooks, and the new Coming of Age Audiobooks collection.
New titles include:
- My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher (Coming of Age Collection)
- What We Saw At Night by Jacquelyn Mitchard (Coming of Age Collection)
- Witch World by Christopher Pike (Coming of Age Collection)
- The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Science Fiction Collection)
Featured eBook & Audiobook Titles
In the Water They Can't See You Cry
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
When She Woke
Things I Can't Forget
Amanda Beard
Julie Alvarez
Hillary Jordan
Miranda Kenneally
My Life After Now
Girl Unmoored
The End of Infinity
Spirit Fighter
Jessica Verdi
Jennifer Gooch Hummer
Matt Myklusch
Jerel Law
Platform Features
Coming Soon: Early Check-In Feature
Users will soon be able to check in eBooks before the check-out duration has expired using the Adobe Digital Editions software. Returning eBooks early will allow titles to be available for other users sooner. This is beneficial for libraries that have purchased titles on a single- or three-user model.
Technical Developments
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Sign up for an ECM account at www.ebscohost.com/ebooks/ecm-login-request.
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Did You Know?
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."
