Electronic Library Services

Arthur N. Olsen, Academic Librarian

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Agder University Library

A modern library with :• 200.000 volumes• Access to 18.000 electronic periodicals• A wide variety of electronic services: databases, dictionaries,

encyclopedias• Qualified and helpful library staff of about 25 FTE• Access to electronic services and more information on our

Webpages:

http://www.uia.no/uba

Choose English !

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Budget & purchasing

• Total budget for print & electronic services 8 mil NOK

• Electronic services : e-journals, e-books, databases 4 mil NOK

• Most of our purchases through a national consortium

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Electronic Journals

• Collections from publishersElsevier Science Direct, Springer Link, Sage ,

Wiley-Blackwell , Taylor and Francis , Emerald , IEEE

• Open URL ServiceChoose Bibsys X from database search screens to see our library holdings

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E-books

• Main service from Ebrary• Over 50,000 electronic books • From 1990 – 2009• Good coverage of relevant topics• Bookshelf, Infotools, markup

• We have started purchasing e-books from Dawson

• A project regarding e-book readers is underway

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Some important databases of relevance

• Ebscohost Business Source Complete

• Ebscohost Econlit

• Factiva

• Web of Science

• Scopus