Evidence-Based Acquisitions (EBA) eBooks
This is a new way of providing access to eBook titles for UVic Libraries. The UVic Libraries secured access to four publisher-specific eBook collections for a 12 month subscription period. At the end of the 12 months, UVic Libraries will select titles for purchase (perpetual access) up to the subscription level committed at the beginning of the subscription period. These eBook titles can be accessed via the library catalogue, searched for via the Summon Search, or searched directly on the publisher platforms. For the full EBA eBooks story see: https://libguides.uvic.ca/eba

The following passage is excerpted from the EBA LibGuide:

The UVic Libraries is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of over 209,000 new eBook titles from four major publishers. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the urgent need to expand online access, UVic Libraries has signed Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA) agreements with the following publishers and their associated imprints:

• Cambridge University Press eBooks
  Cambridge University Press eBooks contains subjects as diverse as astronomy, Shakespeare studies, economics, mathematics and politics. Reflecting the latest research from a broad sweep of subjects on the Cambridge Core fully searchable online platform.
• Oxford University Press eBooks
  Includes access to thousands of academic works from the celebrated scholarly list of Oxford University Press and select partner presses, covering subjects across the humanities, social sciences, sciences, medicine, and law.
• Taylor & Francis eBooks
  Access ebooks from across the Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, Behavioural Sciences, Built Environment and Law. Imprints include Routledge, Psychology Press, and Focal Press.
• Wiley Online Books
  Over 20,000 ebooks in a variety of subjects including Business, Finance & Accounting; Chemistry; Physical Sciences & Engineering; Health & Medical Sciences; Humanities; Life & Earth Sciences; Math & Statistics; Social Sciences & Psychology; and Veterinary Sciences.

The UVic LIbraries’ other eBook Collections are listed, and can be accessed, at https://webapp.library.uvic.ca/databases/results.php?subject=true&id=72

The UVic Libraries has thousands of e-books available from different vendors. Each vendor offers unique features for its e-book platform. You can search, annotate, and mark-up many digital e-books while reading them online or on your tablet, laptop, or smart phone. Use this eBooks LibGuide to ind out about the specific features of each e-book platform available to you at UVic Libraries.