At a glance:
• What is Books Academic?▼
Tailored to academic institutions, Books Academic, covering several languages, provides access to the complete and unabridged content of thousand of online textbooks as well as hundreds of audiobooks and executive summaries in a fully searchable database.
All users have full and simultaneous access to all titles and the collection is automatically updated with new releases.
Books Academic is compatible with Google Translate. The students can therefore automatically translate the books into their preferred language, and achieve an easier approach.
It is possible to download parts of the digital books and read them offline or print them.
The collection is available on most "link resolver services", and support the MARC standard on all titles.
• Why choose Books Academic?▼
Satisfied customers and operational stability are our highest priority. We therefore deliver a system that:
- Automatically updated with new titles.
- Easily integrates with the library system with single sign-on.
- Is exceptionally reliable and stable.
- Puts the user at the center with targeted functionality.
- Delivered at a competitive price.
The above is proven by our customer's many years of trust in both us and the system.
• How is it installed?▼
Books Academic is available on most link resolver services. In many cases, the integration with the library system can thus be done with a few clicks of the mouse.
The integration is done with EZproxy. This ensures flexible access and makes it possible to access the databases easily and anonymously - also outside the library area.
All titles support the MARC standard, making it easy to integrate with your search system.
The MARC standard ensures that all bibliographic data is available in your search systems.
• Which publishers are behind?▼
The titles are a complete rendering of the same titles that are published through a number of publishers. There are currently agreements with a wide range of publishers. Springer, Gildan Media, Franzis, De Gruyter, GABAL Verlag, Kogan Page, John Wiley & Sons, Apress, McGraw-Hill, Elsevier Science and Technology Books, Cambridge University Press og Taylor and Francis are just some of the names.
The content is written by professionals – opposed to regular web searches with many wrong and misleading information.
• What does it cost ?▼
We operate with 2 licensing models:
The price is based either on the individual institution's FTE figures, or on a specific number of relevant users.
The subscription is made for 1, 2 or 3 years and provides full and unlimited access during the license period.
We are happy to make a tailor-made offer, based on your situation.
Books Academic
E-books from reputable publishers - tailored for academic libraries. Integration with existing library system and full MARC support.