【Library Network : for faculty members】Request for recommendations of eBooks for student use in the second semester
※Recommendation form closed. Thank you for a lot of eBooks recommendations. (Oct. 19, 2020)
※Added about eBooks ineligible for recommendation. (Sep. 15, 2020)
Due to the current situation regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), most courses in the second semester of AY 2020 will continue to be provided online. The Library Network provides students with eBooks for home study. To help us provide a wider range of eBooks, we would like to ask for your recommendations of eBooks that you think would be useful for students.
Persons eligible to make recommendations
All Kyoto University faculty members (Including part-time lecturers)
eBooks eligible for recommendation
・eBooks that will be used for liberal arts and sciences (ILAS) courses in AY 2020, or that will be useful for students taking those courses.
・eBooks that will be used in undergraduate courses in AY 2020, or that will be useful for students taking those courses.
・eBooks that would be useful for undergraduate students studying at home.
eBooks ineligible for recommendation
・Complete works, journals (including back numbers), newspapers
・Study guide, workbooks, self-help books and books of hobbies and practical use
・eBooks that extra costs will be charged next year (ex: contract maintenance fee, platform usage fee)
How to make a recommendation
Please use the recommendation form
Note: if you wish to recommend more than two eBooks, please enter the titles in order of priority.
Deadline for recommendations
Finished. Thank you for a lot of eBooks recommendations. October 16, 2020
Please note
・eBooks will be purchased in the order that recommendations are received.
・We may not be able to purchase all of your recommendations due budget limitations and order of purchasing priority.
・We will endeavor to purchase recommended eBooks that could not be purchased in this budget period in a subsequent budget period.
・We cannot purchase eBooks which are not sold to academic institutions. Please refer to the list of titles which are sold to academic institutions at the "For reference" below.
・eBooks purchased will generally only be accessible by one user at a time.
Contact
Acquisition and Cataloging Section, Kyoto University Library
Email: shiryoseibi660 [@] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp
For reference
・Titles which are already owned by Kyoto University can be searched via KULINE.
・List of titles which are available to academic institutions
Titles are sorted by platform and classified by type. Please use the classifications to narrow down the lists. Some titles are provided in multiple platforms
*Please note that the files are large, so downloading them may require some time.
*Due to the large size of the files, they may not be viewable on some smartphones and tablets.
[Japanse books] (Excel, approx. 18MB) On-campus access only | ・List1 Provided by the Maruzen eBook Library ・List2 Provided by the KinoDen ・List3 Provided by the EBSCO eBooks |
[Non-Japanese books 1] (Excel, approx. 13MB) On-campus access only | ・List1 Provided by the Brill, the Cambridge, the Oxford, the Taylor & Francis, the Wiley, the World Scientific(titles published after 2015 only) ・List2 Provided by the EBSCO eBooks(titles published after 2015 only) |
[Non-Japanese books 2] (Excel, approx. 66MB) On-campus access only | ・List1 Provided by the ProQuest eBook Central(titles published after 2015 only) |
・ Although the number of eBooks available to academic institutions is smaller than the number available to individuals, it still comprises a very large number of titles. The lists include only a partial selection of the eBooks that are available, so please do not hesitate to recommend eBooks that are not included in the lists, and we will check their availability.
Your help and cooperation is greatly appreciated. Your recommendations help us to enhance our eBook collection, and will also be used as reference when requesting publishers to provide digital versions of their books.
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