Whole Ebook ILL Product-Specific Recommendations
| Vendor |
Full book pdf download available?
|
Chapter download available?
|
Does it need to be stitched?
|
Restrictions?
|
| African Books Collective |
Y |
B |
N |
Some titles are DRM restricted |
| APA PsycBooks (on EBSCO platform) |
N |
Y |
Y |
None |
|
Brill
|
Y |
Y |
N |
*Non-commercial use only |
|
OSO/UPSO
|
N |
Y |
Y |
*Non-commercial use only |
| University of Michigan Press Ebook Collection |
Y |
N |
N |
None |
| Springer (for 2021 and forward content) |
Y |
Y |
N |
*Non-commercial use only |
|
T&F / CRC
|
Y |
N |
N |
None |
| Wiley |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Only perpetual access titles |
African Books Collective:
- Please be aware that the ABC Collection has some content that is DRM-restricted. The ABC VIVA Title List indicates which titles have DRM protections.
- If you see, Download to Adobe Digital Editions, the title has DRM-restrictions and cannot be loaned.
- African Books Collective ILL Rights
APA PsycBooks (EBSCO):
- This product is only available to VIVA members who have opted-in.
- The “Books” filter does not limit search results to full e-books.
- The whole e-book is retrieved through the hyperlinked “Source” field in the item record.
- Only chapters may be downloaded so the lending library must remember to include front and back matter. Content will need to be stitched.
- APA PsycBooks on EBSCO Platform ILL Rights
Brill:
OSO/UPSO:
- All titles may be loaned.
- Searching in quotation marks does not work well – search queries using quotation marks did not yield any results. Search queries without quotation marks were successful in bringing up title results.
- You can only download a UPSO ebook chapter by chapter, so the lending library must also remember to download all front and back end material (e.g. the title page, appendix, bibliography, etc.).
- OSO and UPSO E-books (purchase) ILL Rights
Springer (2021-onward):
Taylor & Francis:
- All titles may be loaned, including available evidence-based titles for which we do not have perpetual access rights.
- Taylor & Francis ILL Rights
University of Michigan Press Ebook Collection:
Wiley:
- Only selected titles may be loaned for the VIVA Wiley collection. Available evidence-based titles may not be.
- When VIVA selects shared, perpetual access titles, VIVA custom KB collections for these purchases will be created with the whole ebook ILL referenced in the title.
- The Wiley UBCM Selected Titles indicates which titles are available as well as through knowledgebase collections may be loaned.
- Wiley Online Library ILL Rights
General Recommendations:
If a patron requests specific chapters from a book, it is recommended that departments send the whole book, rather than spending time stitching together select chapters, since whole book pdf download is available.
Compression:
Larger files (pdfs) may require compression prior to sending. Maximum file size for delivery is determined by the individual institution’s campus network capability. Current file size limit in Article Exchange and Odyssey is 120 MBs.
Stitching Best Practices:
- Each chapter should be saved so the file name is the title of the chapter with a numeral in front of it.
- This is helpful when sorting the files to be merged, and if using Adobe Acrobat Pro, it will automatically generate bookmarks in the merged file based on the individual chapters. This will help the patron quickly jump between the chapters.
- Pay very close attention to the chapter order when merging the file! Example of numerals that can be utilized in front of the section title(s) to keep them in order:
- i, ii, iii… for the Front Matter
- 1, 2, 3… for the Chapters
- a, b, c… for the End Matter
*Non-commercial defined:
Non-commercial means that the borrowing library or entity cannot be for profit, for example, a business or law firm.
