Number of Users for eBook Platforms
The MGA Library has eBooks from a number of different vendors, and they have different user models--in other words, for some of our eBooks, only a limited number of students can access the books simultaneously. For others, unlimited users can access them at the same time. The following gives basic guidelines on how many simultaneous users can access each brand of eBook.
If you find an eBook in the Library's GIL catalog that you would like to assign to your class and have questions, please give your Library Liaison a call for more information.
eBook vendor and collection
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# of Concurrent Users
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Ebsco Academic Collection
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Unlimited
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eBooks on EBSCOhost (formerly NetLibrary)
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Varies by title. Click on the GIL link to access the book, then look for the line of information that says "Concurrent User Level." Will either say Unlimited, or Limited (with number of concurrent users named).
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eBook Central (ProQuest)
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Unlimited/Some downloads may limit to a certain page amount.
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Rittenhouse/R2 Digital Library
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Single user
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Oxford University Press
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Single user
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Gale
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Unlimited
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Credo
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Unlimited
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