A Comparison Study and Heuristic Evaluation of Two Aggregator Ebook Platforms: ProQuest eBook Central and EBSCOhost eBooks

While the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) manages many collections through publishers or aggregator platforms for electronic titles delivered through our approval plans or firm orders are ProQuest Ebook Central ("Ebook Central") and EBSCOhost eBooks ("EBSCOhost"). To better...

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Published inJournal of electronic resources librarianship Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 132 - 138
Main Authors Calhoun, Erin, Zhu, Mary
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Taylor & Francis Ltd 01.04.2023
Subjects
Academic libraries
Comparative studies
E-books
Heuristic
Usability
Web portals
Canada
Toronto Ontario Canada
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Summary:While the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) manages many collections through publishers or aggregator platforms for electronic titles delivered through our approval plans or firm orders are ProQuest Ebook Central ("Ebook Central") and EBSCOhost eBooks ("EBSCOhost"). To better understand the advantages and usability of these platforms, we (electronic resource librarian and academic library intern student) completed a comparative study of the two platforms and library administration portals.
ISSN:1941-126X
DOI:10.1080/1941126X.2023.2197754