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The Hyde Library at MUS (and the other three MAISLIC libraries) have bought NetLibrary collections for years and now have over 40,000 titles in the shared collection. This summer, NetLibrary became part of EbscoHost, the provider of thousands of journal titles and other library resources. How will this affect us?
First, you can still find NetLibrary ebooks in the library catalog and open them by clicking on the links in the records. The interface is similar to the old one but has been improved and works better.
Second, you no longer have to set up an individual account on the MUS campus. If you're off campus, you can log in with the library's general username and password, and you can set up your own individual account for more options. (Unfortunately, if you had a set of notes on the NetLibrary platform, they are no longer saved.)
Third, it's still a shared collection, so if someone else is using the book, you will see a message that says to try again later. You can still create notes, search inside the book, and save favorites. In addition, you can now print up to 60 pages, email part of a book, and see the MLA citation. If you search the EbscoHost "All Databases," you will get both book and journal results on the same topic. Try it out, see how you like it, and let us know!
