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ProQuest · Library resources and discovery

Ebook Central

Ebook Central helps libraries provide access to eBooks and support courses, research, and remote work by users.

eBook platform / collection Library Faculties and departments Researchers / PhD students / master's students Library value and usage Training and teaching Researcher skills
At a glance

Electronic books for academic libraries and teaching.

Print collections cannot keep pace with developments in disciplines, while students need fast digital access to books and chapters.

Best fit: libraries, students, faculty, MBA programs, engineering, and humanities disciplines
Resource capabilities

How this resource supports your organization

Clever Consult demonstrates the solution in the context of the client’s needs, then helps set up access, training and communications, and interpret the results for leadership.

Need

Print collections cannot keep pace with developments in disciplines, while students need fast digital access to books and chapters.

Who it is for

department leadership, libraries, research offices, and specialist users

Next action

Request trial access / a demo

Diagnostic signals

Compare these needs with your organization’s priorities. A consultation helps establish whether the solution is right for you.

01

students need digital books

02

academic programs require current content

03

the library is developing its eBook collection

What changes after implementation

01

digital access to books

02

support for academic programs

03

flexible collection development

Use cases

meet a course's book requirements
provide access to remote users
build a subject-specific collection

Value indicators

ebook usage chapter downloads subject coverage course reading lists

How Clever Consult launches the solution

01help select an access model
02build collections by subject
03train library staff and faculty
04prepare user communications

How to explain value internally

We already have some of these resources

Then the priority is to assess how well tasks are covered rather than whether access exists: who uses the resource, which scenarios it supports, where gaps remain, and how this relates to KPIs.

It is difficult to justify the budget

We build the case using data, usage, a needs assessment, and implementation scenarios for specific departments.