1. 1 Why not use an ebook? Medical Library, NTNU medbib@ub.ntnu.no http://www.ntnu.no/ub/fagside/medisin 2012

2. 2 How do our users find our ebooks? How do our users find our ebooks from Springer (October 2011 – April 2012) Google 24821 26,5% Google Scholar 23107 24,6% BIBSYS Ask 11303 12,0% Others 34400 36,7% Total 93631 NTNU subscribes to several thousand academic ebooks from many publishers. Most of the ebooks can be found in Bibsys or at the publishers websites. Search for individual books in Bibsys Ask. Subject browsing can be easier on the publishers’ interface.

3. 3 An ebook in Bibsys Ask:

4. 4 Bibsys: You can limit a book search to ebooks only (1) 1

5. 5 ThiemeMedical E-book Library Direct link: http://ebooks.thieme.com/bookshelf

6. 6 Access Medicine (Clinical Library & Lange Educational Library) Direct link: http://www.accessmedicine.com/textbooks.aspx

7. 7 Ebrary Academic Complete Direct link: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ntnu/home.action

8. 8 Springer Link Direct link: http://www.springerlink.com /

9. 9 Check Bibsys for other ebooks. Check our homepage for other relevant ebook suppliers: English: http://www.ntnu.edu/web/ub/medicine/ebooks Norwegian: http://www.ntnu.no/web/ub/fagside/medisin/medeboker Many publishers allow us to buy single ebook title. Let us know if you find ebooks that you think the library should buy or subscribe to!