{"id":31149,"date":"2016-10-19T10:17:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T14:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=31149"},"modified":"2016-10-19T10:17:03","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T14:17:03","slug":"e-books-the-why-the-wow-the-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2016\/10\/e-books-the-why-the-wow-the-how\/","title":{"rendered":"E-books: The Why, the Wow, the How"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucclermont.edu\/library.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31150 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Down-the-hole-film-500x184.jpg\" alt=\"down-the-hole-film\" width=\"500\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Down-the-hole-film-500x184.jpg 500w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Down-the-hole-film-155x57.jpg 155w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Down-the-hole-film-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Down-the-hole-film.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>We acquired the first e-book for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucclermont.edu\/library.html\">C<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucclermont.edu\/library.html\" target=\"_blank\">lermont College Library<\/a> collection in August, 2014. Up to that point, we\u2019d purchased only print. And I love print books, holding them in my hand, flipping the pages.<\/p>\n<p>But as much as I love print books, I appreciate e-books. And here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n<p>Our students can access them from home, in the\u00a0middle of the night, in their pajamas. They just log-on with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/off-campus-access.html\" target=\"_blank\">off-campus access<\/a>, search their topic or title and presto\u2026an e-book appears that can be opened and read immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason I like e-books. Our students have access to 1,533,274+ e-books. Can I get a wow?<\/p>\n<p>How do you find an e-book? Go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucclermont.edu\/library.html\" target=\"_blank\">library\u2019s web site<\/a> and in the red box (Summon search box) type in the title or topic you\u2019re looking for. Choose the filters that best suit your search. The results list will indicate if the book is an e-book.<\/p>\n<p>As always, stop by or call the library (732-5233) with any questions.<\/p>\n<p>Penny McGinnis<br \/>\nTechnical Services Manager<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We acquired the first e-book for the Clermont College Library collection in August, 2014. Up to that point, we\u2019d purchased only print. And I love print books, holding them in my hand, flipping the pages. But as much as I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2016\/10\/e-books-the-why-the-wow-the-how\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":418,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[791],"tags":[800,360,24,46],"class_list":["post-31149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clermont-news-home","tag-clermont-college-library","tag-e-books","tag-research","tag-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}