Showing posts with label ebooks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ebooks. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

New Transpersonal Psychology Book Worth Exploring


Some of you may already know about the new book about the field of transpersonal psychology:

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology

We are so proud that so many of our faculty, alums and students contributed to this scholarly text. We have a print copy on display in the library on the table nearest the Reference Collection. We will attempt to ask all of the authors to sign it, but that may take some time.

We also purchased an e-book copy of the Handbook. This is available in the ebrary e-book collection. This is a multi-user access title, so 3 people can access it at once. Please be patient and try again if you are that 4th person. We will track usage to see if we need to purchase another e-copy.

Questions about this book? Please email us.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

All about E-Books: Sofia University Library's E-book Collections Overview

E-books seem to be a hot topic in recent months. The Sofia University Library currently has a number of e-book collections with full text digital books to read and download. All e-book collections are accessible from the Access Databases page.

All e-books can be read online in your favorite browser. With some e-books, you can download and keep chapters. With some you can download and read sections on a short term basis.

PsycBooks: Chapters from 2,000 books published by APA, and other publishers, classic books in psychology, and authored entries from the APA/Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Psychology. Chapters are downloaded as PDFs to keep. Found in the EbscoHost Database collection.

ebrary: Searchable database of over 80,000 recent full text books in many academic fields. Titles are added monthly. There are several options for reading or using the e-books in ebrary. Read online as long as you have an internet connection. Download or print sections. If you wish to download the entire text, you will need Adobe Digital Editions and the copy you download will expire in 14 days.

Springer E-Books in Behavioral Sciences: Database of over 400 books in behavioral sciences published by Springer from 2005-2013. New titles are added each year. Chapters are downloadable as PDFs to keep.

There are also smaller collections of e-books in other databases:

Counseling & Psychotherapy Transcripts: Database of therapy and counseling session transcripts that includes 40 digital reference works. Sections are printable.

Ebsco e-book Collection: Full text for selected transpersonal books. Small but growing! Found in the EbscoHost Database collection. Read online as long as you have an internet connection.

Questions? Email us your questions or set an appointment.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Ebrary Basics

Ebrary is one of our favorite library ebook collections.  With over 80,000 full text ebooks on thousands of subjects, you can explore, read, and enjoy for hours.

If you want to get started with ebrary, you might want to watch the following video to get an overview.


ebrary video