Following analysis of ordering patterns and requests over immediate past years, UQ Library began purchasing collections of ebooks from various publishers and societies.

These may be collections from past years; or front files - in effect everything the publisher outputs in the current year, or the year to come.

Usage figures show that these purchases have been well-received, and are an effective and efficient way to purchase resources that support UQ research, and teaching and learning.

The availability of purchased titles is stable over time, and they offer superior digital content management (DRM) to users. UQ Library recommends that academics place these titles on Course Profiles.

The benefits usually include:

• unlimited, simultaneous access by multiple users
• full download to portable devices
• unlimited printing/copying.

The following list may not be exhaustive at all times, as purchasing is ongoing. However, it is updated regularly.

Publishers from whom UQ Library has purchased significant multi-disciplinary collections:

• Sage: 2000-
• Springer: all English language imprints, 2005-
• Elsevier: a large number of subject-based collections, 2005-
• Oxford University Press: a large number of subject-based collections with their Oxford Scholarship Online program, particularly 2011 imprints
• Edward Elgar Publishing: most imprints from 2000-
• CAB International: 2000-
• CSIRO: material digitised from 1987-
• World Scientific: 2005-2011

Publishers from whom UQ Library has purchased more focused subject collections:

• Hart Publishing: law, 2000-2010
• CRC Press: engineering & environmental sciences, 2002-
• Brill: Middle East & Islamic studies, 2008-2009
• Cambridge University Press: Australiana collection
• Kogan Page: management, 2006-2008
• Morgan & Claypool: engineering, all imprints
• OECD: economics, 1995-
• Palgrave Macmillan: political & international studies, 2005-
• World Bank: economics
• Emerald: business, 2001-
• Emerald: social sciences, 2001-

Societies/organizations from whom UQ Library has purchased ebook collections:

• Institute for Civil Engineering (Thomas Telford): 1984-
• World Tourism Organization: 2001-
• SPIE: engineering, 1990-2012
• Royal Society of Chemistry: 1966-
• IEEE: 1950-
• Centre for Economic Policy Research: 1984-
• National Bureau for Economic Research: 1973-
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers: 1993-
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Conference proceedings, 2002-
• American Psychiatric Publishing: 2000-2010
• Association for Computing Machinery: all imprints
• American Chemical Society. Symposium series: 1950-
• Future Medicine Group: 2012-
• Geological Society of London (Lyell Collection). Special publications, memoirs

Updated: August 2012