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ACLS Humanities E-Book Offer 2016-2017

Response Deadline: 
July 8, 2016

Subscription Term

Begins: 

August 1, 2016

Ends: 

July 31, 2017

A new national site license for the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Humanities E-Book collection was negotiated by the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL). All subscribers will enjoy a 27% consortial discount.

Libraries that are joint members of BC ELN and COPPUL are asked to submit responses to BC ELN.


This license is made available through a national site license negotiated on behalf of Consortia Canada by the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL).


Updates: 

This is a new national subscription product. Libraries that have a direct subscription with the vendor are now eligible for the consortial discount of 27%.

June 30, 2016: ACLS is offering NEW subscribers an 18-month subscription for the cost of 12 months.

March 15, 2017: ACLS is offering NEW subscribers a free extended trial to the Humanities E-Book collection, from now until July 31, 2017 (the end of the current licensing term).  When the collection renews on August 1, 2017, libraries taking advantage of the free trial can subscribe at the consortial price. Any interested libraries should contact BC ELN to set up a free trial.


Overview

Vendor: 
Lyrasis
Description: 

ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB) is an online collection of over 5,400 books of high quality in the humanities and related social sciences, accessible through institutional subscription. HEB is available to entire campus communities.

ACLS societies which participate in curating the collection provide title recommendations and vet titles offered for inclusion by individual authors or publishers. HEB’s collection contains many titles which hold awards from ACLS societies, as well as other notable prizes such as the National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize, Choice awards, among others.

Humanities E-Book currently covers multiple fields in the humanities and social sciences, including:

  • African History
  • American History
  • Archaeology
  • Art and Architectural History
  • Asian Studies
  • Canadian History
  • Comparative/World
  • Economic History
  • Environmental Studies
  • European History
  • Film and Media Studies
  • Hip Hop Studies
  • Islamic Studies
  • Jewish Studies
  • Latin American History
  • LGBT/Queer Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Literature
  • Middle Eastern History
  • Musicology
  • Native Peoples of the Americas
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Religion
  • Sociology
  • Women's Studies

For more detailed information about the collection, see the Societies and Publishers whose content is included in Humanities E-Book.

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Last updated: April 18, 2020

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Response

Current Subscribers: 

Response Instructions

Libraries interested in participating in the subscription, should contact the BC ELN Office by the response deadline of July 8, 2016.

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