Oh what Fun!

There is a new to me link on GALILEO for Book Collection : Non-Fiction by Ebsco.

The description by GALILEO tells us that "Book Collection : Non-Fiction is a cross-curricular research database that contains abstracts and searchable full text for more than 3,800 popular nonfiction books for youth on core subject areas, as well as information on careers, health, sports, adventure, technology, life skills, and more. It provides content representing a wide spectrum of works, including popular series from top book publishers such as Allosaurus Publishers, Bess Press, Inc., Branden Publishing, Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Fulcrum Publishing, Lerner Publishing Group, Mason Crest Publishers, Morgan Reynolds, Inc., Morning Glory Press, Oliver Press, Rourke Publishing, LLC and Stackpole Books. "

Notice it says youth but what does that mean?

You already know I think the basic Ebsco interface is boring and this is the basic Ebsco interface- you don't have to learn anything new.

Yet, there is a different link noted for Books (instead of Publications). What is very intriguing is there is an RSS feed link next to each title.

You could do the RSS feed to your aggregator and read a bit of the book each time you check your aggregator! It puts your reading where you'll see it most!

That is so helpful.

Hints on using the Book Collection- it is not NetLibrary.

Each book is broken into chapters or sections with the chapters or sections being treated as an article in the book.

Find the book you're interested in - the Book Link has them alphabetized by title. You can search by keyword or subject or author.

Click on the title- a bibliographic card appears- telling you about the book. On the right is an All Issues link that you click - similar to searching for a magazine title in the publication link in the other Ebsco products with a link to the issues.

Click on the year and the sections appear. I've noticed some books are more complete than others- you might get only one section of the book.

There is a dictionary link- not as handy as NetLibrary because you need to leave the book, go to Dictionary then do another search to find the book again. NetLibrary has the dictionary in the same screen as the book.

A compare and contrast with NetLibrary might leave the Book Collection wanting but it does have that RSS feed. That is very intriguing!