Ma'am, thank you very much for the website. God bless. --- On Wed, 1/27/10, Lourdes David <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Lourdes David <[email protected]> > Subject: [FilipinoLibrarians] Fwd: [lita-l] EThOS: Free Downloads Of UK > Dissertations/Theses From The British Library > To: "filipinolibrarians" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 1:38 PM > FYI > > ---------- Forwarded message > ---------- > From: <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:26 PM > > Subject: Fwd: [lita-l] EThOS: Free Downloads Of UK > Dissertations/Theses From The British Library > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > > > > > > ----- Forwarded message from [email protected] > ----- > > Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:50:31 -0600 > > From: gerrymck <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Subject: [lita-l] EThOS: Free Downloads Of UK > Dissertations/Theses From The British Library > > To: [email protected], > [email protected], > [email protected], > [email protected] > > > > > Colleagues/ > > > > Earlier today (On My Big 60 ooohhhhhh) [:-)] > > > > > I (re)discovered EThOS, the database of UK dissertations > and theses provided > > by the British Library > > > > > [I saw a demo of a prototype [?] of the service by the > developers [?] at a > > conference in England in 2008] > > > > Among other services, EThOS allows one to search / select / > and in some/many > > cases download the full-text of items of interest FREE of > charge! > > > > "The aim of EThOS is: > > > > •To offer a 'single point of access' where > researchers the world over can > > access ALL theses produced by UK Higher Education > > •To support Higher Education Institutions through the > transition from print > > to e-theses > > •To help UK Higher Education Institutions expand > available content by > > digitising paper theses > > •To demonstrate the quality of UK research and help > attract students and > > research investment into UK HE\ > > To achieve this, EThOS offers a coherent and consistent > interface by > > implementing a central 'hub' comprising an e-store > and a digitisation suite > > at The British Library site in Boston Spa, Yorkshire. The > hub automatically > > harvests e-theses from Institutional Repositories and > digitises paper theses > > from participating institutions to offer the single point > of access. > > > > Many UK institutions support Open Access to their theses, > so download of > > their digital and digitised theses is free to the > researcher. A small number > > of participating institutions may not be able to offer Open > Access and in > > this case the researcher may have to pay for the > digitisation. > > > > Where a thesis must be digitised before supply, you can > expect a short > > delay. However, you will be informed when the thesis is > ready for collection > > and you can then log on to the system and download it. > > > > EThOS can only offer the theses of participating > institutions. While we > > expect a large number of institutions to take part, we > cannot supply from an > > institutions which chooses not to. In this case, you should > approach the > > institution's library directly to gain access to a > thesis." > > > > > > "Search across 250,000+ theses for free and order full > text quickly and > > > easily" <<< > > > > Links To EThOS And Its About / FAQs / News / Etc > >>> Available At > > > > [ http://tinyurl.com/yeedpp2 > ] > > > > Enjoy ! > > > > /Gerry > > > > Gerry McKiernan > > Associate Professor > > Science and Technology Librarian > > Iowa State University Library > > Ames IA 50011 > > > > Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs > > > > > > "The Future Is Mobile" >>> > > > > > To maximize your use of LITA-L or to unsubscribe, see > http://www.lita.org/ala/mgrps/divs/lita/litamembership/litaldisclists/litalotherdiscussion.cfm > > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > > > Colleagues/ > Earlier today (On My Big 60 ooohhhhhh) [:-)] > > I (re)discovered EThOS, the database of UK dissertations > and theses provided by the British Library > > [I saw a demo of a prototype [?] of the service by the > developers [?] at a conference in England in 2008] > Among other services, EThOS allows one to search / > select / and in some/many cases download the full-text of > items of interest FREE of charge! > "The aim of EThOS is: > •To offer a 'single point of access' where > researchers the world over can access ALL theses produced by > UK Higher Education > •To support Higher Education Institutions through the > transition from print to e-theses > > > •To help UK Higher Education Institutions expand > available content by digitising paper theses > •To demonstrate the quality of UK research and help > attract students and research investment into UK HE\ > To achieve this, EThOS offers a coherent and consistent > interface by implementing a central 'hub' comprising > an e-store and a digitisation suite at The British Library > site in Boston Spa, Yorkshire. The hub automatically > harvests e-theses from Institutional Repositories and > digitises paper theses from participating institutions to > offer the single point of access. > > > Many UK institutions support Open Access to their > theses, so download of their digital and digitised theses is > free to the researcher. A small number of participating > institutions may not be able to offer Open Access and in > this case the researcher may have to pay for the > digitisation. > > > Where a thesis must be digitised before supply, you can > expect a short delay. However, you will be informed when the > thesis is ready for collection and you can then log on to > the system and download it. > EThOS can only offer the theses of participating > institutions. While we expect a large number of institutions > to take part, we cannot supply from an institutions which > chooses not to. In this case, you should approach the > institution's library directly to gain access to a > thesis." > > > >>> "Search across 250,000+ theses for > free and order full text quickly and easily" > <<< > Links To EThOS And Its About / FAQs / News / Etc > >>> Available At > [ http://tinyurl.com/yeedpp2 > ] > Enjoy ! > /Gerry > Gerry McKiernan > Associate Professor > Science and Technology Librarian > Iowa State University Library > Ames IA 50011 > Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs > >>> "The Future Is Mobile" > >>> > > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. 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