You are welcome On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Dulagan Cynthia <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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]<filipinolibrarians%[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. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<filipinolibrarians%[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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