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MyiLibrary
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Platform Name
MyiLibrary
Address
Ingram Content Group
One Ingram Boulevard
La Vergne, TN 37086
USA
Avon House
Headlands Business Park
Salisbury Road
Ringwood, Hampshire
BH24 3PB
United Kingdom
URL
Contact Email
Contact Tel
Tel: +1 (615) 213-5400 (USA)
Tel: +44 (0) 1425 485900 (United Kingdom)
Titles
MyiLibrary® distributes key titles from the world’s leading publishers including:
• Taylor & Francis
• Wiley-Blackwell
• Oxford University Press
• Cambridge University Press
• McGraw-Hill
• Palgrave Macmillan
• Springer
• Elsevier
• Pearson Education
• Greenwood Publishing Group
We also have exclusive access to intergovernmental publications from groups such as the International Atomic Energy Agency, the World Health Organization and the International Maritime Organization.
Summary
MyiLibrary is an industry-leading e-content aggregation platform for public, academic and professional libraries around the world.
Our unique platform offers organizations the ability to acquire and access digital content on an individual title, publisher-specific or subject collection basis, based on their unique requirements and resources.
With nearly 250,000 titles currently available, covering all major disciplines, and an additional 5,000 titles being added monthly, MyiLibrary is the fastest-growing and most comprehensive online e-content platform on the market today.
Our easy-to-navigate user interface allows for fast access to electronic information, making MyiLibrary an indispensable tool for library users. This is supported by flexible authentication, comprehensive search and retrieval capabilities and the ability for individual users to annotate and store searches and notes for access at a later date.
Content
Business Models
MyiLibrary offers a range of pricing models including Perpetual Access and Subscription.
Licensing Models
Institutional site licenses are available; details upon request.
Access Control
Authentication
- Username/Password
- IP Address
- Classic Athens
- SAML Compliant (e.g. Shibboleth)
- Referring URL
- EZ Proxy
- Member of UK Access Management Federation
Concurrency Limit
MyiLibrary offers several concurrency models. Institutions may select the single concurrency model, which allows for only one user to view an e-book at any given time. In addition, institutions may select the multiple user model. The number of concurrent users in our multiple user model range from two to unlimited. The exact number of concurrent users for the multiple concurrency model will be defined in the institution's contract.
Restrictions
Access to the MyiLibrary platform will be authenticated at the institution level. Titles are subject to DRM in accordance with publisher agreements.
Notes
MyiLibrary permits limited portions of each e-book to be downloaded or printed. The actual pages allowed to be downloaded or printed are determined on a publisher level. End users may also save notes and searches as well as personalize the platform by creating free, personal accounts.
In addition, MyiLibrary supports Shibboleth and Athens authentication.
Search
Features
- Advanced Search
- Boolean AND
- Boolean NOT
- Boolean OR
- Exact Phrase
- Keywords
- Search by Author
- Search by Title
- Search by Full Text
- Search by ISBN
- Search by Date
- Search by Metadata
- Search by Library of Congress Subject Tree
- Search by MESH Subject Headings
- Search via MARC
- Simple Search
- Search History
- Saved Searches
- Wildcards
- Search Only Subscribed Content
- Search All Titles
Indexing
- Library of Congress
- MESH
- Dewey Decimal
- BIC Subject Codes
- National Library of Medicine's Unified Medical Language System
- Theasuri
- Dictionaries
Cross Database Search
MyiLibrary supports searching across the database.
Web Search
Web Search is not currently supported.
Saved Searches
Users are able to save their searches when logged in to their personal account; this functionality is not available when not logged in. Saved searches are available in perpetuity.
Search Tips
MyiLibrary offers a 'Help' section which gives tips on searching.
Search Other Content
The ability to Search Other Content is not currently supported, as MyiLibrary is a standalone platform.
Search Results
Functionality
- Deduplication
- Include Abstracts
- OpenURL linking
Ordering
Search results can be ordered by title, by publication date and by relevance to the search term.
Presentation
Search results are presented in relevancy ranked order by default.
Selecting Results
Users can refine searches and save the refined search.
Exporting
- Refwork
- Endnote
eBook Navigation
Presentation
First the e-book's cover appears with the e-book details (metadata).
After the user opens the e-book in the Viewer, there are two panes shown. The left-hand pane shows tabs for Bibliographic Details, Notes, Table of Contents, Search and Reference Tools. The right-hand pane shows a page-by-page full text display.
Links
- Additional resources (e.g. end matter, glossaries)
Restrictions
- Copy
- Paste
- DRM used
Other Functionality
Linking
- Title Linking
- Chapter Linking
- Page Linking
- Full Text Linking
- MARC linking
- Linking to OPAC
- Linking to VLE/MLE
- Open URL/Persistent URL
Help Information
MyiLibrary offers an online help manual. The site also contains a section of FAQs.
Contextual, in page, help is also available.
Training
MyiLibrary offers WebEx demos, when needed.
Interface Customisation
Users can, by arrangement, request customization of the Welcome Message and a logo can be added for branding purposes.
Alerting
Alerts are available for new titles, new editions and e-book updates. These are sent by email to a user's registered email address.
Software Updates
Customer-facing updates are carried out twice a year.
Back-end software updates are available monthly.
Usage Stats
- COUNTER Compliant Vendor
- COUNTER Book Reports 1-6
- Available Online
- Available by Email
Metadata
- MARC
- ONIX
- Integration with Catalogues for MARC records
Technical Integration
MyiLibrary integrates with link-resolving systems.
VLE Integration
MyiLibrary currently does not support VLE integration.
Social Bookmarking
MyiLibrary currently does not support Social Bookmarking.
Language Support
The MyiLibrary platform is in English but hosts content in various languages.
Other
Information not provided
Accessibility
W3C Compliance
MyiLibrary is compliant on most of the 508 & W3C ADA Guidelines & does integrate with JAWS for text to speech support. We continually strive to reach full compliance with all 508 and W3C Guidelines.
Browser Compatibility
The following browser is optimized to view MyiLibrary:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 & greater
The following browsers are compatible with MyiLibrary but may include deprecated features; these browsers may be entirely functional, and we intend for them to be so, but issues related to them are assigned a lower priority:
• Chrome 2 & greater
• Firefox 3 & greater
• Internet Explorer 5.5 & greater
• Safari 2 & greater (Macintosh)
• Safari 3 & greater (Windows)
Plugins Required
There are no browser plugins required; the platform is used from a standard web browser.
Availability & Uptime
24/7 Uptime
MyiLibrary is available 24/7.
Downtime (as specified in service level agreements)
There is no scheduled downtime and no regular periods of downtime. Updates take a few minutes and a user will barely notice the interruption.
Mirror Sites
No, the site is not mirrored at the moment.
