CHOICE Awards Outstanding Academic Title to ebrary’s Academic Complete

ALO ALTO, Calif. - Monday, January 31st 2011 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ebrary®, a leading provider of e-books and research technology, today announced that its Academic Complete™ subscription database has received the prestigious designation of CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title (OAT), further cementing its position as the best value in the industry.

Licensed by thousands of libraries worldwide, Academic Complete features a growing selection of more than 52,000 e-books in all academic subject areas with unlimited, multi-user access. The product also includes DASH!™ (Data Sharing, Fast), which enables libraries to upload and integrate their own digital content right from their computers. Preview the collection at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/academiccompletetitles.

“Academic Complete is our flagship product that we have offered to libraries for nearly a decade,” said Kevin Sayar, President and General Manager of ebrary. “We are very proud that with ongoing input and support from our customers and partners we have been able to improve both the quality of the collection and the research tools that have enabled Academic Complete to receive such an honor from CHOICE.”

Academic Complete subscribers may supplement their collection with purchased titles and e-books acquired through ebrary’s Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA) program, including over 1,000 additional CHOICE OAT from Cambridge University Press, Harvard University Press, Oxford University Press, Wiley, Yale University Press, and other leading publishers. The CHOICE selection may be previewed at http://site.ebrary.com/lib/choicetitles.

Key features and benefits include the following:

* Available anytime through any web-enabled device including the iPad.
* Seamless integration between subscription databases, purchased titles, and e-books acquired through PDA.
* Upload and integrate your own digital materials with DASH!, available with select subscription databases.
* Free on-demand MARC records.
* Granular COUNTER-compliant usage reports.
* 24/7 web-based training with a real person.
* Powerful technology:
o Multiple options for searching, navigating, and browsing.
o Saved searches with automatic alerts for end-users when new content that matches their interests is available.
o ebrary InfoTools™, which turns every word into a portal to additional information on the web.
o Notes and highlights that are automatically stored on a personal bookshelf.
o Ability to copy/paste and print text with automatic citations and URL hyperlinks back to the source.
o Personal bookshelves with moveable folders that can be shared with others.
o ADA 508C compliant content, text-to-speech, and other accessibility features.

To request a demo, title list, or additional information, please email sales@ebrary.com.

About ebrary (www.ebrary.com)

ebrary® is a leading provider of e-books and research technology to libraries worldwide. Founded in 1999, the company offers more than 273,000 e-books from over 500 trusted publishers under flexible models including subscription, perpetual access, and patron driven acquisition. ebrary is the only e-book provider that enables customer to upload and integrate their own digital materials right from their computers with DASH!™ (Data Sharing, Fast) as well as apply cross-referencing with multiple online resources with InfoTools™. A member of the ProQuestfamily of companies, ebrary is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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