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Collections update: Springer Biomedical and Life Sciences EBA 2025-26

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Completing the Springer EBA trilogy, we are also pleased to announce that the Springer Biomedical and Life Sciences EBA has been renewed for another year. As with both the Springer Mathematics and Statistics EBA, and Springer Engineering EBA, this rolling subscription model provides access to the last four years of publications (2022-2025). The Biomedical and Lifesciences EBA makes available over 2,900 DRM-free ebooks and conference proceedings, covering subjects such as: agriculture, plant sciences, biotechnology, and food science.

A link filtering for subscribed material can be accessed via the ebooks@cambridge libguide, under ‘Find ebooks’. Records to titles can also be found on iDiscover, with new texts added as they are published. As an Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA) scheme, the full annual subscription fee will be used by Cambridge STEMM librarians to purchase perpetual access to the most popular titles. Titles from the previous yearly subscription, covering the years 2021-2024, have recently been selected and are now available in perpetuity.

Please see below for a selection of new titles, with links to their iDiscover records beneath the images.

Further details about our other EBA renewals can be found in our Springer Mathematics and Statistics EBA blogpost, and the Springer Engineering EBA blogpost. Please do get in touch with us at ebooks@cambridge if you have any questions or would like to know more about the Springer EBAs.

Collections update and new resource: CABI Digital Library 2025 ebook collection and CABI Cases

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Collections update: CABI Digital Library 2025 ebook collection

CABI Digital Library search bar, depicting an agricultural background with a person using a smartphone

Building on previous purchases of both the 2020-2022 and the 2023-2024 collections, we are pleased to announce that thanks to Cambridge University STEMM Libraries the CABI digital library 2025 ebook collection has been purchased in perpetuity. Approximately 80 new titles will be included in this collection, and records will continue to be added to iDiscover as titles are published throughout this year. Available titles can also be searched on the CABI Digital Library.

The new ebooks cover a range of subjects, including agriculture, animal welfare, veterinary and animal sciences, biotechnology, and plant sciences. The collection will be useful for those studying Biological Sciences and particularly Plant Sciences, as well as having wider applicability to the Humanities and Social Sciences. All titles are unlimited access and DRM free.

Please see below for a selection of new titles, with links to their iDiscover records beneath the images.

Front cover for Blue-Green Rehabilitation, shows a riverside path with people sitting on grass.
Front cover for Mental Health and Well-being in Animals, shows different animals, including a grey parrot, a dog and cat, pigs, tortoises, and ponies.
Front cover of Elephant Welfare in Global Tourism, shows two elephants eating leaves and a person.
Front cover of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Social Research, shows a person with computer programme images superimposed over their face.
Front cover for Soil Health and Nutrition Management, shows a small green plant beginning to grow from the soil.
Front cover for Dendrobium nobile, shows purple Dendrobium nobile, a type of orchid.
Front cover for Genome Editing for Crop Improvement, shows a strand of DNA and a small shooting plant.
Front cover for Chalcidoidea of the World, shows a chalcidoid wasp.

New resource: CABI Cases

Cover for Animal Behaviour and Welfare Cases, showing a tabby cat looking up.
Cover for Animal Science Cases, showing cows walking across a field.
Cover for Plant Health Cases, showing plants starting to shoot and grow from the soil.

We are also pleased to announce that a new resource has been purchased by Cambridge University STEMM Libraries from CABI, called CABI Cases. This is a new product offered by CABI, and access has been purchased for specific year collections across three Cases: ‘CABI Cases: Animal Behaviour and Welfare’ (2022-24); ‘CABI Cases: Animal Science’ (2024); and ‘CABI Cases: Plant Health’ (2023-24). The Cases are composed of case studies covering subjects such as forestry and food, agriculture, veterinary and animal sciences, human health, and much more. In total, we have access to over 110 case studies across the three purchased collections.

As CABI notes, the Cases present “practical, educational case studies” which “support study, research and practice… They are written by leading international practitioners and academics and peer-reviewed to ensure quality.” The case studies will again be of particular interest to disciplines within Biological Sciences and Plant Sciences, and the Humanities and Social Sciences. The collections of Cases noted above have been purchased in perpetuity, and they can be accessed both through iDiscover and the ebooks@cambridge libguide.

Please do get in touch with us at ebooks@cambridge if you have any questions or would like to know more about either the CABI 2025 ebook collection or CABI Cases.