Collections update: O’Reilly for Higher Education and O’Reilly Audiobooks

Renewal of O’Reilly

We are pleased to announce that Cambridge University Libraries has renewed it’s subscription to O’Reilly for Higher Education, which includes O’Reilly Audiobooks. With a strong focus on technology and business, this subscription provides access to more than 50,000 ebooks, 3,000 audiobooks, 4,000 courses, and 30,000 hours of videos. Topics covered include: Artificial intelligence, software engineering, cybersecurity, leadership, management, and more.

As well as technology and business, O’Reilly also features titles related to art, photography, and wellbeing. The O’Reilly collection has twice yearly title additions and withdrawals, and so the titles available may change. Records will continue to be added to iDiscover for recently published and new titles, whilst available titles can also be browsed via O’Reilly for Higher Education ebooks and O’Reilly audiobooks.

For further information on how to use the O’Reilly platform, please see this helpful LibGuide, produced by ProQuest, which provides pointers and presentations on aspects such as how to: search O’Reilly, create playlists, and use the online eReader. The LibGuide also has information about the O’Reilly App, which can be downloaded from the AppStore and Google Play. The App allows you to download ebooks, audiobooks and videos to use on the go.

Recently published ebooks and audiobooks

Please see below for a selection of recently published ebooks and audiobooks which demonstrate the range of subjects provided in the O’Reilly subscription. Links to the titles can be found below the images.

Ebooks

• The Glory of Giving Everything: The Taylor Swift Business Model
• From Day Zero to Zero Day: A Hands-On Guide to Vulnerability Research
• Pink Eraser Art: The Ultimate Guide to Carving Incredible Eraser Stamps
• The Night Photography Book: Capture Stunning Night Photos, Including Light Painting, Light Streaks, Cityscapes, Milky Way Landscapes, and Astrophotography
• Designing for Human Intelligence in an Artificial Intelligence World: Understanding Human Cognition to Design for Humans
• Nonprofit AI: A Comprehensive Guide to Implementing Artificial Intelligence for Social Good
• Software Engineering Made Easy: A Comprehensive Reference Guide for Writing Good Code
• Neo4j: The Definitive Guide: Hands-On Recipes for Production-Ready Graph Implementations

Audiobooks

• G.O.A.T. Wisdom: How to Build a Truly Great Business
• The Inclusion Equation: Leveraging Data and AI for Organisational Diversity and Well-Being
• The Python-Based Laboratory: A Hands-on Guide for Scientists and Engineers
• Moonshot Moments: Ushering in the Next Human Renaissance through AI, Transhumanism, and Psychedelics
• The Growth Dilemma: Managing Your Brand when Different Customers want Different Things
• The World is Your Office: How Work from Anywhere Boosts Talent, Productivity, and Innovation
• Taming Silicon Valley
• Love as a Business Strategy

Contact us

Please do get in touch with us at ebooks@cambridge if you have any questions or would like to know more about O’Reilly.

Collections update: Springer STEMM EBAs 2024-25 & Springer Synthesis 2024

Renewal: Biomedical & Life Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics & Statistics EBAs

“Molecule Virus Bug” Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay

We are pleased to announce that we have renewed our three popular Springer ebook EBA subscriptions (Biomedical & Life Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics & Statistics) for another year. This “rolling” subscription model covers the four most recent years (2021-24, over 8,600 titles), so that Cambridge users will always have access to the most up-to-date research, conference publications and teaching works in these collections, including new content as it’s published through the rest of 2024. All available title records are searchable in iDiscover.

These subscriptions are also Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA) schemes, which means that Cambridge STEMM Librarians use the full annual subscription fees to purchase perpetual access to the most popular and useful titles from the subscriptions. Subject Librarians selected 155 titles from our previous years subscription and these are now permanently owned outright. Please see below for examples of recently purchased ebooks across the three subject areas. The titles are hyperlinked and will take you to the relevant book on the SpringerLink platform.

• Lectin in Host Defense Against Microbial Infections
• The Ecology of Invasions by Animals and Plants
• The Art of Theoretical Biology
• Environment, Climate, Plant and Vegetation Growth
• New World Tarantulas
• Geotechnics for Sustainable Infrastructure Development
• Engineering Assets and Public Infrastructures in the Age of Digitalization
• Future Trends in Biomedical and Health Informatics and Cybersecurity in Medical Devices
• Advances in Ergonomics in Design
• Wood & Fire Safety: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Wood & Fire Safety 2020
• Algebraic Geometry I: Schemes
• Explorations in Complex Functions
• Geometric Analysis: In Honor of Gang Tian’s 60th Birthday
• Deep Reinforcement Learning: Fundamentals, Research and Applications
• Galois Cohomology and Class Field Theory

Purchase: Springer Synthesis Collection of Technology 2024

The Synthesis 2024 collection has been purchased in perpetuity; this adds to the previously purchased annual collections and coverage now spans publication years 2005-2024.

To quote from the publishers’ website;

“The Synthesis Collection of Technology provides coverage of leading edge topics across the fields of Engineering and Computer Science. Books in this collection are based on techniques, reviews and course notes and defined as “lectures”. These are short, focused books, consisting of around 75-150 pages, bridging the gap between a journal article and an average book. These books tend to have rapid development cycles, publishing research on hot topics as soon as these emerge. Besides emerging topics, Synthesis books also contain principles, fundamentals, methods, models and applications containing practical, accessible information on recent innovations in fast-moving research areas.”

“AI generated network” Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay

All records are available in iDiscover. Please see below for a sample list of titles from the 2024 collection (there are approximately 115 new titles being added). The links will take you directly to the relevant ebook on SpringerLink:

• The Traveling Salesman Problem
• The Future of Long Covid: A Threatcasting Approach
• AI Chatbots: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
• Artificial Intelligence in Vision-Based Structural Health Monitoring
• The Role of Fuels in Transforming Energy End-Use in Buildings and Industrial Processes
• Lifelong and Continual Learning Dialogue Systems
• Scaling Up: How Data Curation Can Help Address Key Issues in Qualitative Data Reuse and Big Social Research
• Quality and Lean Six Sigma for Engineering Technicians

As ever, please do get in touch with the ebooks team if you have any questions about any Springer ebook content. Or, indeed, anything at all related to ebooks! We’re always very happy to help. Write to: ebooks@lib.cam.ac.uk 

Collections update: IEEE Princeton University Press STEMM Collection

Cambridge University readers have had access to the Princeton University Press eBooks Library collection hosted on the IEEE Xplore platform as of July 2023. We are pleased to announce that the latest annual collection has recently been added and users now have access to selected STEMM titles published from 1945 through to 2024. All available titles are purchased in perpetuity. The collection includes a wide variety of scientific titles on the cutting edge of research and titles from famous thinkers such as Albert Einstein, Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. 

The collection can be found directly on the IEEE Xplore platform, the ebooks@cambridge LibGuide, or through individual titles searches on iDiscover.  

Some of the most popular titles include: 

• The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger – Marc Levinson 
• “You Are Not Expected to Understand This”: How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World – Kelly Chudler; Ellen Ullman
• Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing – Chris Bail
• The Scientist’s Guide to Writing, 2nd Edition: How to Write More Easily and Effectively throughout Your Scientific Career – Stephen B. Heard
• Visual Differential Geometry and Forms: A Mathematical Drama in Five Acts – Tristan Needham
• Advanced Classical Electromagnetism – Robert Wald 

For any questions, problems, or content recommendations, please contact the ebooks@cambridge team. 

Springer EBA updates – includes new Engineering subscription for 2023-24!

Renewal: Mathematics & Statistics and Biomedical & Life Sciences EBAs

We are pleased to announce that we have renewed our two popular Springer ebook subscriptions (Mathematics & Statistics and Biomedical & Life Sciences) for another year. This “rolling” subscription model covers the four most recent years (2020-23), so that Cambridge users will always have access to the most up-to-date research, conference publications and teaching works in these collections, including new content as it is published through the rest of 2023.

These subscriptions are also Evidence-Based Acquisition (EBA) schemes, which means that Cambridge STEMM Librarians use the full annual subscription fees to purchase perpetual access to the most popular and useful titles from the subscriptions. Subject Librarians are currently selecting titles from our previous year’s subscription, which covered the years 2019-22. 

New: Springer Engineering EBA

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

We are delighted to announce that we have recently added yet another subscription to our Springer EBA bow with the Springer Engineering collection! Over 5000 DRM-free Springer Engineering books and conference proceedings in the 2020-23 collections have now been opened up to Cambridge users. More new content will be made available throughout the rest of 2023 as it is published.

Please note that selected reference works are not included and will display as Preview Only, but the subscription covers the vast majority of recently published Engineering books available on the SpringerLink platform with a wealth of titles to suit a range of subdisciplines, including Artificial Intelligence, Computer Applications, Agriculture, Machine Learning, Biotechnology, Industrial and Production Engineering, Engineering Design, and many more. 

Users can filter by Content Type (Book, Chapter, Conference Proceeding, and Conference Paper), Discipline, Subdiscipline and Language via the menu bar on the left of the webpage.

The catalogue records are now available in iDiscover. More records will be added on a regular basis as newly published 2023 content becomes available on the Springer platform.

Please also see below for an example of recent works available through this new subscription. The titles are hyperlinked and will take you to the relevant book on the SpringerLink platform.

• Fundamentals of Railway Design
• Designing with the Wind: Climate-Derived Architecture
• Photonic Crystal and Its Applications for Next Generation Systems
• Processing-in-Memory for AI: From Circuits to Systems
• High Performance and Power Efficient Electrocardiogram Detectors

We hope that Cambridge Engineers will find this subscription a valuable addition to our existing Springer access.  

In Technology news, we can also let you know that the Morgan & Claypool purchased collections in Computer Science and Engineering have a new home now on SpringerLink, as part of the Springer Synthesis Collection of Technology collection. A separate blogpost about these collections will follow soon. 

As ever, please do get in touch with the ebooks team if you have any questions about the new Engineering collection, or any other Springer content. Or, indeed, anything at all related to ebooks! We’re always very happy to help. Write to: ebooks@lib.cam.ac.uk 

New resource: McGraw Hill’s AccessEngineering

Photo by ThisIsEngineering

Calling all Cambridge Engineers! Cambridge now has a one year subscription to McGraw Hill’s AccessEngineering platform until the end of July 2024.

This multi-format reference and teaching platform provides access to over 900 interdisciplinary engineering titles! Students can also make use of handy interactive learning tools, such as as data visualisation (DataVis), spreadsheets, videos, graphs & tables, solution walkthroughs, case studies and tutorials.

Students and researchers can read titles covering a wide range of subjects – from Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Environmental Engineering to Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering and many more.

The 900+ ebooks are all searchable in iDiscover and include handbooks, textbooks and reference works. Available collections also include Schaum’s Outlines, Makerspace, Code Commentary, Business Skills and Exam Prep.

Users can also browse the platform to find relevant content. You can browse by learning tool (Videos, DataVis, Spreadsheets, etc.) or you can filter by Subject, Industry, Course Outline, and Codes & Standards Commentary.

We hope that you will find a wealth of useful research and teaching resources contained within this AccessEngineering subscription.

Please do get in touch with the ebooks team if you would like any further information. You can write to us at ebooks@lib.cam.ac.uk

Ebooks in 2020-21: Technology

This blog post will look at subscriptions, collections and individual ebook titles purchased for and by the School of Technology in the last academic year.

Subscriptions and collections

Over 350 Morgan & Claypool ebooks in Engineering and Computer Science were purchased in 2020-21 with titles available in the following collections:

• Synthesis 1
• Synthesis 2
• Computer & Information Science 2
• Computer & Information Science 3
• Computer & Information Science 10
• plus 6 extra AI & Machine Learning titles that Cambridge didn’t already have access to

The Morgan & Claypool ebooks (or “lectures”) synthesise important research and development topics and are authored by prominent contributors to the respective fields, creating a rich and authoritative resource for students, teachers and researchers. The ebooks are available as PDFs and are fully downloadable and DRM-free. Available titles are searchable in iDiscover, or you can browse on the platform via the collection links listed above.

Following a two-month trial in the spring, we also took out a one year subscription to O’Reilly for Higher Education, an extensive online collection comprising instruction and reference works in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and STEMM, and with a particular strength in Engineering.

From the O’Reilly for Higher Education LibGuide:

“The O’Reilly for Higher Education digital platform includes nearly 44,000 book titles and more than 30,000 hours of video. Topics range from programming to IT networking to project management to graphic design to business strategy. The content includes code snippets, certification preparation materials, practice exercises, training videos, and much more. Users can search thousands of books simultaneously online, saving time and quickly finding the information they need.”

You can find more information on ProQuest’s O’Reilly for Higher Education LibGuide here.

Available ebooks from O’Reilly for Higher Education are available in iDiscover. Alternatively, you can search for titles on the platform here.

Title-by-title purchases

Please see below for a small sample of individual ebook titles purchased by the School of Technology in 2020-21. All of these titles can be found in iDiscover. Alternatively, follow the title links below the cover images for access.

Business and management

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• 2030: How Today’s Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything
• Assessing Social Impact of Social Enterprises: Does One Size Really Fit All?
• Beyond Accommodation: Creating an Inclusive Workplace for Disabled Library Workers
• Dynamic Capabilities: Understanding Strategic Change in Organizations
• Fundamentals of queueing theory (5th edition)
• Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity
• Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
• Leadership by Algorithm: Who Leads and Who Follows in the AI Era?
• Principles of Marketing (18th edition)

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• Bioprocess Engineering Principles
• Fundamentals of Biochemistry: Life at the Molecular Level
• Mechanics of Materials (9th edition)
• Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook (9th Edition)
• Process Industry Economics: Principles, Concepts and Applications
• The Nanobiotechnology Handbook

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• A Concise Introduction to Machine Learning
• Digital Image Processing: An Algorithmic Introduction Using Java
• Introduction to Deep Learning: From Logical Calculus to Artificial Intelligence
• Introduction to Modern Cryptography (3rd edition)
• Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems (3rd Edition)
• Where Words Get their Meaning: Cognitive processing and distributional modelling of word meaning in first and second language

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• Biomechanics of Movement: The Science of Sports, Robotics, and Rehabilitation
• Corporate Sustainability in Practice: A Guide for Strategy Development and Implementation
• Fundamentals of Thermodynamics (10th Edition)
• Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design (4th edition)
• Piling Engineering (3rd edition)
• Sustainability (2nd Edition)
• The Fall and Rise of Nuclear Power in Britain: A history
• The Machine That Changed the World
• Water Technology: An Introduction for Environmental Scientists and Engineers (3rd Edition)

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• Avatar, Assembled: the social and technical anatomy of digital bodies
• Control and freedom : power and paranoia in the age of fiber optics
• Critical code studies
• GPS
• Sustainability principles and practice (3rd edition)
• Your computer is on fire

New subscription to O’Reilly for Higher Education

The ebooks team are delighted to announce that a year-long subscription has been taken out to O’Reilly for Higher Education (OHE). University staff and students had access to OHE through a two-month trial in the spring, and the new paid-for access has followed on seamlessly from the trial thanks to flexibility from O’Reilly.

OHE holds titles of interest across the Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences/STEMM board but with a particular strength in technology.

As before, iDiscover holds records for individual titles from O’Reilly. Here is the Raven-authenticated direct link for anyone who would like to explore the ebooks and multimedia material directly on the platform: http://ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/login?url=https://go.oreilly.com/university-of-cambridge.

O’Reilly for Higher Education – trial access until *30* April

Cambridge staff and students now have trial access to O’Reilly for Higher Education.  This will be of particular interest for those studying and teaching technology and business.  From O’Reilly promotional material:

“O’Reilly includes tech and business content from more than 250 publishers – along with videos, case studies, expert-curated learning paths and self-assessments on exclusive O’Reilly-produced content from world-renowned innovators and corporate leaders.

“The platform includes more than 35K book titles plus 30K+ hours of video, proven learning paths, case studies, interactive tutorials, audio books, and videos from O’Reilly’s global conferences and 250 of the world’s best publishers.

“More than 2.25 million professionals in more than 4,000 businesses and government agencies learn with us every day. O’Reilly for Higher Education, complements classroom curriculum, prepares users for future careers, and encourages lifelong learning.”

Titles for the O’Reilly titles are in iDiscover.  Our staff and students can also browse content directly on the O’Reilly website here: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/temporary-access/ (select “University of Cambridge” from the dropdown list).

Please try the site out and send feedback to ebooks@lib.cam.ac.uk or to your faculty librarian.  While the trial generously lasts until 20 April, we would be grateful for feedback as soon as possible!

*UPDATED 26/4/21 IN CONNECTION WITH TRIAL EXTENSION*

Trial access to IET ebooks

If you’re studying, researching or teaching Engineering or Technology at Cambridge University you may be interested to explore the IET Digital Library platform where trial access is available to IET ebooks Ultimate Collection 1979 – 2013. Access both on and off campus is available, but the titles are not searchable in LibrarySearch so please access directly from the publisher’s platform here.

The ebooks included in this trial are recognizable by  and with these titles you can read, copy, print and download chapter level PDFs or complete book PDFs. You may also spot free content which is indicated with a symbol. For those ebooks not included in the trial you can browse the table of contents and chapter/abstract pages.

Trial access to these ebooks will end on Monday 31st March.

Please let the ebooks@cambridge team know at ebooks@lib.cam.ac.uk if you have any comments, good or bad about this collection or about the IET Digital Library generally.

Note: we already subscribe to the current ejournals on this platform, click on to access.

Another note: IET = The Institution of Engineering and Technology