Three e-Book Aggregators for Medical Libraries: NetLibrary, Rittenhouse R2 Digital Library, and STAT!Ref

摘要

The development of electronic textbooks can be traced back as far as the mid-1940s. Today, various types of e-books are available, including downloads for portable readers, online versions of printed textbooks, and Web-published resources such as DynaMed. Medical libraries building electronic collections can choose publisher packages such as MD Consult or select titles a la carte from e-book aggregators. This article will compare three e-book platforms that provide electronic versions of traditionally published medical books: OCLC's NetLibrary, R2 Digital Library from Rittenhouse, and STAT'.Ref from Teton Data Systems.