ebrary | Case Studies

Northcentral University
Electronic Learning Resource Center (ELRC)


FTE		1300
Type		Academic Library
Location		Prescott, AZ
Implementation date		9/30/2004
Collection		Academic Complete™
Contact		Donna Meyer Director of Information Resources

What trends impacted your decision to subscribe to ebrary?	•	As an accredited 100% online university, Northcentral wanted to provide e-books to our students that were appropriate to our degree programs. After examining several choices, ebrary stood out as providing the best title listing.

What issues or problems has ebrary addressed at your library?	•	ebrary provides a collection of academic titles that our students may explore from anywhere in the world with Internet access.

What do you and your patrons like best about ebrary’s technology?	•	ebrary’s intuitive interface makes searching easy.

Favorite feature(s)?	•	The InfoTools highlighting capability is very helpful, as well as the search feature.

What do you and your patrons like best about ebrary’s content?	•	Students like the convenience of searching books online to locate specific information related to their research.

How does ebrary compare to other digital resources at your library?	•	ebrary broadens our research capabilities beyond journal databases to provide book resources.