Q. What ebooks are available in perpetuity at LJMU?

Ebooks bought in perpetuity align with the more traditional concept, those we buy upfront and we keep. Individual titles are purchased by the Library on request to support Reading Lists, or to respond to fill gaps in our collection. In each instance the titles are made available via Library Discover to enable users to retrieve and link through to full text.

Subject set examples:

• Bloomsbury - 700+ play texts, 500+ Drama and Performing Arts text
• Business Expert Press - 1,000+ business titles
• Human Kinetics Core Library - Combines Bloomsbury’s digital excellence with Human Kinetics’ market-leading sports and physical activity content, featuring an exclusive package of approximately 200 ebooks and more than 400 videos, covering topics that include athletic and strength training, biomechanics, nutrition, sport and exercise psychology, sport law and management, and much more.
• Human Kinetics Physical and Health Education - A powerful, instruction-focused collection of 42 ebooks and 127 videos, deployed using Bloomsbury Digital Resources’ award-winning platform technology. Digitally exclusive on an unlimited access basis, this product offers students, researchers and instructors unrivalled access to Human Kinetics’ market-leading physical education and health education content.
• Human Kinetics: Health Care in Sport and Exercise - A comprehensive digital collection covering physical therapy, athletic training, and sport-related health care. Featuring more than 30 ebooks and hundreds of accompanying videos, Human Kinetics Health Care in Sport and Exercise combines Bloomsbury’s digital excellence with Human Kinetics’ market-leading content.
• IEEE - Renewable Energy, Communication - 5G and 6G, Cyber security, AI and Robotics
• MIT - Computing, medical/healthcare community focus
• Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) - including Wiring Regulations
• Manchester Political Studies - 250+ power and governance in contemporary global politics
• OUP Handbooks - 64 titles across a wide range of subjects
• Packt - 455+ IT, emerging technologies and key skills for IT
• RIBA - 172 key titles covering topics such as winning work, designing for the climate emergency and architecture for social change.
• Wiley, Data & Cyber Security specialist collection - 190+ titles across reference, professional/trade plus Dummies guides, and study guides

Please note: Collaborative partner access to library resources varies from partner to partner and resource to resource. Collaborative Staff and Students (Collaborative Partners) may not have access to all library resources.