HEB User Manual

In response to feedback from our subscribers, we have developed a User Manual for the ACLS Humanities E-Book collection that librarians can download and share with colleagues. Designed to maximize your institution's use of HEB, this convenient document contains useful information about navigating and using the HEB website; downloading MARC records; proxy server configuration; running usage stats; the content of the collection; our XML, Handheld and Print-On-Demand titles; and more.

Download the HEB User Manual here: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/help/for-librarians.html#Anchor-Manual

Collection Updates and Pricing for 2016

This fall, we are adding 371 new books to our collection, which will bring the total number of titles to 4,680 books. We are excited to be expanding categories such as World War I History, Women's Studies, and Religion/Theology; increasing our offerings from longtime contributors such as Oxford University Press, Harvard University Press, and Princeton University Press; and adding two new fields of study, Hip Hop Studies and Animal Studies, among other updates. (Please look for an announcement about the release in the coming weeks.) Our latest additions represent an increase of our holdings of over 8%, to which all subscribing institutions automatically have access.

We also want to take this opportunity to inform you about our 2016 pricing and let you know in advance that, starting on January 1, subscription rates will be going up for all subscription tiers by between 2.4% and 3%. This modest increase is necessary in order to cover administrative overhead and maintain the collection. Our updated prices can be found here.

Please don't hesitate to contact us with any additional questions at subscriptions@hebook.org.