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Interviews were conducted by e\u2010mail with representatives of eight of these libraries.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 28 universities surveyed provided some OPAC records for e\u2010books; most of these were for subscription collections from suppliers such as ebrary and netLibrary. Five universities included records in their OPACs for individual e\u2010book titles from collections such as Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO); four OPACs included records for free e\u2010books. There are wide variations between institutions in terms of which e\u2010books are selected for cataloguing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The survey was undertaken at a particular point in time (summer 2006) and was not exhaustive of all UK HE OPACs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>This research suggests that it should be made easier for users to search OPACs for e\u2010books, and that libraries should provide more information on their websites about which e\u2010books are catalogued.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>This paper addresses a gap in the UK literature on cataloguing e\u2010books.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/00330330710774093","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,7,28]],"date-time":"2007-07-28T07:04:18Z","timestamp":1185606258000},"page":"203-216","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Cataloguing e\u2010books in UK higher education libraries: report of a survey"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"41","author":[{"given":"Jacqueline","family":"Belanger","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"key2022020720102188900_b1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Armstrong, C. and Lonsdale, R. 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