Welcome to the September 2023 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter. Our new e-book titles went live on Ebook Central on 1st September, so please promote the new content to teaching staff. The Excel file with full collection details is available here. If this link doesn’t work for you in Chrome, copy and paste the following URL into a new browser tab:
http://feandskillscontent.jiscinvolve.org/wp/files/2023/09/e-books-for-FE-collection-2023-2024.xlsx
ProQuest training webinars
Recordings of the recent ProQuest training webinars are now available to view online.
- Introduction to LibCentral (5.9.23)
The Introduction to Ebook Central session will be available soon at the ProQuest e-books support site – in the meantime there is a recording available of last year’s session.
Top 20 users in August 2023
Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20.
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | 305 |
| 2 | University of the Highlands and Islands | 235 |
| 3 | New College Lanarkshire | 216 |
| 4 | Varndean College | 186 |
| 5 | Hereford Sixth Form | 170 |
| 6 | West Herts College | 167 |
| 7 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 151 |
| 8 | The Trafford College Group | 118 |
| 9 | Richard Huish College | 106 |
| 10 | City College Norwich | 99 |
| 11 | Dudley College of Technology | 96 |
| 12 | Edinburgh College | 92 |
| 13 | Newcastle and Staffordshire College Group | 91 |
| 14 | Dundee and Angus College | 90 |
| 15 | South Thames College | 82 |
| 16 | North East Scotland College | 78 |
| 17 | Harlow College | 77 |
| 18 | Heart of Worcestershire College | 77 |
| 19 | Fife College | 71 |
| 20 | Cardiff and Vale College | 70 |
Mergers / closing accounts: If your organisation has recently merged with another, ProQuest may not have the most current merger information and your merger may not be reflected in the usage data. You may also need to close an e-book account after a merger. Please email customerservice@proquest.com and Cc Jacqueline.Stringer@Clarivate.com with the relevant details.
Top 20 titles in August 2023
| Rank | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | AQA A-Level Geography (5th edition) | 262 |
| 2 | CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 230 |
| 3 | CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator for the Work-Based Learner | 214 |
| 4 | OCR A Level Law Second Edition | 178 |
| 5 | Care in Practice Higher (4th edition) | 166 |
| 6 | CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning | 159 |
| 7 | CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner | 158 |
| 8 | AQA A Level Biology (Year 1 and Year 2) | 154 |
| 9 | Child Development: An Illustrated Guide | 152 |
| 10 | BTEC Level 3 Nationals Applied Science Student Book 2 | 151 |
| 11 | AQA A-Level Business | 146 |
| 12 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 2: For the 2016 Specifications | 135 |
| 13 | BTEC National Construction Student Book: For the 2017 Specifications | 130 |
| 14 | BTEC Nationals Applied Science Student Book 1 | 121 |
| 15 | Psychology: the Science of Mind and Behaviour (8th edition) | 113 |
| 16 | The City and Guilds Textbook Level 2 Hairdressing and Barbering for the Technical Certificates | 108 |
| 17 | CACHE Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 104 |
| 18 | OCR Psychology for A Level Book 1 | 103 |
| 19 | CACHE Level 3 Child Care and Education (Early Years Educator) | 97 |
| 20 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 1: For the 2016 Specifications | 93 |
Support queries
Email: content.feandskills@jisc.ac.uk
Website: https://support.ebooksforfe.jisc.ac.uk/