Welcome to the September 2024 issue of our e-books for FE newsletter, and the start of a brand new term!
New e-book titles
The 68 new titles for this year are now available on Ebook Central, including some notable highlights:
- Chudley and Greeno’s Building Construction Handbook (13th ed.) Routledge ISBN: 9781032492889
- Building Services Handbook (10th ed.) (Hall & Greeno) Routledge ISBN: 9781032548371
- Education and Early Years T Level: Assisting Teaching (Tassoni) Hodder ISBN: 9781036004675
- Education and Early Years T Level: Early Years Educator (Tassoni) Hodder ISBN:9781036005092
- Health T Level: Core (2nd ed) (Hoare et al) Hodder ISBN: 9781036005115
- Higher Business Management (2nd ed) (Hagan) Hodder ISBN: 9781510457744
- Higher Mathematics (2nd ed) (Barclay) Hodder ISBN: 9781510457737
- Simply Psychology (Eysenck) Routledge ISBN: 9780367550158
- Boost Your Employability (Becker) Sage ISBN: 9781529751543
New 2024-2025 collection Excel file
A downloadable Excel file of the full collection details is available at https://feandskillscontent.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2024/08/28/e-books-for-fe-collection-2024-2025/
Please circulate to your curriculum staff so they are aware of the free content on offer – the subject terms in column I have been updated this year to include qualification information, so for example you can use the filter option to view Biology A-level titles or Biology Higher titles, to identify relevant material at a glance.
Promotional materials
Promotional material for e-books are still available, including poster templates, digital images for Instagram and social media, and a how-to guide on using QR codes to advertise titles. Welsh language versions included. Visit this link for all things promo:
https://feandskillscontent.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2023/09/21/e-books-for-fe-promotional-material/
MARC records
MARC records for the 68 new e-book titles (and for the collection in total) are now available from Andrew Jackson at Jisc. If you are using a library system other than Heritage, or if you are a Heritage user who can import the .mrc file and you want to get started, please contact Andrew direct: andrew.jackson@jisc.ac.uk
Top 20 users in August 2024
Well done to all organisations who reached a spot in the top 20.
| Rank | Organisation | User sessions |
| 1 | Hills Road Sixth Form College | 462 |
| 2 | The Sixth Form College Farnborough | 311 |
| 3 | Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College | 217 |
| 4 | University_of the Highlands and Islands | 209 |
| 5 | Varndean College | 182 |
| 6 | New City College London | 170 |
| 7 | West Herts College | 113 |
| 8 | Nottingham College | 107 |
| 9 | Edinburgh College | 98 |
| 10 | Newham Sixth Form College | 95 |
| 11 | Heart of Worcestershire College | 94 |
| 12 | Dumfries Galloway College | 89 |
| 13 | Glasgow Kelvin College | 87 |
| 14 | Newcastle and Staffordshire College Group | 81 |
| 15 | City College Norwich | 80 |
| 16 | Northampton College | 80 |
| 17 | Cheshire College – South West | 79 |
| 18 | Peter Symonds College | 78 |
| 19 | The College of Richard Collyer in Horsham | 78 |
| 20 | Birmingham Metropolitan College | 77 |
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 2024
| Rank | Title | User sessions |
| 1 | AQA A-Level Physics (Year 1 and Year 2) | 387 |
| 2 | OCR A-Level Law (2nd edition) | 243 |
| 3 | NCFE CACHE Technical Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 238 |
| 4 | AQA A-Level Geography (5th edition) | 205 |
| 5 | Care in Practice Higher (5th edition) | 180 |
| 6 | BTEC Nationals Applied Science Student Book 1 | 169 |
| 7 | NCFE CACHE Level 3 Early Years Educator for the Work-Based Learner | 160 |
| 8 | OCR Psychology for A-Level Book 1 | 155 |
| 9 | WJEC Level 3 Applied Certificate and Diploma Criminology: Revised Edition | 152 |
| 10 | BTEC Level 3 Nationals Applied Science Student Book 2 | 146 |
| 11 | Child Development : An Illustrated Guide | 141 |
| 12 | BTEC Nationals Business Student Book 1: For the 2016 Specifications | 136 |
| 13 | Psychology: the Science of Mind and Behaviour( 8th edition) | 132 |
| 14 | BTEC Nationals Health and Social Care Student Book 1 | 124 |
| 15 | AQA Psychology for A-Level Year 1 and AS Student Book (2nd edition) | 106 |
| 16 | Digital Production, Design and Development T Level: Core | 104 |
| 17 | NCFE CACHE Level 2 Diploma for the Early Years Practitioner | 102 |
| 18 | Pearson Edexcel A-Level Business | 101 |
| 19 | NCFE CACHE Level 2 Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | 100 |
| 20 | AQA A-Level Business | 96 |