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Jisc FE

Jisc FE resources available to the Colleges of Further Education

Identifying my site ID

How do I identify my site ID?

Login to Ebooks for FE and look at the url in your browser, your site id is the text that is showing between the /lib and /home at the end of the URL.
As per below

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/SITE-ID/home

Getting started with LibCentral

New to LibCentral? Need to know how to purchase or upgrade ebooks? Want to find out how best to manage access? Interested in the reports available to you? 

This back to basics easy-start guide is designed to help you with learning LibCentral. You can download the PDF below and refer back to it when needed. We also have a webinar recording from May 2022 which will take you step-by-step through the basics of using LibCentral to manage your ebooks on Ebook Central. 

Accessing MARC records for Jisc FE collection

In order to access the MARC records for your Jisc FE collection, you will need to click on the Jisc FE collection on your LibCentral homepage. 

Please note: image below is representative and number of titles on individual LibCentral accounts may vary from number shown in the image.

From here you can download the MARC records. It is recommended that you select 'Full MARC (MARC8)' when downloading the Jisc - FE content. 

For further MARC assistance, our support articles will be of use. 

  • For the MARC records for all of your acquisitions, click here
  • For MARC records for individual purchases, click here
  • For information about MARC formats available on LibCentral, click here

Personalising Ebook Central Interface

How to add a logo and change the text on the landing page

MARC records, Books level links and Usage reports

MARC Records and books level links. Your MARC records and books level links can be downloaded from LibCentral  (upcoming) which is the administrator for EbookCentral. For more information see the pdf below.

HERITAGE CIRQA users, please use the file sent to you directly by HERITAGE, and use the following instructions:
Once the records have been imported you will need to adjust your site ID in the URL used to access each e-book. The instructions on how to do this are also in [private url]*. This ID will have changed with the move from ebrary to Ebook Central (See above on how to identify your Site ID (also called Jisc code)  *Please contact support@isoxford.com to get the correct url.