EBSCO have released a slew of quality of life enhancements to their ebook platforms for the start of term. The changes may be small but they all make using EBSCO ebooks easier and more intuitive, such as giving you more control over your downloads, letting you drill down to individual sub-chapters, and releasing an EBSCO ebook reader app for Android devices that lets you search and read EBSCO ebooks directly from your Android phone or tablet on the move.

You can always ask a librarian whether a publication is peer reviewed but there are always clues. Here are a few rules of thumb to follow that will help you distinguish between magazines and peer reviewed journal articles.

The new look Discovery Service has some great features but here are our top picks that we think you will love…