ITU iLibrary User Guide

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ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technology (ICT), provides key reporting and statistics on topics such as broadband, climate change, cybersecurity, eHealth, networks, and space research. Around 40 new titles are published per year, and all ITU research is available online at the ITU iLibrary.

ITU iLibrary has been developed in partnership with OECD Publishing as part of the iLibrary Partnership.

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www.itu-ilibrary.org

Table of Contents Introduction Homepage & Advanced Search Search Results & My Favorites Content Statistics

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Homepage 1

Browse drop-down menus from the blue navigation bar: • • • • •

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Theme Country Combination of Theme & Country Catalogue -- type of content (i.e. books, papers, or statistics) Statistics (See more on pages 10 & 11)

Search* by keyword, ISBN/ISSN/DOI, table of contents, title and country using the search bar at the top of the page. *Please note: This does not search full-text content (e.g. inside PDF).

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Enter one or more search terms into the option fields and use AND/OR/NOT to link the fields appropriately.

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If desired, narrow the search further using criteria such as: • • • • •

Date Language(s) Content type(s) Theme/Country Sort Order (e.g. Newest First, Oldest First and Relevance)

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Search Results Sort search results:

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To change the order of the search results click the relevant column heading to sort by relevance, newest or oldest first

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Click on the caret to display short descriptions of the search results, or on ‘Less’ to hide it

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Search across ‘IGO Collection’ or narrow the current search results by using the facets below such as ‘Theme’ or ‘Publication Year’

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Click the blue title to access the related content page, or select the caret to view the formats available.

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To add content to ‘My Favorites’, click on the green star icon.

You can print, email or download your favorite items by clicking the ‘My Favorites’ tab at the top of any page. Your favorites stay in your list for the duration of your browser session. If you have a personal profile, the items in your ‘My favorites’ list will be saved for later.

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Content 1

Click on ‘Less’ or ‘More’ to see summaries of the series, title or chapter

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View entire contents of the publication, and choose between different file formats

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View content at the granular level, and choose between different file formats

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Use the options on the right side to: • ‘Cite This Publication’: A pop-up window will appear to display the recommended form of citation. You can also download the citation data for a variety of bibliographic reference tools.

• ‘Email This page’

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statistics 1

Select a title from the Databases section of the Statistics page

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A summary will appear at the top of the page, with a corresponding list of datasets below.

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Choose the format you’d like to access. Archived data are available in CSV format.

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