[492] in magellan
Fwd: FYI: Online Computer books now available
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Anderson)
Tue Jul 25 08:01:23 2000
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 08:01:20 -0400
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From: Greg Anderson <ganderso@MIT.EDU>
FYI, some new electronic resources from the MIT Libraries.
Greg
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>Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 12:44:48 -0400
>To: itpartners@mit.edu
>From: Jim <jceggles@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Online Computer books now available
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>Books24x7.com now available!
>
>http://libraries.mit.edu/get/books24x7
>
>The MIT Libraries now subscribes to Books24x7.com, providing full-text
>access to over 600 e-books covering computer technologies and applications
>including:
>
>*Microsoft Office
>*Dragon Naturally Speaking
>*databases
>*web development
>*graphics applications
>*networks & protocols
>*operating systems
>*programming
>
>Books24x7.com has partnered with leading information technology book
>publishers to create a growing collection of e-books, including O'Reilly,
>Artech, McGraw Hill, Sybex, Peachpit Press and many more.
>
>Books 24x7.com allows you to find information quickly by:
>*browsing by subject
>*keyword search [results pinpoint not only the most pertinent books, but
>also the most relevant sections within the books]
>*search by title, author, publisher or ISBN
>
>Additionally, you can:
>*create your own personal bookshelf for books you refer to frequently
>*bookmark specific chapters and annotate sections
>*post a comment on a book
>*share books, bookmarks and annotations and comments with your colleagues
>using the address book feature
>
>Access is available on and **off-campus from Vera on the MIT Libraries web
>page [http://libraries.mit.edu/vera/] or for direct access use the shortcut:
>
>http://libraries.mit.edu/get/books24x7
>
>We are currently in the process of adding the records for the e-books to
>Barton, our online catalog, so in the near future you will be able to look
>for them there also!
>
>**Off-campus access requires that you have MIT certificates on your
>computer. For information on off-campus access to MIT Libraries e-resources
>and how to acquire MIT certificates go to:
>
>http://libraries.mit.edu/faq/remote.html
>
>Jim Eggleston
>Humanities Library
>
>
>
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>Books24x7.com now available!<br>
><br>
><a href="http://libraries.mit.edu/get/books24x7"
>eudora="autourl">http://libraries.mit.edu/get/books24x7</a>
><br>
><br>
>The MIT Libraries now subscribes to Books24x7.com, providing full-text
>access to over 600 e-books covering computer technologies and
>applications including: <br>
><br>
>*Microsoft Office<br>
>*Dragon Naturally Speaking<br>
>*databases<br>
>*web development<br>
>*graphics applications<br>
>*networks & protocols <br>
>*operating systems <br>
>*programming <br>
><br>
>Books24x7.com has partnered with leading information technology book
>publishers to create a growing collection of e-books, including O'Reilly,
>Artech, McGraw Hill, Sybex, Peachpit Press and many more.<br>
><br>
>Books 24x7.com allows you to find information quickly by: <br>
>*browsing by subject <br>
>*keyword search [results pinpoint not only the most pertinent books, but
>also the most relevant sections within the books] <br>
>*search by title, author, publisher or ISBN<br>
><br>
>Additionally, you can: <br>
>*create your own personal bookshelf for books you refer to frequently
><br>
>*bookmark specific chapters and annotate sections <br>
>*post a comment on a book <br>
>*share books, bookmarks and annotations and comments with your colleagues
>using the address book feature<br>
><br>
>Access is available on and **off-campus from Vera on the MIT Libraries
>web page
>[<a href="http://libraries.mit.edu/vera/" eudora="autourl"><font
>color="#0000FF"><u>http://libraries.mit.edu/vera/</a></font></u>]
>or for direct access use the shortcut:<br>
><br>
><font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://libraries.mit.edu/get/books24x7"
>eudora="autourl">http://libraries.mit.edu/get/books24x7</a><br>
><br>
></font></u>We are currently in the process of adding the records for the
>e-books to Barton, our online catalog, so in the near future you will be
>able to look for them there also!<br>
><br>
>**Off-campus access requires that you have MIT certificates on your
>computer. For information on off-campus access to MIT Libraries
>e-resources and how to acquire MIT certificates go to:<br>
><br>
><font color="#0000FF"><u><a
>href="http://libraries.mit.edu/faq/remote.html"
>eudora="autourl">http://libraries.mit.edu/faq/remote.</a><a
>href="http://libraries.mit.edu/faq/remote.html" eudora="autourl">html<br>
><br>
></a></u>Jim Eggleston<br>
>Humanities Library<br>
><br>
><br>
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