...description from the home page of this trial resource:
Safari Tech Books Online is a joint venture of the two large IT publishers, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. and The Pearson Technology Group. Together, they deliver over half the IT books published. Safari Tech Books Online covers the technologies most essential to users including certification, enterprise computing, Java, Linux/UNIX, Web development, Windows, XML, and more. Safari Tech Books Online is a reference resource, with simultaneous searching of hundreds of top IT titles for quick and reliable answers.
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From: Mark West
To: 'Libraries Staff All' ; 'Daniel Beaulieu'
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 10:36 AM
Subject: internet resource trial - Safari Tech Books Online
This message is to announce the following internet resource trial:
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Safari Tech Books Online
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For access and information:
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If you would like to evaluate the Trial or send comments, please use the Trial Feedback Form at the bottom of each Trial web page.
Thank you!
Mark West
Head, Electronic Resources (ER)
University of Manitoba Libraries
204.474.6556 Voice
204.474.7581 Fax
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Here's a sample search page:
While searches can be done by Author, Title, ISBN, publisher, etc., the resource also allows browsing by the following categories:
Applied Sciences
Artificial Intelligence
Business
Certification
Computer Science
Databases
Desktop Applications
Desktop Publishing
E-Business
E-Commerce
Enterprise Computing
Graphics
Hardware
Human-Computer Interaction
Internet/Online
IT Management
Markup Languages
Multimedia
Networking
Operating Systems
Programming
Security
Software Engineering