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Did you know....
Besides connecting to eBooks by the links below you can locate most eBooks using the library's catalog Einstein ... search by title, author or keyword and go directly to the title online! |
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What is the National Academies Press?
The National Academies Press (NAP) was created by the National Academies to publish the reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council, all operating under a charter granted by the Congress of the United States. The NAP publishes more than 200 books a year on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health.
 More than 3,000 books are available free online. Select a title and look for the
Read it Online - FREE! link on the left.
Many titles are also available in PDF format and may be downloaded for free by the chapter or the entire book. Other titles are available for purchase. See the National Academies Press FAQ page About PDF files.
Note: Most of these books are not available through the Library catalog, Einstein. Use the NAP Discovery Engine to locate specific titles. Searching the National Academies Press Publications
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Why use this database?
Features the full content of hundreds of up-to-date books
(as well as some reports and journals) from top publishing
partners such as Macmillan Computer Publishing, MIT Press,
Sybex, Que, Sams, McGraw-Hill and more covering many technology
topics:
- Business and Culture
- Certification
- Databases
- Desktop & Office Applications
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- Enterprise Computing
- Graphic Design
- Hardware
- Network & Protocols
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- Operating Systems
- Programming
- Web Development
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What is Knovel?
Knovel is an interactive full-text database that contains over 700 of the leading scientific and engineering reference handbooks and conference proceedings in full-text format. You can extract information such as text, live tables, graphs and images to suit your needs.
To see a list of titles: once connected click on "My Subscriptions"
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Note: Access is limited to 3 users at a time.
Please log out when you're done.
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About RIT Library's Safari Collection
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RIT Library's Safari collection features the searchable,
full-text of nearly 100 of the most heavily used computing
and IT books published by O'Reilly.
This collection covers a wide range of topics, including
.NET, JAVA, Linux, SQL, XML, UNIX, and web design and
programming.
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AOL USERS:
For best results, ebrary recommends you download and install
the ebrary Reader software PRIOR to using the ebrary site
and also use Internet Explorer for a browser instead of the
default AOL browser. The AOL browser does not always recognize
the ebrary software. AOL users also should be using version
5.0 of the AOL software or newer.
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Once connected you must first download the ebrary Reader
(one-time download). It's quick and easy!
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Get
the most out of your eBrary experience-- click here for a
one page guide
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Why use the ebrary eBook collection?
- A growing collection of more than 13,000 books and 1,000+
historic and geopolitical maps, every page searchable and
many of the titles are less than 2 years old.
- Especially strong in key academic subject areas including
Business & Economics, Computers, Technology & Engineering,
Humanities, Life & Physical Sciences, and Social and
Behavioral Sciences.
- eBooks from more than 150 publishers, such as: The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Random House, Penguin, Taylor & Francis,
John Wiley & Sons, a variety of university presses...and
more.
- Features personalized bookshelves, annotation abilities,
highlighting, etc.
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