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Safari Tech Books Online (Proquest)

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"Customize your collection! Subscribe to 25, 300 or more IT books!"

ProQuest Information and Learning now offers Safari Tech Books Online—your sole source for online information technology books from the industry's two leading publishers. The Safari Tech Books Online information retrieval service is the ideal ready-reference resource, with simultaneous searching of hundreds of top IT titles for quick and reliable answers.

'Best of Breed' Content from O'Reilly and the Pearson Technology Group

Safari Tech Books Online offers an exclusive collection of highly acclaimed reference content from the two premier IT publishers, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., and The Pearson Technology Group, with imprints including Addison-Wesley Professional, Adobe Press, Cisco Press, New Riders, Peachpit Press, Prentice Hall PTR, Que and Sams. Together, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., and The Pearson Technology Group's imprints deliver well over half the IT books published.

Hundreds of books are loaded now growing to thousands as new books are published. In most cases, new titles are available in Safari Tech Books Online even before they appear in print.

Complete IT Subject Coverage

Safari Tech Books Online offers content in more than 20 categories, including Business Reference, Certification, Cisco, Creative Media, Database, Desktop Productivity, e-Business, Enterprise Computing, Java, Linux/Unix, Macintosh, .NET, Networking, Perl, Photoshop, Programming, Software Engineering, Web Administration, Web Authoring and Design, Web Development, Windows, Windows Administration, Windows Programming and XML.

IT Answers in an Instant—Find Exactly What You Need

The powerful Safari Tech Books Online search engine lets users locate the IT information they need, quickly and precisely. Included are all occurrences of the search terms from all books in the library's subscription collection; thumbnails of book covers in the hit-list; relevancy-ranked results for books and terms within the books; hit-lists of book chapters containing the search terms; keywords in context in the hit-list; complete tables of contents and indexes for each book for easy page-to-page browsing; charts, graphs, and other graphics in full image, just as originally published; and cut-and-paste code segments to save time and eliminate typos.

Easy Integration in the Library

Safari Tech Books Online provides powerful tools for libraries to integrate and manage the collection including seamless IP authentication, prominent library branding in the interface, the ability to create links from the OPAC directly to books in the collection and robust usage reporting.

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Trials

Please note: trials are available via IP authentication only.

Safari Tech Books Online Trial Form

MINITEX Pricing

Please contact MINITEX or Mike Peters for pricing details.

License Agreements (Terms & Conditions)

Please print, review and complete the appropriate license agreement and fax it to MINITEX at 612-625-3569.

How to Order or Renew

Please contact MINITEX or Mike Peters with questions about ordering or renewing.

Technical Support

  • Technical Support: Monday–Sunday, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)
  • Search Assistance: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
  • Phone: 800-889-3358 or 734-761-4700 ext. 2513
  • Email: tsupport@il.proquest.com

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Libraries will receive instructions by email after an order has been placed.

Contact Information

MINITEX Contact

Cooperative Purchasing & Electronic Resources Services (CPERS)
MINITEX Library Information Network
15 Andersen Library
222 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0439
Toll Free: 800-462-5348
Phone: 612-624-4002
Fax: 612-625-3569
Email: cpers@minitex.umn.edu

Vendor Contact

Mike Peters
ProQuest Information and Learning
Phone: 612-821-3883
Fax: 612-821-6006
Email: michael.peters@il.proquest.com