BOOKS 24/7 INSTRUCTIONS  Tags: e_books electronic_books  

LOGIN TO BOOKS 24/7

Books24x7 is a provider of on-demand business, technical and engineering content containing thousands of digitized "best-in-class" books, book summaries, research reports and best practices. The Stout University Library subscribes to IT/Pro, one of the collections available in the Books 24/7 database array. The IT/Pro collection contains 6,772 titles covering both broad and deep coverage of information technology.

 Access is restricted to UW-Stout students, faculty, and staff. When off campus you will enter your Stout email username and password when prompted.

See Remote Access instructions.

Note:

• Books 24/7 provides extensive Help. Click on the Help Tab located in the upper right of the screen.
• Click on the I Agree button to agree with the memberhip agreement.

Keyword Search:

• Start searching for content using the search box which is found on the top of most pages.
• Browse through new and popular titles found in the My Home Folders on the My Home page.

Advanced Search:

• For more complex searches, click on the Advanced Search link located in the top right of the screen.
• In Advanced Search, combinations of terms can be combined using Boolean operators (and, or, not), limiting by dates.

My Home Folders:

• Click the My Home tab at the top of the page. Personal Folders and the System Folders are in the left hand column. Note: Due to the restrictions to the Stout University Library's subscription, setting up personal accounts and alert services are not available to the Stout community.
• The What's New (default) folder displays a Collections tab which lists the titles newly released to the site.
• The Top Titles'folder displays the most frequently viewed titles on the site.

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