Safari Books

Safari Business Book

Western Libraries is pleased to announce that we have just licensed a collection of almost one hundred online computer books, the Safari Tech Book Collection.  The book collection covers computer programming handbooks, Web development, and Microsoft Office applications as well as books for the home hobbyist on Linux or digital photography.  Online access to these books has several advantages for the user: the manuals are accessible through any network computer, they are always up-to-date and current, and they can be consulted quickly when the need arises.

Western Libraries has been able to take advantage of group discount subscription rates for online journals and books over the past six years by cooperating with other Ontario and Canadian university libraries.  This has enabled us to acquire new types of resources like the Safari Tech Book collection of e-books.  We hope that we will be able to expand this collection through future collaboration with the other Ontario universities.

To start using this new collection of online books, follow these steps:

1. First, go to the Library Catalogue and do a Title search for "Safari" and limit it to Electronic Resources.

2. Click the third link to Safari Books

3. Click on the "Connect to Internet Resource" link provided.

4. You should now be directed to Safari Books Online, which should look like this:

5. To start reading a book, please choose a category of interest from the left hand side of the page or click "View All Titles", which will show you all the e-books from Safari that Western Libraries subscribes to.

6. Please choose a title of interest and once you have, please click the "Start Reading Online" button at the top right hand side of the page. 

7. Once you are in the e-book you can either view it in HTML View or Print Fidelty View (if applicable to the book). 

Notice the areas highlighted in red:

- the Table of Contents and Index are always at the top of every page (left hand side)
- you can either go forward or back page by page by clicking "Previous" or "Next" OR by clicking the arrows in grey on the left and right hand sides of the book page.

Printing:

To print this e-book, you must do so page by page. There is no way to print the book in its entirity due to copyright issues. At the top of every page in the e-book there is a "Print" text link. Click that and you will be taken to an HTML page where you can print.

Emailing:

Beside the Print link, there is an Email This Page link as well. You will be directed to another page where you can fill out a form with your email address and subject and send the email.

Note - you will receive a link to the page, not a text version or .pdf of the page. You will have to be affiliated with the university for this service to work.