Got a Smart Phone, iPad, Kindle or Nook?

Drexel leases over 32,000 scholarly books from the vendor eBrary that includes titles from a wide variety of disciplines. To read these books previously required an active internet connection. But all that has changed. Drexel patrons may now download these e-books to use offline by creating a PDF of a single chapter, or installing the free Adobe Digital Editions to download an entire book.  That means you can take them on the plane, overseas, anywhere!  You can find eBrary books in our catalog using a keyword search (example), or browse the full-text of their entire collection by logging onto the eBrary platform itself.  Those curious about technical details can see the faq. Try it out and let us know how you like it!   best, Tim     siftar@drexel.edu

Do you have a favorite information technology book that the Library doesn’t currently own? How about a hot tech topic that the Library collection should develop?

After recently weeding some older editions we now have several dozen open slots in our rotating Safari E-book Collection. We welcome your help to fully utilize our allotted number of titles. Books from the following publishers constitute the bulk of what we have available to us.
•    Addison-Wesley Professional
•    Adobe Press
•    Cisco Press
•    IBM Redbooks
•    Microsoft Press
•    New Riders
•    OReilly
•    Peachpit Press
•    Prentice Hall PTR
•    Que
•    Sams
•    And more

Also – as always, please feel free to make suggestions in areas you feel are relevant to the information technology field. We will make every effort to accommodate your request!

Tim Siftar

iSchool, Education and Goodwin College Librarian
siftar@drexel.edu