Ever hear of Safaribooksonline? Ever hear of ProQuest? Maybe you need to. Pitt has a deal with ProQuest and Safari Books to deliver to your desktop literally THOUSANDS of books on tech subjects from the basic to the ultra-technical.
And you don’t have to have a password or username or login to some obscure website to get access. If your computer is part of the University Network (PittNet) then the folks at Safaribooksonline in association with ProQuest will know and allow you to access their vast library of online technical books.
Simply visit their website and you can begin browsing for titles or searching for specific information. The site will automatically search the content of their library of books and give you a very comprehensive list of titles that refer to your search query.
Want to know about Microsoft Access 2003? It is in there.
Does the Department Chair want you to update the department website? Get information on using Contribute or Frontpage or HTML.
Keep hearing about this Linux stuff? Or wondered if MACs are really easier than PCs? You can get the best information from publishing houses like O’Reilly and Prentice Hall and even Microsoft Press.
Next time you have a techie question see if you can find the answer at Safari Books Online. Ooops, I let one of our tech secrets out of the bag.
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