USER GUIDE for Books24x7- IT Pro Collection
It provides full-text access to over 10,000 e-books in various information technology areas, such as
computer hardware and software, systems management, desktop and office applications, networks and
protocols, operating systems, programming languages and much more.
I.
Homepage
Enter keyword(s)
Click “Log
Out” to exit
Browse titles by topics
Add selected book
to your own
folders
View the recently
added new titles,
most popular titles,
and your search
history here
II. Browse
1. Browse by Topics
1.
Click on ‘view by: Desktop Video
Topics from the pull down manual
3. Then select a
subtopic, e.g. Office
2013 Fundamentals
2. Click on a topic,
e.g. Microsoft
Office 2013
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2. Browse by Publisher
Click on ‘view by:
publisher’ from the pull
down manual, e.g.
McGraw-Hill
III. Searching
There are 2 ways to search a book.
1.
Enter search term in the empty
box, select field and press GO.
2. or Use Advanced Search on the top of the
page (Enter keywords and select appropriate
field to limit or expand a search.)
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IV. Search Result
1. Understanding search result
Number of e-books
found for your search
Enter the terms here
and press Search to
search within the
Click add to personal
folders for later
reading
2. View the content
From the result page, click the book title to enter to the details page
Back to table
of contents
Use the ‘Next
/Previous’ to move
forward or
Click the chapter or
chapter number to view
the content
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V. Bookshelf
“Bookshelf” allows you to save the book titles or book chapters you have been using.
pick up next time when you login to Books24x7 again using your account.
To create a new bookshelf folder, click
at the homepage or at the result page,
You can easily
Enter a name for the new
folder; click ‘update’
Your folder is
added here
VI. Browse tools
Most Tools are located near the top of the page directly below the search box.
Navigation tools
Next to the set of Tools is a
no text" mode, click
plus text /
minus text toggle button. While in the default, "tools with
plus text to add text labels next to each Tool icon.
Note that the location of some Tools will be different in the "tools with text" mode. To return the browse
tools back to the "tool with no text" mode, click the minus text button.
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Navigation Tools
Icon
Description
Back to List - Returns you to the last list of titles that you were viewing; either a
search result, a browse topic, or a personal folder.
Previous Title - Takes you to the previous title in the List.
Next Title - Takes you to the next title in the List.
Back to Title - Returns you to the last title you were viewing.
Content Tools
Icon
Description
Add to Personal Folder - Takes you to the title management form, where you
can specify which Personal Folder to add the title to. You may create a new
folder or use an existing folder.
Manage Personal Folders - Takes you to the Personal Folder management form.
This form enables you to create new folders; as well as rename, delete and empty
existing folders.
Manage Title - Brings up the Title management form for the current title. You
can edit and delete any and all the bookmarks within the title, as well as move the
entire title (including bookmarks) to another folder.
Add a Bookmark - Adds a bookmark at the current location in the title. The title
will also be added to your Default Personal Folder, if it isn't already in one of
your Personal Folders.
Add a Note - Add an observation, opinion, or other remark to information
presented in any specific title. You can add a note at the title, chapter, page or
paragraph level.
Keyword Highlighting On/ Off - Indicates that the display of the colored
highlighting on words matching the keywords in the search result is on. This tool
toggles back and forth with "on" and "off" modes.
Search Hit Runner - Takes you from keyword to keyword on content pages.
Download File - When available, this button takes you to the Download Center.
The presence of this tool indicates the availability of a downloadable content.
Depending on the specific title you are using, this may be a chapter-level PDF or
a full-title PDF, or other file format.
Download MP3 - When available, this button takes you to the Download Center.
The presence of this tool indicates the availability of a downloadable audio file.
Currently, only the ExecSummaries and ExecBlueprints collections contains
MP3 downloads.
Share a link - Opens a page containing a persistent or durable URL, so that you
may provide someone a stable URL to the content you are currently viewing.
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