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Ebooks: Finding and Using Ebooks at Trinity

Safari Books Online

Safari
Safari Books Online from O’Reilly is a collection of ~50,000 ebooks and videos, covering topics in computer science, business and management, personal and career development, engineering, software and Web development, drawing and painting, and travel. The collection has recently been updated with a new user interface and now provides the Trinity community with unlimited simultaneous users.

Access:

Safari’s new interface does not use IP-authentication, but requires all users to create a Safari account with their trinity.edu email address in order to access material. All users, whether on- or off-campus, will need an account to access Safari content.

To register, go here: https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/temporary-access, and enter the trinity.edu email address (the sign-up dialog box specifies “students,” but anyone with a current trinity.edu email can create an account). Temporary access will be granted, and users will get a confirmation email with a link to finish setting up the complete user account, which asks for an optional major and graduation year.

Download the Safari Queue app to access your account from any mobile device. You’ll be able to download
unlimited books and videos for online and offline use, and your personalized queue will automatically sync
on all of your devices.
Download the app today: safaribooksonline.com/apps/

Safari Books Online: Access Information

# of Users	Unlimited & Simultaneous
Loan period	N/A
Software needed	No - Suggest downloading the Safari App.
Read online	Yes
Read offline	Yes - Using the Safari App.
Download Possible	Yes - You can download an unlimited number of books and videos with Safari Queue. The only restriction is the amount of memory available on your device.
PDF Available	No
Printing	Yes (with limitations) - Individual Pages only
Emailing	Yes - limited to one piece of content (chapter or entry) at a time
Copying/Pasting Tools	Yes - (with limitations) Highlight important sections of content and add your own notes to enhance your learning. You can take notes and share with others by sending the URL of your highlights page (copying it and pasting it from the address bar in your browser
Export citations	Yes - MLA, Chicago, APA, and Harvard formats; can export to RefWorks and EasyBib
Compatible w/portable devices	Yes - Download the Safari App.
Help/Tutorial	Help

Safari Books Online: Quick Tips

When you start your search in Safari, you can start with some of their quick search tabs on the right hand side:

Quick & Advanced Search
Playlists
Topics
Tutorials & Learning Paths

Safari offers a variety of content formats, including:

Books
Videos
Audio Books
Learning Paths
Case Studies
Tutorials
Oriole Online Tutorials