Books24x7 ... a division of Skillsoft, Industry's Best Intelligence

In partnership with the industry's foremost publishers, industry vendors, analyst firms, business thought leaders and senior executives of Fortune 500 companies, the Books24x7 On Demand Platform offers on-demand, instant access to the complete text of thousands of best-in-class books, book summaries, research reports and best practices.

In today's rapidly changing climate, acquiring, building and maintaining collections to support your academic environment can be daunting and risky.  With so many areas of study and burgeoning fields of expertise, your student population needs anytime, anywhere access to an ever expanding, changing, and always current resource.

Whether your patrons are students preparing for their professional careers, faculty developing curriculum or staff managing work-related challenges, Books24x7 can help them to increase their knowledge, enhance their learning experience, and support them in their everyday activities.

On Demand Platform Recently Enhanced - Supporting performance at the speed of change.  While Books24x7 collections include the best titles that the industry has to offer, authoritative content is not enough.  Utilizing its powerful, patented search engine, Books24x7's On Demand platform instantly pinpoints the right information from this goldmine of industry intelligence.  Recent enhancements to the Books24x7 platform include a new and improved help system, cleaner appearance with the site adapting to the patron's screen size accordingly, consolidated tabs, related topic links, enhanced personalization tools.  Click on links below to view details about the platform's flexible customization features.

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Available soon will be MLA and APA style citations that build upon the existing Citations feature, RSS feeds, integration with RefWorks and persistent URLs.

Topical Collections - full text of thousands of leading professional books from the industry's top authors and publishers.

• BusinessPro - best-in-class content of thousands of titles from leading publishers addressing a vast range of issues critical to today's business professionals - from fostering employee engagement to the latest trends on leadership, from Lean Six Sigma to project management, and from innovation to social networking.

• EngineeringPro - one of the fastest growing collections for Books24x7, satisfying a clear need for many libraries.  This 2,000 book collection provides continuing education professionals and aspiring scientists and engineers with a reliable reference resource packed with materials serving several disciplines including aerospace, chemical, civil, electrical, materials science, mechanical, telecommunications, and many more.

• ExecBlueprints - Need-to-read best practices providing insight and guidance on pressing strategic issues.

• ExecSummaries - High level overviews of the best business books by preeminent authors and thought leaders.

• FinancePro - A trusted resource for reliable, relevant and current financial and accounting information.

• GovEssentials - A one-stop information resource on government-related issues unique to public affairs, public administration or government studies.

• ITPro - the flagship product from Books24x7 now in its eleventh year.  ITPro emerged in 1999 and rapidly grew to over 9,000 titles and global success.

• Leadership Development Channel (LDC) - this newest collection is a unique collection of over 1,400 videos featuring best-selling business authors, experts and CEOs.

• OfficeEssentials - The latest in general computing and a wide range of desktop applications and graphic programs employed in today's business and academic environments

• Well-BeingEssentials - Comprehensive collection of books from best-selling authors addressing topics that are key to personal development and self-enrichment.  Representative topics include career development, personal finance, healthy living, work-life balance, parenting, mental and physical health, stress management, and many others.
   

Milestone - With the addition of the Leadership Development Channel to its product portfolio, last fall Books24x7 for Libraries has reached a major milestone and can now boast over 20,000 total titles.  Since its launch in 1999, Books24x7 has grown steadily in number of publishers who contribute to these vast collections and in comprehensive reference resources covering business, engineering, financial skills, and work/life balance topics.  This milestone underscores Books24x7's commitment to increasing the personal development of patrons at institutions and libraries worldwide.

"Highly Recommended.  Corporate and academic libraries supporting professionals and upper-level undergraduates/graduate students in the business, finance, engineering, and IT fields."  ...  CHOICE, March 2010.

The Bottom Line:  Who'd have thought an ebook system could be this good and that a "business-oriented file would be so appealing to so many?  Highly recommended for public, special, and academic libraries serving populations needing this kind of content." ...  Library Journal, May 1, 2010.

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