What is the coverage and scope?
Safari Tech Books Online is a collection of approximately 1600 full text, searchable titles from O'Reilly, Que, Sam's Addison-Wesley, Prentice Hall and Peachpit Press covering computing, databases, operating systems, programming, XML, Java and web design, as well as a broad range of business topics. The books are full text and fully searchable. This is arolling collection of titles from the last three years. As new titles are added each year, older titles are removed from the collection to which we have full text access.
Note: CSULB does not have access to all of the books in Safari Tech Books. If you find a book we do not have access to search COAST or LINK+ (receive in 2-4 days) or Illiad (receive in 5-10 days) to find print version.
How do I use Safari Tech Books Online?
See their internal Help Instructions
How do I email or print?
Due to copyright restrictions, you can only email or print at the page level (not the chapter or section level), one page at a time.
Email
Use the toolbar at the top and bottom and select email. Enter your email address, subject and any comment. Click on OK. You will be email a link. The link will take you to the page you emailed.
Print
Use the toolbar at the top and bottom and select print. A new box will open with the page of text. Click Print at the prompt.
Can I use features such as notes, bookmarks, recent searches?
Some features of Safari can be used such as bookmarks, recent searches and recent pages. These features are "shared" with all CSULB users. Recent searches and recent pages will list your searches and pages for a limited amount of time. If you bookmark a page, any user will be able to delete it. The notes features has been disabled.
NOTE: Use the print and email functions or the URL at the bottom of most pages to save those pages you want to refer to again.
What does CSULB have access to?
CSULB has access to 378 titles, selected for their usefulness and content. We do not have access to all books in Safari Tech Books Online. Please email the librarian with questions.
How does copyright apply to electronic books?
Copyright applies to all electronic content including electronic books. Vendors monitor the use of their resources. Violations of copyright restriction may result in temporary suspension of the resource for the entire campus. In some cases, licenses can be revoked.
What if I need help?
