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ebrary Launches New Engineering and Business E-book DatabasesPALO ALTO, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Corporations can now help their employees quickly and easily find the relevant and timely information they require to solve problems and make important decisions. ebrary(R), a leading provider of e-content services and technology, today announced the availability of two new subscription databases of e-books, manuals and other authoritative content in Engineering and Business. Designed for corporations, these new databases feature hundreds of current, essential titles from renowned publishers and are available under an enterprise-wide, unlimited-user access model. "ebrary is pleased to build upon our offerings for the corporate marketplace with these two new collections, and we hope that they will provide the tools and information that engineering and business professionals need to make important business decisions and do their jobs more effectively," said Leslie Lees, Vice President of Strategic Market Development. With contributing publishers such as Elsevier, CRC Press, Pennwell Publishing, John Wiley & Sons, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Woodhead Publishing, Gulf Publishing, and World Scientific, ebrary's new Engineering Database features popular handbooks, manuals and other technical titles spanning a wide range of engineering topics such as Aerospace, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Electronic, Environmental, Materials, Mechanics, and Petroleum Engineering. ebrary's new Business Database covers key topics in Leadership, Management, Human Resources, Sales & Marketing, Finance, Investment, Accounting, and General Business Skills from such esteemed publishers as AMACOM, Elsevier, John Wiley & Sons, Kogan-Page, Ltd., and Dearborn Trade Publishing. "Unlike many e-content solutions, ebrary is unique in offering a single interface for cost effective, flexible access to the knowledge workers need to solve business problems and build their skills," said Kevin Cronin, President of Local Knowledge Online, ebrary's authorized reseller to corporations. ebrary offers corporations the ability to complement subscription databases with individual e-books from the company's selection of thousands of authoritative titles chosen specifically to meet their needs. Additionally, customers can seamlessly integrate their own digitized reports, professional literature, and other documents into the ebrary system in industry standard PDF and distribute them via the same customizable interface. The ebrary system automatically turns PDF documents into a searchable online database that integrates with multiple online resources. Key Features and Benefits -- The ebrary Reader(TM) provides the ebrary system with all of its rich functionality and streams documents, eliminating cumbersome document downloads. The ebrary Reader is available as either an Active X or Java-based program. -- ebrary InfoTools(TM) -- This customizable set of utilities integrates ebrary's content with the online resources of your choice. Many InfoTools features can be activated simply by selecting words or phrases of interest in a document. -- Multiple search options - ebrary offers advanced and simple, by full-text, keyword, subject or author. We also support Boolean, proximity, and federated search, and integrate with your existing search engine technology. -- Personal bookshelves automatically store links to bookmarks, highlights, and notes, providing an archive of research. -- Automatic citations when text is printed or copied and pasted into Word or any text application. Citations include an automatic URL hyperlink back to the source. -- Highlighting and annotating with any of the following combinations: -- Multiple highlights and notes per page -- Resizable and movable notes -- Highlights with or without notes attached -- Color coding of notes and highlights -- Table of contents rank the occurrence of search terms enabling end- users to find the information they need. The table of contents can be accessed before a document is opened. -- Ability to transform text into a hyperlink to a URL of the end- user's choice. -- Multiple ways to navigate throughout a document or the entire selection. -- Reporting tools and usage statistics. Pricing and Availability ebrary's new Engineering and Business subscription databases, as well as other products for corporations, are available today directly through ebrary or Local Knowledge Online. To request a price quote, free trial, or other information please email [email protected] or [email protected]. About ebrary (www.ebrary.com) ebrary(R) is a leading provider of e-content services and technology. The company helps libraries, publishers, and other organizations disseminate valuable information to end users, while improving their research and document interaction. The company has developed a flexible e-content platform, which customers may use in a number of different, integrated capacities: ebrary customers may purchase or subscribe to e-books and other content under a variety of pricing and access models, and they may license the ebrary platform to distribute, sell, and market their own content online. All options are delivered using a customizable interface and include the ebrary Reader(TM) with InfoTools(TM) software, which enable integration with other resources to provide an economical and efficient way to utilize information. ebrary currently offers a growing selection of more than 170,000 e-books and other titles from more than 300 leading publishers and aggregators. Founded in 1999, ebrary is privately held and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. About Local Knowledge Online (www.localko.com) Local Knowledge Online is ebrary's authorized reseller serving the corporate market in the United States. Local Knowledge Online offers eContent solutions with the most current, relevant, and authoritative information available online. The company is headquartered in California with an office in Boston. |
