computer books in the library

jacobs jacobs at students.uiuc.edu
Tue Jul 31 14:39:15 EDT 2001


I would agree that O'Reilly is about the most reliable.  Has anyone tried 
their new offering called Safari 
(http://safari2.oreilly.com/tablhom.asp?home)? From a library standpoint, it 
may not be the best option since one is only buying ACCESS to the 
information--which could go away at any time. However, if I were a web 
developer, it might be worth the $9.95/month (for 5 titles) to have instant 
access. (note: this is NOT an advertisement for O'Reilly ;-) )

Regards,

James Jacobs

James R. Jacobs 
Graduate Reference Assistant 
Education/Social Science Library
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign                        
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