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"Resouce of the Week -- A Freebie for Info Pros [and Lawyers] from ebrary"

Posted by Gary Price, Founder and Senior Editor: "One of the most impressive "freebies" on the Internet comes from ebrary. We've mentioned it before. It's officially called ebrary Discover.

Users (you don't need to have a subscription) can search and read more than 20,000 full text books online (recent titles) in a wide array of disciplines from a variety of publishers. The financial aspect only comes in to play if you want to print or save a page.

When you register for the service (it takes only a few seconds and, again, it's free), you have to place a minimum of $5 on a credit card. The money is ONLY used if you decide to print or copy a page. Each page costs a quarter to print or save. A unique payment plan for sure.

We see all of this as a win-win.

Users gain access to over 20K titles and the chance to sample some ebrary technology. ebrary gets users to learn about the company and try its technology in a practical and useful manner. It would be great if all demos could be like this..."

Full text and the active link are available at the source site listed below.

Source: ResourceShelf, 14 December 2009

Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on December 17, 2009 (boomark / email).