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To quote a friend of mine, "being a software developer is a lifelong learning experience." That is so true. In the last 2 years I've had to wrap my head around so many technologies and languages, some mainstream and some not, and I've spent countless hours trying to learn the fundamentals. Since purchasing a personal Safari subscription, I've experienced some of my best productivity and have been more effective supporting my team. The books are current, by experts, and the reader on the webpage is pretty decent too. This is probably the best value for money I've ever spent for a technology education resource.
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Product Features
Safari Books Online is your anytime, anywhere resource for thousands of digital books and training videos from the world’s most trusted technology, business and creative experts—all in one easy-to-use online destination you can access from your computer or mobile device. Safari Books Online is packed with features that make it easy to build your own personal collection of information and learning tools to use at work, at home or on the road.
Favorites Folders
Organize your Favorites! Create Folders for the titles you consult frequently. These custom lists will save you time.
- Organize your favorite books and videos into Folders that you create and name.
- Handpick books to go into a Folder(s) or organize content based on a saved query (Smart Folders).
- Drag and drop titles into Folders.
Bookmarks
Find your place quickly when you use Bookmarks. One click on your Bookmark opens the book where you left off.
- Bookmark a page by clicking the upper right comer of the page or by clicking the Bookmark icon in the tool bar.
- Jump quickly to any bookmarked page by clicking the Bookmark record in the left navigation panel beside the reading screen. You can also click the Bookmark tab in My Safari or on the title's cover page.
Printable, Custom Summary
Create a custom summary of your Notes and highlighted text.
- Print tagged Notes and Highlights from a combination of books across the library.
- Print content and Notes from an individual book.
- Print only the text you have highlighted.
- Organize your printed document by Book Title, Note Title, Date or Tag Name.
Smart Folders
Save any search results as a Smart Folder and you'll always have the latest information on hand when you need it.
- The contents in a Smart Folder automatically update as new titles related to your search are added to our library.
- Save any search query as a Smart Folder for quick access to information you use often.
Browsing in Categories
Use the Safari Books Online Categories search feature to locate books and videos about subjects of interest to you.
- All of the titles in the Safari Books Online library are sorted into seven primary categories and two technology-specific categories, product and vendor.
- The Featured Categories list on your home page feature the most popular searches performed by our subscribers.
Notes & Highlighting
Hold that thought! Use Safari Books Online's Notes feature to comment on a book, or add a Note to a video.
- Attach a Note to a book or a page. Highlight text and attach a Note to the text.
- Create Notes in a movable layer right over the page you are reading.
- Organize, search and filter your Notes by adding Tags.
- Print your Notes, Tags and Highlights in a custom summary.
Tags
Categorize your Notes and organize your content with searchable Tags.
- Assign Tags to a whole book, specific pages, or your Notes.
- Search for content in books, specific pages, and Notes you have tagged.
- Select from your frequently used Tags when creating a new Note or Tag.
Rating & Reviews
Contribute to the Safari Books Online community by adding Ratings and Reviews to titles.
- Click on the Review This Book button to create star ratings and a book review, or click on the Review This Video button to do the same for a video.
- Learn from your peers: read Reviews posted by other Safari Books Online subscribers.
- Write your own Review and share with others.
Advanced Search
Use the Advanced Search feature to build detailed searches one step at a time in an easy-to-use form.
- Save your Advanced Search results in a Smart Folder so you always have the most current information available for quick access.
- The contents in a Smart Folder automatically update as new titles related to your search are added to our library.
Share It
Share your research with your friends and colleagues. You can share previews or portions of books or videos via Facebook, Twitter, Linkedln and email or by creating widgets that you can use on your blog or website.
