itknowledgebase userguide
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USER GUIDE 2009
In this tutorial you will learn how to:• Get Started• ITKnowledgeBASE Homepages• Use the Search functions• Choose and Read Titles• Upload a List of Titles
Product Homepages
Product Homepages USER GUIDE 2009
Here is the homepage for ITKnowledgeBASEThe total number of book titles appears here. This number changes often as new titles are added
Browse titles by choosing a category in IT knowledge or by choosing All Categories to see a complete list of book titles.
Book Titles and looking at an e-Book
Book Titles USER GUIDE 2009
To further this tutorial, let’s choose the first title, Building Web Applications with C# and .NET: A Complete Reference
Here are all of the book titles that are within the “Programming Languages” category in ITKnowledgeBASE
Looking at an e-Book USER GUIDE 2009
To read the full-text of this title, click on “Read it Online.”
Choose one of three tabs for:
1) Book Summary
2) Book Features
3) Table of Contents
1 2 3
Searching and Inside an eBook
Search USER GUIDE 2009
Another way to get to content is to use the general search at the top of the ITKnowledgeBASE pages and click on the arrow or Enter. Search “.NET” and press the arrow or Enter.
From left to right in the results we see:
The number of times this term appears in this file and the chapter name
Search USER GUIDE 2009
In 4 seconds, we found over 500 documents containing the word “.NET”
Search USER GUIDE 2009
This shows how many times the term “.NET” appears in the chapter.
Beside this is the title of the chapter.
Click on the first article and see what happens.
Search USER GUIDE 2009
Here is Chapter 21 from the first title in our search results.
You will notice that everywhere that the search word appears is highlighted
Clicking on any of the chapter sections allows you to jump to that part of the chapter.
Clicking on any part of the result will open the table of contents for this chapter.
Inside an e-Book USER GUIDE 2009
Return to the table of contents in the beginning of the book, click on table of contents
You can print or save using these options under ”File” or by using the icons in the Adobe Acrobat window.
Alternately, you can view article sections by choosing 21.3, 21.4, 21.5, etc
Inside an e-Book USER GUIDE 2009
As you read through an article, you will notice that you can click to view figures
Inside an e-Book USER GUIDE 2009
By clicking here, you can view thumbnails of the pages for a certain chapter
Inside an e-Book USER GUIDE 2009
Under options, you can print pages, reduce or enlarge thumbnails.
Inside an e-Book USER GUIDE 2009
Here are some additional viewing tips >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Here, by clicking on the bookmark logo, we can see bookmarks at all of the important parts of this chapter.
To return to the page of contents for the whole book, click on Table of Contents.
If you need help, click on the green circle with the ?
Viewing Tips
Viewing Tips USER GUIDE 2009
If you would like to increase or decrease the size of the text, or read the chapter page in full-view, here are a few suggestions:
To increase or decrease the size of the text, please click on the down arrow on the icon and make a selection.
To view the full-page one page at a time click the button on the right
OR
Click here to fill the window with each page and be able scroll continuously
Viewing Tips USER GUIDE 2009
If you prefer not to see the bookmarks, click on the small X and the top right hand corner of the window.
This will allow you to view the chapter/book using the whole screen
Advanced Search
Advanced Search USER GUIDE 2009
On the left side of the ITKnowledgeBASE page you will see an Advanced Search option, you can search by keyword
You can choose to display book abstracts in the results, and decide how many results to show per page and if you would like to see these in descending or ascending order
At the bottom, you can limit your search to certain books or all books in ITKnowledgeBASE
Product Homepages USER GUIDE 2009
Let’s go back to the homepage and explore more ways to enhance your research
You can export an Excel CSV file from here of all of the titles, with author, ISBN, Pub Date, and urls to link to the titles
If you need technical support, click here for FAQ’s, contact information and your information
Exporting Title List
Export Book Title List USER GUIDE 2009
This screen will open, choose to save the file to your desktop or a folder
To export a list of titles click here