IEEE Xplore® eBooks Collection spans range of research areas.
Press Release Summary:
Available online as part of IEEE Xplore® digital library, IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection is comprised of over 400 volumes that span content areas such as bioengineering, power and energy, and communication technologies as well as other growing areas of research. This collection, available as add-on to existing IEEE Xplore subscriptions or as stand-alone subscription, includes practical handbooks, introductory and advanced texts, reference works, and professional books.
Original Press Release:
IEEE-Wiley eBooks Collection Added to IEEE Xplore® Digital Library
Subscription Offers IEEE Customers Instant Access to Hundreds of Technical Titles
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association, today announced that the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection is now available online as part of the IEEE Xplore® digital library. IEEE and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. have partnered to offer IEEE customers online access to the more than 400 eBooks that comprise the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection, which spans numerous content areas including Bioengineering, Power and Energy, and Communication technologies, among other growing areas of research. The new IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library is available as an add-on to existing IEEE Xplore subscriptions or as a stand-alone subscription.
"On the heels of a major upgrade to IEEE Xplore digital library, we're continuing to expand on our digital content offerings with the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection," said Karen Hawkins, director of product management at IEEE. "The Wiley-IEEE Press Imprint has now digitized more than 400 titles to offer users convenient online access to growing areas of research in addition to what is already readily available through IEEE Xplore, and our flexible subscription options mean our customers can choose the perfect content package to fit their specific needs."
The IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library focuses on the content areas that lead today's cutting-edge technologies and help set the standards for future advancements. The collection of titles includes practical handbooks, introductory and advanced texts, reference works and professional books with an emphasis on leading areas of research. Features and benefits include:
-- One-stop, 24/7 access to more than 400 titles, with approximately 40 new titles to be introduced each year
-- Various subscription options, including an annual subscription or perpetual access option
-- More than 7,800 individual chapters available in PDF format
-- Advanced search capabilities by subject or keyword to quickly find and download relevant chapters within larger eBooks
-- eBook home pages include a content overview, bibliographic information, book abstracts, cover scan, and a table of contents with links to chapter PDFs
-- Cutting-edge titles on emerging technologies authored by leaders in the field
-- Backlist to 1974 with 70 percent of titles published since 2000
The IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library is available as an add-on to existing IEEE Xplore subscriptions or as a stand-alone subscription via the IEEE Xplore digital library:
-- Annual Subscription Option - The annual subscription option provides users with leased access to all current year IEEE-Wiley eBook titles plus leased access to the complete backlist of more than 400 titles.
-- Purchase Option with Perpetual Ownership - The purchase option with perpetual ownership provides users with permanent access to all current year IEEE-Wiley eBook titles plus permanent access to the complete backlist of more than 400 titles. Users will also have the option to expand their collection by purchasing new frontlist titles each year.
The IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library is currently searchable via the Xplore platform by keyword or subject, which will return all titles and book chapters relevant to a user's query. Keyword or subject searching allows users to find the topic of interest easily and to view an eBook home page with table of contents linking to full-text chapters.
IEEE Press, the largest IEEE book-publishing division, publishes technical books in all the fields served by IEEE. Since 2001, IEEE Press has published its works jointly with John Wiley & Sons, bringing the work of IEEE authors to the worldwide technology community.
For more information or to sign up for a free trial of the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection, please visit http://www.ieee.org/go/ebooks.
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