{"id":6153,"date":"2021-10-29T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T10:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=6153"},"modified":"2021-10-28T19:49:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T18:49:53","slug":"spotlight-on-packt-ebooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/spotlight-on-packt-ebooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Packt ebooks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/kindle-gbc480407e_1920-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Woman sitting in a chair reading an ebook on an ereader.\" class=\"wp-image-6197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/kindle-gbc480407e_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/kindle-gbc480407e_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/kindle-gbc480407e_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/kindle-gbc480407e_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/kindle-gbc480407e_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you know the Library offers access to over half a million ebooks across a variety of subjects? This includes titles featured on your reading lists, or that have been recommended by staff and students. Ebooks are very useful resources as they&#8217;re available 24\/7 wherever you are; simply navigate to them through\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Library Search<\/a>. If you&#8217;re off campus, you\u2019ll need your University ID and password to log in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch our&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=1&amp;v=VFpkYHCan4o&amp;feature=emb_logo\" target=\"_blank\">Library Search: eBooks searching&nbsp;video<\/a> which shows you how to browse for and connect to ebooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Library Search: Finding eBooks\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VFpkYHCan4o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Packt Publishing ebooks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of our newest collections is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/permalink\/f\/1jraif3\/NCL_ALMA61186691920002411\">Packt Publishing<\/a><\/strong> ebooks. This package provides access to over 700 full-text ebooks on computing subjects. The 4 collections included are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Data<\/li><li>Cloud<\/li><li>Programming<\/li><li>Web Development<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find individual titles in Library Search by entering the title or your keywords, or access the collection <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/permalink\/f\/1jraif3\/NCL_ALMA61186691920002411\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/libsearch.ncl.ac.uk\/permalink\/f\/1jraif3\/NCL_ALMA61186691920002411\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. If you&#8217;re browsing the publisher&#8217;s platform, choose <strong>Show All Titles<\/strong> or enter your search terms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/packt-snip-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6208\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/packt-snip-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/packt-snip-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/packt-snip-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/packt-snip.png 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have your results, you can use the filters on the left-hand side of the page to narrow your search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/filters.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6205\" width=\"339\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/filters.png 452w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/files\/2021\/10\/filters-192x300.png 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you\u2019ve found a title, you can read it online, add it to your saved list, search within the text or download a PDF to read later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know the Library offers access to over half a million ebooks across a variety of subjects? This includes titles featured on your reading lists, or that have been recommended by staff and students. Ebooks are very useful resources as they&#8217;re available 24\/7 wherever you are; simply navigate to them through\u00a0Library Search. If you&#8217;re &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/spotlight-on-packt-ebooks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spotlight on Packt ebooks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4786,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209,97,120],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-6153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebooks","category-resources","category-the-library","tag-computing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4786"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6153"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6220,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6153\/revisions\/6220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}