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Format: VitalBook eBook Today, VitalSourceTM works with many of the largest and best known publishers in the world (as well as with some of the largest and best known computer manufacturers in the world) to establish successful digital curriculum implementations. These implementations can currently be found in K-12, Higher Ed, and Professional Education in countries around the globe. Working closely with academic institutions, VitalSourceTM has invested years of research and development to create tools that 1) help learners be more successful, 2) save educators time and money, and 3) help publishers secure new business in worldwide education's emerging digital market. What is the VitalSource Bookshelf?VitalBooks are a new, downloadable option for books. More powerful for users, VitalBooks represent a significant evolutionary step forward for digital content. You can customize your VitalBook page displays, search across as many or as few books as you like, and even create and manage your own notes and highlights. VitalBooks give you more control, more useful features, and more ways to succeed than traditional "just-a-picture-of-the-page" eBooks. Also unlike some other digital book types, you can print and copy-and-paste. In fact, when you paste from a VitalBook, you get the relevant bibliographic data with it! Features Include: For more information please visit these links:
So why exactly are VitalBooks better for learning?What makes VitalBooks so powerful for learning? First, you get the exact, complete textbook for your course, not a substitute, not a truncated version, and not just a few ancillary web pages. When you purchase the VitalBook version of your text, you get a file that's fast, effecient, mobile, and interactive…just like you. VitalBooks are unlike any e-book format you've seen before. The format was designed specifically for the teaching and learning environment, so VitalBooks… Support large complex files — Other "picture-of-a-page" formats become unmanageable at 20-30 pages, but most textbooks are hundreds of pages long. VitalBooks are designed for efficient delivery, storage, search, and use of such large files (and, even better, large groups of these large files!). Are portable — Many online books are tied to Web subscriptions available only from remote servers. A VitalBook is downloaded directly to the desktop. You own it, and it goes wherever your computer goes. Allow rapid search across textbooks — Other reader programs may be able to search through one file at a time (providing a "find next..." or a list of hits with no context), but in a VitaBook, you can search by words or phrases across thousands of books — in just seconds. Search text, figures and tables, even your notes! Have active learning tools — VitalBooks allow you to make and share notes and highlights right in your text, making it your own customized, dynamic version. Enable linkages from other resources — You can easily insert hyperlinks to specific sections of VitalBooks from learning management systems, Microsoft Word™, PowerPoint™, .pdf or .html documents. Content for learningThe digital environment holds great promise for the learning process. But several issues have kept students from taking full advantage of digital content. How do you manage books of considerable length? How do you engage with the content? How to make sure the content is trustworthy (and still protect intellectual property)? The founders of VitalSource — students, teachers, and publishers — looked at every available technology but found nothing that offered a complete solution. So we created our own — the VitalBook format (*.vbk).
ActivationWhen you purchase a VitalBook E-book, you will be given an redemption code used to authenticate your E-book. Redemption codes will be presented on the order confirmation page after checkout. A confirmation email will also be sent with your new activation code and details on how to download it.
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VitalSource Bookshelf System RequirementsRecommended Specifications: As with any software, the faster the processor, the more RAM, and the larger hard drive space you provide, the better the performance. Users wanting to move their material to their hard drive may need additional space. It is also important that users understand the process and benefits of maintaining their machines in top operating condition by keeping them current with the latest operating system updates, correctly configuring virus control, and other beneficial habits. Software Specifics:
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High speed internet connection recommended for download. Supported devices
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