E-book tech­nol­ogy firm ebrary, US, has announced the avail­abil­ity of ebrary Quick­View, which enables end-users to instantly view doc­u­ments in many of the lead­ing web browsers and even works on the iPhone. No soft­ware down­loads or instal­la­tions are required.

Cur­rently offered in con­junc­tion with ebrary’s new Java-based Reader, ebrary Quick­View claims to be ideal for quickly access­ing and explor­ing doc­u­ments in the ebrary sys­tem such as e-books, maps, jour­nals, reports, and other author­i­ta­tive infor­ma­tion. For a richer and more pro­duc­tive research expe­ri­ence, an end-user can also choose to use ebrary’s Java-based Reader.

ebrary Quick­View cur­rently offers fea­tures such as instant view­ing and page flip­ping in a web browser; rel­e­vancy rank­ing at the chap­ter level with links to spe­cific sec­tions; nav­i­gate to search terms or spec­i­fied pages; search within doc­u­ments for key words; view and nav­i­gate to high­lights and notes cre­ated using an ebrary Reader; and mul­ti­ple view magnifications.

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Prince­ton Uni­ver­sity sub­scribes to Ebrary.

Source:  Knowl­edge­s­peak Newslet­ter, Nov. 5th.