From: technews <technews@ou.edu>
To: "'it-fyi@listserv.ou.edu'" <it-fyi@lists.ou.edu>
Subject: it-fyi announcement: Books24x7, fee-based web access to contents
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 12:17:16 -0600
Taken from the Books24x7 web site (http://www.books24x7.com):
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issues
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ensure it contains the right information
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